WilliamsF1 dominates Friday qualifying in Germany

With Michelin supplied drivers occupying eight of the top ten positions it was apparent that the temperature at Hockenheim was helping the Michelin teams. On Friday the track temperatures 38 degrees. If this continues over the weekend we may have the sight of Ralf winning this race.

In third came Renault's Jarno Trulli with Jaguar's Mark Webber occupying fourth place. For Jaguar's new driver Justin Wilson his day would see him in an excellent seventh, despite a lack of testing. He was more than likely assisted by his Michelin tyres. McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen and Renault's Fernando Alonso, in fifth and sixth respectively, would finish ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher, with the Bridgestone-shod Ferrari drivers eighth and ninth.

Toyota's Olivier Panis would make it into the top ten while McLaren's David Coulthard had another disappointing qualifying session with only eleventh fastest.

Championship leader Michael Schumacher was first out in the first qualifying session, followed by Kimi Raikkonen. Michael's time was quickly passed by Raikkonen. Then it was the turn of the BMW WilliamsF1 drivers, with Montoya more than six tenths faster than Raikkonen, with a time of 1m:14.673. Ralf would cut another two tenths off Juan Pablo's time to take pole.

Barrichello would be fastest in the first sector but he would lose time in the second. In the end, he would move into fourth. He would end up almost a second down on Ralf's time. Next would be Renault's Fernando Alonso completing his lap in third, but he was still more than seven tenths down.

David Coulthard continued to struggle with his qualifying efforts and again was down the order. He was 1.130 seconds slower than Ralf.

For Jarno Trulli he would beat his team-mate Alonso, gaining time in the final sector, to finish third. Jaguar's mark Webber would move into fourth pushing Alonso down the order.

For the Bridgestone supplied teams things were not looking good as BAR Honda's Jenson Button and then Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella were the slowest on track, the latter more than two-and-a-half seconds down.

For Toyota's Olivier Panis he would gain from his Michelin tyres moving into ninth ahead of Coulthard. For BAR's Jacques Villeneuve he would  fail to set a time after spinning at turn one. Joining him out on the track would be Minardi's Nicolas Kiesa seeing him set no time.

For the BMW WilliamsF1 team the day was the best way to start the weekend with both drivers producing excellent runs bringing the team a one two at Hockenheim. For Saturday Juan Pablo and Ralf will start the qualifying session nineteenth and twentieth.