Brazil: Saturday practice and qualfiying

By Huw Alban
October 21 2006

Spyker MF1 returned to their usual positions for the third free practice session, and that form continued into the qualifying sessions too. Tiago Monterio spun out in the first session and will start the race 21st. Christijan Albers fought, as normal, but could only manage 18th.

Full timesheet from the Third Free Practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix:

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:11.443
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:11.631
3 Jenson Button Honda 1:12.306
4 Robert Kubica Sauber-BMW 1:12.535
5 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:12.567
6 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:12.697
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.721
8 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.723
9 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.780
10 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:13.037
11 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:13.205
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:13.380
13 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:13.455
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:13.530
15 Robert Doornbos RBR-Ferrari 1:13.564
16 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:13.642
17 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:13.814
18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:13.832
19 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:13.944
20 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:14.051
21 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:14.108
22 Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:14.875

Despite qualifying 22nd, Tiago Monteiro will start the race from 21st due to an engine penalty for Robert Doornbos.

Full timesheet from the Qualifying sessions for the Brazilian Grand Prix:

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
2 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota
4 Fernando Alonso Renault
5 Rubens Barrichello Honda
6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota
8 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW
9 Robert Kubica Sauber-BMW
10 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
11 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth
12 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth
14 Jenson Button Honda
15 Robert Doornbos RBR-Ferrari
16 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth
17 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth
18 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota
19 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari
20 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda
21 Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda
22 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota

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