Montoya improves to be 5th in 3rd British practice


Marc in tenth
By Andrew Hooper
July 10 2004

Juan Pablo Montoya would improve from his Friday times to be 5th in third British practice. Team-mate Gene was in tenth. Fastest in this session was Kimi Raikkonen. Neither Minardi would take to the track after Minardi sporting director John Walton died Friday night from a heart attack.

   
British GP Saturday 3rd Practice
 
The opening Saturday practice at Silverstone would see Juan Pablo reverse the order in which the BMW WilliamsF1 drivers finished Friday practice. This time it would be Juan Pablo who would lead team-mate Marc Gene. The Colombian was fifth while Marc was down in tenth.

Montoya & Frank DernieAt the top of the times it would be McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen who would continue to set the pace at Silverstone. Even though he put only five laps on his Mercedes Benz engine his time of 1m:19.315 would be enough to see him fastest.

Next came BAR's Jenson Button who, like Raikkonen, limited his track time completing only six laps. But he would finish with a time just 0.153 seconds behind Raikkonen. In third and fourth would be the Ferrari's of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. Michael would have a spin at Brooklands.

Juan Pablo Montoya was fifth ahead of Renault's Jarno Trulli, McLaren's David Coulthard and BAR-Honda's Takuma Sato. Renault's Fernando Alonso and Marc Gene completed the top-ten.

Minardi drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner did not take to the track following the news that the team's sporting director John Walton passed away late on Friday night.
 
Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:19.315 5
2. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:19.468 + 0.153 6
3. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:19.571 + 0.256 11
4. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:19.585 + 0.270 8
5. Montoya WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:19.699 + 0.384 10
6. Trulli Renault (M) 1:19.966 + 0.651 5
7. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:19.979 + 0.664 5
8. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.177 + 0.862 6
9. Alonso Renault (M) 1:20.482 + 1.167 13
10. Gene WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:20.552 + 1.237 13
11. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:20.685 + 1.370 6
12. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:20.759 + 1.444 9
13. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:21.017 + 1.702 11
14. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.295 + 1.980 5
15. Panis Toyota (M) 1:21.416 + 2.101 15
16. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.706 + 2.391 6
17. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:21.984 + 2.669 11
18. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.503 + 3.188 12
19. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) No Time
20. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) No Time 
 
 
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