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.
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2nd Practice |
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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.
As
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.
For
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
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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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