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For the BMW
WilliamsF1 team the final practice session for the German Grand Prix would
see both Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld set encouraging times that would see
them both in the top ten. Mark would finish the session in sixth, while Nick
was in eighth.
 With Mark Webber
and encouraging seventh in the third practice session at the
Hockenheimring the drivers would come out for their final practice prior to
this afternoons qualifying. Toyota's Ralf Schumacher would come out first, joined
by Kimi Raikkonen. Ralf would be the first driver to set a time with a
1m:18.149. Montoya would also come out for his installation lap.
Kimi would easily beat Ralf's time with a 1m:16.315. Karthikeyan had also
come out. Ralf would pit. Montoya was on a quick lap setting a time of 1m:15.798
on his first lap. Fisichella was also out, joined by the second Jordan of
Monteiro. Karthikeyan was in fourth with a 1m:18.658. Kimi would again show his
superiority by moving ahead of Montoya with a time of 1m:14.987. Ralf would
improve with a 1m:17.213 to remain in third.
Sato and Alonso would venture out onto the track. Fisichella's first lap
would see him in fourth with a time of 1m:17.403. Ralf would again improve with a
1m:16.902. Juan Pablo would respond to Kimi but even though he lowered his
lap time , a 1m:15.180, would remain in second. Sato was now in fifth with a
1m:17.388. Alonso's first lap would see him in third with a 1m:16.360.
Fisichella was in fourth with a 1m:16.490.
Jenson Button would set a time of 1m:17.218 to move into sixth. Alonso would
lower his time with a 1m:16.061, but was over a second slower than second
placed Montoya. Both Mark and Nick had come out with just over thirty
minutes of the session remaining. Mar's first lap would see him in seventh
with a time of 1m:17.147, while Nick was in fourteenth with a 1m:24.333.
Button was now in fifth with a 1m:16.703. Mark would improve his time with a
1m:17.028. Nick was now in eighth with a 1m:17.102. Trulli was now in fifth
with a time of 1m:16.600. Mark and Nick were now in ninth and tenth as more
drivers set times. Massa was now in seventh, with the Ferrari's of Barrichello and
Michael Schumacher down in fourteenth and fifteenth.
Button would remain in fifth but improved his time with a 1m:16.468. Michael
would move into tenth with a time of 1m:17.094. Rd Bull's Christian Klein
would continue his good showing moving into fifth with a time of 1m:16.298. Mark
and Nick were now in eleventh and twelfth. Klein would improve to now be in an
excellent third, with a time of 1m:15.852.
 While all this was going on Juan Pablo would post a time that would see him
back at the top, a 1m:14.937 to be just 0.050 ahead of Kimi. The order was
Montoya followed by Raikkonen, Klein, Alonso, Fisichella, Massa, Button,
Trulli, Michael and Ralf Schumacher. Coulthard was twentieth with a time of
1m:19.076. But he would improve to jump into eleventh with a time of
1m:16.814. Sato was now in third with a time of 1m:15.699 while Ralf would
improve to be in eighth.
David was now in seventh with a time of 1m:16.244. Mark and Nick were now in
thirteenth and fourteenth. Alonso was on a quick lap setting the fastest
first sector. He would finish with a time of 1m:15.027 to move into third. On his
next lap he would go fastest with a time of 1m:14.758, to be 0.179 ahead of
Montoya. But Kimi would respond to Alonso by again going fastest with a time of
1m:14.128 to be 0.630 ahead of the Renault.
Nick was now in twelfth with a time of 1m:16.696, while mark had dropped
down to fifteenth. Mark had the Minardi of Robert Doornbos ahead of him.
Montoya was now in second with a 1m:14.449. Mark would improve to now be
ahead of Nick and in twelfth with a time of 1m:16.680. The BAR's of Button
and Sato were in fourth and fifth. Klein was in sixth.
Barrichello moved into eleventh with a 1m:16.642, with team-mate Michael
down in fifteenth. Things were looking very difficult for Ferrari. With just
over ten minutes remaining Mark and Nick were in thirteenth and fourteenth, over 2.5
seconds slower than the quickest times. Albers was now in thirteenth with a
time of 1m:16.674, to be ahead of both WilliamsF1 cars. Such a sight would hardly
make Frank Williams a happy man. Monteiro would go off the track ending his
session and bringing out the yellow flags.
With just over five minutes remaining Michael would set his best time moving
into fifth with a 1m:15.253. There would be the usual rush of drivers setting
times in the closing minutes and this would see Fisichella move in fourth with a
1m:14.958. Villeneuve was now in tenth, with a 1m:16.037. Mark and Nick were
in sixteenth and seventeenth. Klein was in seventh with a 1m:15.388.
Team-mate Coulthard was in ninth. Toyota's Jarno Trulli was in eighth while
Ralf was in tenth.
For Mark Webber his final lap would see him jump into sixth with a time of
1m:15.11. Nick would also move up the order now been in eighth with a
1m:15.255 as the session came to a close. So the session would finish with
Raikkonen at the top followed by Montoya, Alonso, Fisichella, Button,
Webber, Michael Schumacher, Heidfeld, Klein, and Trulli. |
