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US GP -
2nd Saturday Practice Session:
Final Order - Michael Schumacher, Rubens
Barrichello, Eddie Irvine, Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard and Nick
Heidfeld make the top 6. 45 min: Final lap ... no improvements due to the yellow flags from Raikkonen's spin. 44 min: Kimi Raikkonen spins off and hits the barrier. His session is over. 43 min: Takuma Sato finally moves up into 16th with a time of 1:12.826. 41 min: Eddie Irvine jumps into 3rd with a time of 1:11.688. 40 min: Alex Yoong takes 19th from Sato with a 1:13.562! 39 min: Nick Heidfeld jumps into 6th place with a 1:11.910. 38 min: Michael Schumacher improves his time in 1st with a 1:11.158 36 min: But Montoya takes it back with a 1:11.992. 35 min: Kimi Raikkonen takes 6th from Montoya with a 1:12.162. 34 min: Teams and drivers are now preparing for their qualifying simulation runs. 32 min: Jacques Villeneuve moves into 13th with a time of 1:12.726. 31 min: Rubens Barrichello improves again in second with a time of 1:11.394. He is just 0.132 seconds behind Michael now. 30 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Coulthard, Montoya, Fisichella, Raikkonen, Frentzen and Heidfeld. 28 min: Nick Heidfeld moves into 10th just behind his team-mate Frentzen. 27 min: Takuma Sato improves his time but remains in 19th. 26 min: Eddie Irvine jumps into 4th with a time of 1:11.881. The Jaguar looks competitive again. 25 min: Ralf Schumacher takes 3rd back from Coulthard with a 1:11.849. He is just over half a second off the pace. Track temperatures are rising and that could be benefiting the Michelin runners. 24 min: Villeneuve improves but remains in 17th with a 1:13.236 23 min: Olivier Panis improves in 15th with a time of 1:13.083. McNish moves into 16th with a time of 1:13.204. 22 min: Jacques Villeneuve returns to the track. He is in 16th. 21 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, R Schumacher, Montoya, Fisichella, Raikkonen, Irvine, Frentzen and Salo. 20 min: David Coulthard takes 3rd from Ralf Schumacher with a time of 1:11.909. This is the closest a non-Ferrari driver has been to Michael's time. 19 min: Heinz Harald Frentzen moves into 9th with a 1:12.589. 18 min: Giancarlo Fisichella moves into 6th with a time of 1:12.220. Irvine improves in 8th with a 1:12.546. 17 min: Takuma Sato moves up into 19th with a time of 1:13.929. Yoong improves but drops to 20th with a time of 1:14.004 16 min: Takuma Sato sets his first time of the day with a 1:14.756. 15 min: Kimi Raikkonen improves his time but remains in 6th. A 1:12.309. Sato on track! 14 min: Pedro de la Rosa moves into 10th with a time of 1:12.679 13 min: Mika Salo moves into 9th with a time of 1:12.656. 12 min: Rubens Barrichello improves in second with a 1:11.544. He is only 0.282 seconds behind Michael. 11 min: Jenson Button moves into 10th with a time of 1:12:878. 10 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Montoya, Raikkonen, Fisichella, Irvine, Trulli and Salo. 9 min: Alex Yoong improves in 19th. Sato yet to come out onto the track after his engine failure in the morning. 8 min: Olivier Panis moves into 14th place with a time of 1:13.094. The improvements so far are marginal. 7 min: Nick Heidfeld improves his time in 13th place with a 1:13.073. 6 min: Mark Webber in problems as he parks his car on the side of the track. He was 17th fastest and was competitive in the first session. Session over for him! 5 min: Ralf Schumacher is the first to improve on his time. He moves into 3rd with a time of 1:12.169. He is still over 0.9 seconds off the pace. 3 min: More drivers join in the action. No improvements yet. 2 min: Michael Schumacher continues to dominate here at Indy with Rubens Barrichello getting closer to his times after losing both sessions yesterday. 1 min: Jarno Trulli, Allan McNish and Mika Salo join in. Session underway and Kimi Raikkonen is the first to go out onto the track. Session starting at 10:15 AM local time. It is sunny with an air temperature of 17 degrees. |
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