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With McLaren's
Pedro de la Rosa fastest in the first Friday practice and BMW
WilliamsF1's Nick Heidfeld third the teams would start the second practice.
Again Mark Webber would not be taking to the track due to the issue with the
teams BMW engines. Mark will be back on Saturday.
Red
Bull's Christian Klien would be first out followed by Jordan's Robert
Doornbos. Klein would pit but Doornbos would continue. Joining them were de
la Rosa and Zonta. Both drivers would get down to setting times quickly with
de la Rosa setting a time of 1m:18.645, while Zonta would go fastest with a
time of 1m:17.518.
As other drivers took to the track McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull's
David Coulthard would move into second and third respectively. Sauber's
Felipe Massa would move up to fifth, a time of 1m:19.335, while team-mate
Villeneuve was in sixth place with a time of time of 1m:19.753.
For Minardi's Albers he again would have problems with his car stopping out
on the circuit. Renault's Fernando Alonso would take to the track for the
first time.
Team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella was now in fourth with his first fast lap
been a
1m:18.251. On his first lap Alonso would move into this place with a
1m:18.227. With fifteen minutes of the session run Zonta would set another
quick time with a
1m:16.220, while Alonso would improve to be in third with a 1m:17.974.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher would set his first lap with a 1m:18.486 to be
in
eighth. Coulthard moved into fourth with a 1m:18.166. The only driver yet to
set a
time was Montoya. de la Rosa was now in fifth while Coulthard would set a
very quick time to be in second with a time of 1m:16.797. Montoya would
finally leave his pit.
Toyota's
Jarno Trulli was now in seventh, with a lap of 1m:17.888. Montoya's first
lap would see him in sixth, a time of 1m:17.703. Michael Schumacher was
still down the order in eleventh. Raikkonen would set a second place time of
1m:16.586. Alonso and Fisichella were in fourth and fifth position. Ralf
would split the Renaults with a time of 1m:17.584. So after twenty minutes
the top ten was Zonta, Raikkonen, Coulthard, Alonso, R. Schumacher,
Fisichella, Montoya, de la Rosa, Trulli and Massa.
Trulli would jump up the times to be in fourth with a time of 1m:17.123.
Fisichella would also improve his time, a 1m:17.200, to now be in fifth
place. Michael was now down in twelfth. Montoya would slightly improve his
time, a 1m:17.555, but not his position. Nick was now in third with the
fastest second sector time. He would improve his time to now be in second
with a lap of 1m:16.527.
But de la Rosa would set a blistering time of 1:15.062 to be fastest over a
full second faster than Zonta. But in the final minutes of the session
Montoya would have a major accident at Turn nine completely destroying the
rear of his McLaren. So with the end of the session the top ten was de la
Rosa, Zonta, Heidfeld, Raikkonen, Trulli, Coulthard, Fisichella, R.
Schumacher, Alonso and Montoya. |