WilliamsF1 6th & 9th in Hungarian Pre-Qualifying

The opening qualifying session would see Michael Schumacher take to the track first. His lap time of 1M:19.107 would easily beat the time set in the final practice session by Jenson Button. Next would be Button and he was two tenths down after the first sector. He would go on to finish 0.771 seconds behind Michael with a time of 1m:19.878.

The third driver out was Renault's Fernando Alonso. He was down after both the opening two sectors to finish in third with a time of 1m:20.019, a full second behind Michael. For McLaren's David Coulthard his lap would see him, like Alonso lose time to Michael, to finish two seconds off the pace with a lap of 1m:21.192.

For BMW WilliamsF1's Juan Pablo Montoya his lap would see him just ahead of Michael after the first sector. But he would lose almost half a second in the second sector. He would finish with a time of 1m:19.821 to move into second. Mark Webber, who has struggled this weekend, would start his lap and he was a second slower after sector one, 1.7 seconds after sector two, to finish his lap with a time of 1m:21.452. this was a massive 2.3 seconds behind the leading Ferrari.

Now it was the turn of Pizzonia. Sector one and he was three tenths down, sector two and he was a now down 0.7 seconds. He would finish in fourth with a time of 1m:20.019. For BAR's Takuma Sato his lap would see him produce a good result moving into second, pushing Juan Pablo down into third. But Michael's time was looking very secure. next was Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella. His lap would see him edge out Sato moving into second. A great result
for the Japanese driver.

The second Jaguar of Christian Klein would finish his lap down in tenth. It has been a poor showing from the Jaguar team this weekend. With Alonso in seventh team-mate Trulli was next out and he would be close to Michael in sector one but like others lose time in sector two. He would finish his lap with a time of 1m:19.879 to be sixth.

Now it was the turn of Michael's team-mate Barrichello and Rubens would go fastest in the opening two sectors. He would finish his lap with the quickest time, a stunning lap of 1m:18.463. He was over half a second faster than Michael. Another Bridgestone runner was Massa and his lap would see him move into third. team-mate Fisichella was now in fourth, making it four Bridgestone runners at the front.

Now it was Panis's turn but his lap would see him down with the Jaguar's in eleventh. Jordan's Pantano would move into twelfth. Minardi's Zolt Baumgartner would finish his lap in sixteenth. Team-mate Bruni would beat Zolt to move into sixteenth. For Nick Heidfeld his lap would see him easily beat his team-mate with an impressive eleventh. Now it was the turn of McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.

The Finn would come out and after sector one was two tenths down, sector two and he would be a a second down. he would finish his lap with a time of 1m:20.066 to move into a disappointing tenth. The last driver out would be new-comer Ricardo Zonta. His lap would see him finish with a time of 1m:20.199 to go twelfth. So that concluded the opening qualifying with the Ferrari's and the Bridgestone teams looking very strong.