Juan Pablo 9th while Ralf drops to 12th.

With the track temperature up to 47°C the final qualifying session would see Minardi's Bruni will be the first car to run, with Michael Schumacher seventh. Bruni would set a time of 1m:20.115. team-mate Baumgartner was next out and he would be 0.051 seconds ahead after sector one, finishing the lap fastest by 0.06 seconds. Jordan's Giorgio Pantano was next and he would set a time of 1m:17.443.
Jordan Team-mate Nick Heidfeld was next to run and he would be 0.231 seconds up after sector one, 0.788 up after sector, finishing with the fastest time so far a 1m:16.488. For Jaguar's Christian Klein 285.4kmh coming out of the tunnel would see him 0.461 seconds ahead of Heidfeld through sector two. Klein would set a time of 1m:15.919.

Team-mate Mark Webber, now in the spare car with his original engine, would be 0.019 up after sector one, 0.033 down after sector two, but he would set the fastest time by 0.194 after a better final sector. For Michael Schumacher a time of 19.4 seconds in sector one would see him six tenths up. He would take provisional pole with a 1m:14.516, a great lap considering it is believed that he is using the harder of the available Bridgestone tyres.

Toyota's Cristiano Da Matta was out on his flying lap but was 0.672 down after sector one, 1.4 seconds down after sector two, to finish with a time of 1m:16.169 to move into fourth. Sauber's Felipe Massa would finish his lap 1.7 seconds down on Michael's time. Barrichello was next and he would be 0.068 down after sector one, 0.249 down in sector two, to finish second 0.2 behind his Ferrari team-mate.

Toyota's Olivier Panis would move into fourth, 1.3 secs off the pace. Juan Pablo was out on the track after having changed his car substantially. He would be 0.263 off the pace after sector one, finishing third 0.523 seconds behind Michael. Renault's Jarno Trulli was next out. He would set a brilliant time to tale the fastest time by around 0.5 seconds. Will he be able to maintain this a secure his first pole position.

Next came BAR's Takuma Sato. He would be quicker than Trulli in the first sector but would suffer a massive brake lockup at the Nouvell chicane and lose any hope of taking pole. He would finish his lap in fourth. Next was Renault's Fernando Alonso. He would be quicker than Trulli in sector one but would lose time to finish in second with a time of 1m:14.408. Sauber's Fisichella would move in seventh with Massa now down in twelfth.

BAR's Jenson Button would be up after sector one but would lose time in the middle sector to be in second at the end of his lap, with a time of 1m:14.396. McLaren's David Coulthard would finish a poor seventh. team-mate Raikkonen would finish ahead in fifth but still 0.6 seconds behind Trulli. With Ralf having to drop ten places on the grid it meant that Trulli had secured his first pole. Ralf's lap would see him finish in second, meaning twelfth for tomorrow's grid.