French GP: First practice report

By Huw Alban
July 14 2006

A quiet session for Midland F1 Racing to start the French Grand Prix weekend, with Adrian Sutil putting in the most laps of anyone in the session. Over his 32 laps Adrian was able to record a best time of 1.18.777, 1.983 seconds slower than the current pace.

Unfortunately Midland F1 Online were not able to follow the session lap for lap, but did observe the first 10 minutes or so. Adrian Sutil followed by Tiago Monteiro and Christijan Albers put in their installation laps in this order, with Adrian back out on track roughly 5 minutes later.

The German driver circulated for the majority of the session, with the two race drivers only venturing out towards the end of the hour.

The second free practice session commences in just under two hours, and hopefully we'll be there to bring you more detail.

Timesheets from the First Free Practice Session for the French Grand Prix:

1 Robert Kubica Sauber-BMW 1:16.794
2 Anthony Davidson Honda 1:17.133
3 Jenson Button Honda 1:18.160
4 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:18.752
5 Adrian Sutil MF1-Toyota 1:18.777
6 Neel Jani STR-Cosworth 1:18.962
7 Alexander Wurz Williams-Cosworth 1:19.055
8 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:19.063
9 Robert Doornbos RBR-Ferrari 1:19.311
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:19.401
11 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:19.465
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.806
13 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:20.335
14 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:20.790
15 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:21.160

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