Ralf continues to show good form in final practice


By Andrew Hooper
April 19 2003

   
San Marino GP Saturday 2nd Practice
 
The final free practice session for the San Marino GP weekend would see Ralf Schumacher finish with the second fastest time and Juan Pablo eighth. But for Ralph his session would be ruined when he was to crash his car heavily into the tyre barrier in the last sector.

Ralf would climb from the wreckage of his FW25 without any injuries but it was not what the team wanted as they prepare for this afternoons final qualifying.

Ralf SchumacherJordan’s Ralph Firman would be the first driver to take to the track, he would later stop with technical problems ending in sixteenth.

 Soon he would be joined by Michael Schumacher who quickly would go to the top of the timesheets, pulling two tenths out on Raikkonen’s morning practice time. Renault's Fernando Alonso would move into fourth but it would be Ralf who would beat his brothers time with a lap of 1m:22.897.

Rubens Barrichello would have a moment on the gravel while Montoya would return to the pits without completing the flying lap he was on before Ralf’s crash. Next Kimi Raikkonen would attempt another flying lap but it would not see him improve.

After his earlier problems Mark Webber was only in seventeenth position. Michael Schumacher would return to the track, but like Raikkonen could not improve on his earlier time.

The closing minutes of the session would see Rubens Barrichello set the fastest time with a lap of 1m:22.819. McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen would move into third but , but in the closing moments of the session Webber would move up into third. BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve would continue his good form this weekend and set the eighth fastest time.

 
Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:22.819 214.429 km/h 30
2. R. Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:22.897 + 0.078 23
3. Webber Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:22.958 + 0.139 18
4. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:22.962 + 0.143 33
5. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:22.974 + 0.155 33
6. Alonso Renault (M) 1:23.042 + 0.223 39
7. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:23.198 + 0.379 31
8. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:23.769 + 0.950 33
9. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:24.098 + 1.279 30
10. Panis Toyota (M) 1:24.099 + 1.280 28
11. Fisichella Jordan Ford (B) 1:24.132 + 1.313 24
12. Button BAR Honda (B) 1:24.178 + 1.359 38
13. Trulli Renault (M) 1:24.332 + 1.513 35
14. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:24.683 + 1.864 37
15. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:24.747 + 1.928 30
16. Firman Jordan Ford (B) 1:24.763 + 1.944 27
17. Frentzen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:25.332 + 2.513 6
18. Verstappen Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:25.745 + 2.926 25
19. Wilson Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:25.945 + 3.126 20
20. Pizzonia Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:26.195 + 3.376 17
 
 
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