Who can be the slowest qualifying

Michael Schumacher would be first out and he would set a time of 24.9 through sector one, but his pace would drop off in sector two, and to everyone's amazement would spin in the final sector. He would recover to set a time of 1m:30.293. Next out was Renault's Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard would set a time of 1m:21.923 to go fastest.

Rubens Barrichello up next and his lap would seem him suffer from understeer in the second sector but would recover to end with a time of 1:24.817. Jarno Trulli would start his lap in the second Renault and would be 0.3 down after sector one. He would lose further time in sector two but was able to pull back time to end with a lap of 1:21.496 to beat Rubens time. making up the first group would be BAR's Jenson Button. He would be the first driver to drop into the 1m:18 seconds with a time of 1m:18.872. Now it was the turn of the first of the McLaren's. After setting impressive times in the first two sector she would run wide in the final sector losing four seconds to finish with a time of 1:23.521 to be fourth.

Now it was Raikkonen's turn. In a lap that would see him lose time in the final sector he would finish with a time of 1m:21.639, good enough for third but some 2.5 seconds slower than Button. Now for Juan Pablo. After setting quick times in the opening sectors the last would again see another driver lose time. He would finish with a 1m:23.386 to be 1.5 seconds off the pace. Mark Webber was next out in his Jaguar.

Like the drivers before him Webber would slow in the final sector. It would appear that with a threat of rain drivers are trying to make sure that they run early in the final qualifying session. Felipe Massa finished his run to be just four tenths down on Button, to finish second.

Gene would complete his run with a time of 1m:34.981 to finish in sixteenth.
Jordan's Giorgio Pantano would move into fourth with a 1m:21.350. Minardi's Bruni put his Minardi into ninth with a 1m:22.529. Team-mate Zsolt Baumgartner would finish his lap in tenth putting the two Minardi's in the top ten.

The final man out in this session was Takuma Sato. He would slow in the final sector to finish in thirteenth. What a strange session with drivers setting slow times to affect their position in the final qualifying.