WilliamsF1 3rd & 7th in Friday Hungarian practice


Montoya
By Andrew Hooper
August 13 2004

The BMW WilliamsF1 team finish in 3rd & 7th after the Friday practice sessions for the Hungarian GP. Juan Pablo would lead team-mate Pizzonia. For the team the result was an encouraging one with the team using a revised FW26 for the first time. For Antonio it was his first time at this circuit.

   
Hungarian GP Friday 2nd Practice
 
For the BMW WilliamsF1 team the second Friday practice session would see both Juan Pablo and Antonio improve on their times seeing them in third and fifth positions in the times. This was a repeat of their Friday practice in Germany. For the team it was very encouraging to see the new FW26 perform well in its first runs.

MontoyaAs the teams and drivers prepared for the second Friday practice session at the Hungaroring the Ferrari team were again leading the way with Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello taking first and second in the first practice session. Jordan's Timo Glock would again lead the field out of the pit lane. It would be Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella who would move to the top of the times with a 1m:24.967. He would quickly be beaten by Michael Schumacher who would set a time of 1m:22.944. Jordan's Nick Heidfeld would move into sixth position, a time of 1m:23.638. BAR's Anthony Davidson was now in second with a time of 1m:23.353, while Bruni's session would end when he was to spin his Minardi into the gravel trap.

Pizzonia would move into fourth with a time of 1m:24.186. Barrichello would set the fastest first sector, 29.0 seconds, going on to move into first with a time of 1m:22.484. Alonso would go fourth, a time of 1m:23.490, while David Coulthard would set a time of 1m:22.847 to be behind Rubens. Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen were both out on the circuit and Button would go twelfth fastest with a 1m:24.159. Kimi would move into fourth.

Michael Schumacher would come out but he was not able to beat his team-mate Barrichello moving into second, a time of 1m:22.334. With nearly half the session complete Mark Webber was in sixth position with a time of 1m:23.087. Antonio Pizzonia was to move into second position with a 1m:21.574, while things returned to normal with Michael Schumacher moving to the top of the times with a 1m:21.551. The top eight were Michael Schumacher, Pizzonia,
Barrichello, Montoya, Fisichella, Zonta and Wirdheim.

Montoya in his garageFor McLaren Coulthard was in ninth position just ahead of his team-mate Raikkonen. Button would move into fourth with a lap of 1m:21.766. Team-mate Sato was in the top ten with a 1m:22.343. While at the front Raikkonen would put his McLaren into third place time with a time of 1m:21.582. BAR's Anthony Davidson was only in eleventh, time of 1m:22.356.

Juan Pablo would set a very quick time to move into first with a lap of 1m:21.185. But Michael would fight back and would again assume his place at the top of the times with a 1m:21.009. But it was still encouraging for the BMW WilliamsF1 team with the revised FW26 in second and third positions. Button would move into sixth.

But Raikkonen would go out and set a time which would beat that of Michael, a 1m:20.884. Kimi would be backed up by Coulthard who would improve from eleventh to fourth, a 1m:21.203. Panis would take fifth in the TF104B, a 1m:21.352. Michael would make a last minute attempt to secure the quickest time but he would abandon it seeing Kimi on the top of the time sheets.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:20.884 20
2. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:21.009 + 0.125 30
3. Montoya WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:21.185 + 0.301 24
4. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:21.203 + 0.319 19
5. Panis Toyota (M) 1:21.352 + 0.468 23
6. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:21.364 + 0.480 22
7. Pizzonia WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:21.574 + 0.690 26
8. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:21.685 + 0.801 19
9. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:21.712 + 0.828 19
10. Alonso Renault (M) 1:21.948 + 1.064 22
11. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.999 + 1.115 33
12. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:22.356 + 1.472 34
13. Wirdheim Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:22.559 + 1.675 23
14. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.651 + 1.767 19
15. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.697 + 1.813 21
16. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:22.743 + 1.859 23
17. Trulli Renault (M) 1:22.788 + 1.904 28
18. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:22.808 + 1.924 28
19. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.937 + 2.053 22
20. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:23.003 + 2.119 30
21. Briscoe Toyota (M) 1:23.170 + 2.286 22
22. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:23.188 + 2.304 20
23. Leinders Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:25.339 + 4.455 17
24. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:25.450 + 4.566 16
25. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:26.365 + 5.481 4
 
 
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