1st & 2nd for WilliamsF1 in German Pre-qualifying
Pizzonia
By Andrew Hooper
July 24 2004
The BMW WilliamsF1 team would see its drivers 1st & 2nd after Pre-qualifying for the German Grand Prix. Juan Pablo was first but with an amazing time Pizzonia would be second. A great performance by both drivers. But can it be repeated come final qualifying?
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Pre-qualifying would see British Grand Prix winner Michael Schumacher
out first and Antonio Pizzonia last. Michael Schumacher would cross the
line with a time of 1m:14.042, to set the benchmark for the other
drivers. Kimi Raikkonen was next out and through Sector one he was
already two tenths up. he would finish with a 1m:13.842 to go fastest.
For Renault's Jarno
Trulli his lap would see him close to Juan Pablo's time but he would
lose time in the middle sector to finish fifth with a time of 1m:13.737.
Minardi's Zsolt Baumgartner would finish in eighteenth with a time of
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Driver Team S1
S2 Time 1. (5) Montoya WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 16.285 50.688 1:13.390 2. (20) Pizzonia WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 16.277 50.801 1:13.422 + 0.032 3. (4) Button BAR-Honda (M) 16.235 50.859 1:13.535 + 0.145 4. (10) Alonso Renault (M) 16.203 50.642 1:13.581 + 0.191 5. (7) Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 16.021 50.630 1:13.640 + 0.250 6. (19) Panis Toyota (M) 16.356 51.175 1:13.640 + 0.250 7. (17) Trulli Renault (M) 16.340 50.995 1:13.736 + 0.346 8. (2) Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 16.158 50.983 1:13.842 + 0.452 9. (9) Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 16.302 51.096 1:13.899 + 0.509 10. (6) Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 16.208 51.093 1:13.914 + 0.524 11. (1) M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 16.380 51.390 1:14.042 + 0.652 12. (3) Barrichello Ferrari (B) 16.469 51.307 1:14.111 + 0.721 13. (11) Sato BAR-Honda (M) 16.581 51.529 1:14.465 + 1.075 14. (13) Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 16.554 51.659 1:15.089 + 1.699 15. (8) Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 16.618 51.710 1:15.093 + 1.703 16. (12) da Matta Toyota (M) 16.836 52.154 1:15.119 + 1.729 17. (16) Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 16.595 52.199 1:16.166 + 2.776 18. (14) Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 16.967 52.719 1:16.537 + 3.147 19. (15) Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 17.058 53.286 1:17.283 + 3.893 20. (18) Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 17.290 53.294 1:17.515 + 4.125 |
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The
McLaren has certainly improved. Next out was Rubens Barrichello. Rubens
would see his lap fall apart in sector three where he would lose time
and finish with a time of 1m:14.111 to move in to third. Next was Jenson
Button. The BAR driver would finish his lap one tenth up on Raikkonen to
go fastest. He would set a time of 1m:13.535. He was certainly
continuing his practice form. But he will have to face having to lose
ten grid positions. Now it was WilliamsF1's Juan Pablo Montoya who would
come out for his lap.
BAR's
Takuma Sato would finish his lap with a time of 1m:14.465 to be tenth. A
time of 1m:15.119 would see Da Matta in twelfth. The second Jaguar of
Christian Klien was next out. His time of 1m:15.090 would see him in
eleventh. Jordan's Nick Heidfeld was well off the pace through the
opening sectors finishing with a 1m:16.538 to be fourteenth. A 1m:17.283
would be good enough for fifteenth for Minardi's Bruni. The second
Jordan of Giorgio Pantano was out on the track. He would finish with a
time of 1m:16.167 to finish ahead of his team-mate in fourteenth.

