European Grand Prix Friday Practice.


By Andrew Hooper
June 27 2003

   
European GP Friday Practice
 
For the BMW WilliamsF1 team the opening Friday practice would see Ralf finish in eighth, while Juan Pablo was down in eleventh.

The session would end with Toyota's Olivier Panis setting the fastest time, to be just 0.027 seconds ahead of Jaguar's Mark Webber. For McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen he would finish third, 0.063 seconds behind with Renault pair Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso fourth and fifth.

Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia was sixth for Jaguar with David Coulthard seventh, German Ralf Schumacher eighth, Panis' Brazilian Toyota team-mate Cristiano da Matta ninth and Ferrari's Michael Schumacher completing the top ten.

Sauber's Nick Heidfeld would knock off his front wing at the chicane with eighteen minutes of the hour-long practice gone, bringing out the red flag. Both Webber and da Matta would spin their cars, at turns one and two respectively.

With just four minutes of the session left Rubens Barrichello would also damage his front wing when he hit a plastic marker at the chicane.

 
Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. Panis Toyota (M) 1:31.197 203.217 km/h 22
2. Webber Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:31.224 + 0.027 19
3. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:31.260 + 0.063 19
4. Trulli Renault (M) 1:31.513 + 0.316 22
5. Alonso Renault (M) 1:31.750 + 0.553 18
6. Pizzonia Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:31.794 + 0.597 18
7. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:31.918 + 0.721 22
8. R. Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:32.170 + 0.973 22
9. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:32.492 + 1.295 26
10. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:32.560 + 1.363 23
11. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:32.590 + 1.393 22
12. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:32.607 + 1.410 17
13. Fisichella Jordan Ford (B) 1:32.692 + 1.495 16
14. Frentzen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:32.792 + 1.595 20
15. Button BAR Honda (B) 1:32.841 + 1.644 23
16. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:32.901 + 1.704 18
17. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:33.602 + 2.405 21
18. Firman Jordan Ford (B) 1:33.643 + 2.446 17
19. Verstappen Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:34.947 + 3.750 9
20. Wilson Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:35.525 + 4.328 14
 
 
 
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