WilliamsF1 1st & 2nd after Canadian Pre Qualifying

The morning practice would see the Renault's of Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso placed their cars in the top two positions. Michael Schumacher would be the first driver out on his qualifying run, followed by Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.

Michael would set a time of 20.5 seconds in the first sector, 23.6 in the second sector, and he would cross the line with a time of 1m:13.463. Rubens would be slower than Michael in the first two sectors finishing with a lap time of 1m:13.782 and second position. Button was next and he would push both Ferrari's down the order by setting the fastest time so far, a lap time of 1m:13.333.

Now it was the turn of Jarno Trulli. But he would be slow in the first sector, 20.6 seconds, and slow again in the second. But he would find time in the last sector to go ahead of Button by four tenths with a time of 1m:1:13.149. Alonso was next and he would be the first driver to set a time in the 1m:12 seconds with a time of 1:12.826. Things were looking very good for the Renault team.

Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella would move into fifth with his lap, a time of 1m:13.663. Now it was the Jaguar of Mark Webber. Mark had been struggling over the course of practice and his first qualifying lap was no different with a a very disappointing time of 1m:14.715 to be seventh. For Juan Pablo he would be one tenth down after sector one but would pick up time over the rest of the lap to set a time of 1:12.746. This is a major change in Juan Pablo's
fortunes given the difficulties he had in practice.

Sauber's Felipe Massa was next and his lap would see him finish in eighth, with a time of 1m:14.392. Jordan's Nick Heidfeld's lap would see him produce a time of 1m:15.657 and he was in tenth position. Toyota's Olivier Panis was next out and his lap would see his TF104 in eighth position, a time of 1m:14.166. Jaguar's Christian Klien on his first visit to the circuit would finish in eleventh, 1m:14.751.

Minardi's Gimmi Bruni would stop out on the track bringing out the red flag in order to remove the stranded Minardi. Next would be Minardi team-mate Zsolt Baumgartner. He would be 1.3 seconds slower in the first sector, finishing with a time of 1m:17.903. Takuma Sato was next out and he was in a good position to move to the top of the times. His first sector would see him gain time on Juan Pablo but he would lose it in the second. He would have to be happy with third position, time of 1m:12.989.

The McLaren's of Coulthard and Raikkonen would have their runs and David would finish in fifth position with a 1m:13.206. Kimi was slower than his team-mate and would drop to eighth with a time of 1m:13.463. Ralf was next, could he match Juan Pablo's performance? He would be quickest in the second sector and he would snatch provisional pole away from his team-mate with a time of 1m:12.441. What an amazing turn around from the WilliamsF1 team.

Toyota's Cristiano Da Matta would move into twelfth at the expense of his team-mate Panis, time of 1m:13.807. The final runner was Jordan's replacement driver Timo Glock. He would finish in eighteenth ahead of the two Minardi's.

So this session was a great result for the BMW WilliamsF1 team after the difficulties of practice but will they turn this in to a pole position.