WilliamsF1 outside top ten in 2nd Friday practice


By Andrew Hooper
September 24 2005

Both BMW WilliamsF1 drivers would finish outside the top ten in 2nd Friday practice for the Brazilian GP. Mark and Antonio weer in twelfth and thirteenth places in a session that would see both drivers wotk through their programmes but struggle to find the necessary speed from their cars.

 
Brazilian GP Friday 2nd Practice
 

For Antonio Pizzonia and Mark Webber the opening practice at the Interlagos
circuit would see them finish in eighth and ninth. The second session would get under way with Alex Wurz first out joined by Liuzzi, Zonta, all three Jordan's, and the Sauber of Felipe Massa who did not set a time in the morning session.

Webber & EngineerThe drivers would quickly get down to setting times with Wurz going fastest with a 1m:15.711. he was followed by Liuzzi, Massa, and Zonta. Liuzzi would go fastest with a time of 1m:15.385. Massa was now in second with a 1m:15.661. Liuzzi would return to his pit. Both Ferrari's were out on the circuit, joined by Antonio and Raikkonen.

Wurz was again fastest with a 1m:14.928 while Barrichello was in fifth with a 1m:16.543. Michael Schumacher would move to the top of the times with a 1m:14.643. Brother Ralf was also out on the track. Antonio's first lap would see him in sixth with a 1m:15.859. Kimi would move into second with a 1m:14.734. Trulli would join team-mate Ralf out on the circuit. Thirteen drivers had set times within the first ten minutes of the session.

Kimi would move ahead of Michael with a time of 1m:13.950. Team-mate Wurz was now in second with a 1m:14.595. The third McLaren of Montoya was on the track. Mark Webber and Jacques Villeneuve had also joined Juan Pablo. The two Toyota's of Ralf and Trulli were now in fifth and sixth. Trulli would improve to be in fourth with a 1m:14.631. On his first lap Juan Pablo would go fastest with a 1m:13.896.

mark's first lap would see him in eleventh with a 1m:16.147, to be just behind Antonio. Mark would improve his time with a 1m:15.526 to move ahead of Antonio. Button was now in eighth and team-mate Sato twelfth. Villeneuve was in thirteenth. Wurz had improved his time with a 1m:14.441 but both Renault's would push him down to fifth. Alonso was in third, 1m:14.032, and Fisichella fourth, 1m:14.343. Giancarlo would improve his time with a 1m:14.135.

Both WilliamsF1 cars had returned to their pits. Sato was now in eighth with a 1m:14.830. With twenty minutes of the session run the only driver yet to set a time was Klein. Michael was on a very quick lap and it would see him move back to the top of the times with a 1m:13.205. Rubens was now in eighth with a time of 1m:14.760. Klein would set a time of 1m:16.028 to see him down in
nineteenth. Team-mate Coulthard was in fourteenth.

Klein would improve his time with a 1m:14.807 to now be in tenth. Liuzzi was now in sixth with a 1m:14.141. Button and Sato were in eleventh and twelfth. Antonio had returned to the track, joined by Raikkonen. Antonio's first lap would see him set a time of 1m:13.828 to move into third behind Raikkonen who had set a time of 1m:13.756. Kimi would improve his time with a 1m:13.510. But in somewhat of a surprise Massa would go fastest with a time of 1m:12.710. Alonso and Fisichella were now in fourth and fifth while Antonio was pushed down to sixth.

PizzoniaMark was back out joined by Montoya. Juan Pablo would go fastest in the first sector. Mark would move into sixth with a 1m:13.650 but this would become seventh when Juan Pablo went fastest with a time of 1m:12.694. Both Ferrari's had improved with Rubens ahead of Michael in third and fourth. Mark and Antonio were in eighth and ninth.

Villeneuve would split the Ferrari's moving into fourth with a 1m:13.202. The Sauber's were looking strong in this session. Doornbos would move into an excellent twelfth place with a time of 1m:13.922. This would put him ahead of both BAR's and Toyota's. Klein's session would come to an end when he was to spin his car hitting a tyre barrier at Turn 10. With fifteen minutes remaining in the session there would be a rush of drivers coming back out, including both WilliamsF1 drivers.

Trulli was now in sixth with a 1m:13.493, while Kimi was now in fourth with a time of 1m:13.172. Rubens was in third with a great time of 1m:13.088. Zonta was now in third with a time of 1m:12.802. He would improve to now be in second with a 1m:12.706. With under ten minutes remaining the top ten was Montoya from Zonta, Massa, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, Trulli, Fisichella, and Alonso. Both WilliamsF1 cars had now completed over fifteen laps each, with Mark and Antonio in twelfth and thirteenth.

Both Mark and Antonio would return to their pits after putting in some loner runs in the closing stages of the session. With the end of the session it would be Alex Wurz who would put in a final very quick lap to move to the top of the times with a time of 1m:12.083. Albers would pull his car off the track in sector three.

 
Pos  Driver        Team                   Time     Laps
 1.  Wurz          McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:12.083 38
 2.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:12.694 13
 3.  Zonta         Toyota            (M)  1:12.706 36
 4.  Massa         Sauber-Petronas   (M)  1:12.710 28
 5.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:13.088 21
 6.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:13.172 18
 7.  Villeneuve    Sauber-Petronas   (M)  1:13.202 21
 8.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:13.205 24
 9.  Trulli        Toyota            (M)  1:13.493 26
10.  Fisichella    Renault           (M)  1:13.518 29
11.  Alonso        Renault           (M)  1:13.545 29
12.  Webber        WilliamsF1-BMW    (M)  1:13.650 18
13.  Pizzonia      WilliamsF1-BMW    (M)  1:13.828 19
14.  Doornbos      Minardi-Cosworth  (B)  1:13.922 28
15.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:14.006 22
16.  Liuzzi        Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:14.141 29
17.  Button        BAR-Honda         (M)  1:14.189 26
18.  R.Schumacher  Toyota            (M)  1:14.427 20
19.  Albers        Minardi-Cosworth  (B)  1:14.563 23
20.  Sato          BAR-Honda         (M)  1:14.584 27
21.  Monteiro      Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:14.671 22
22.  Klien         Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:14.698 7
23.  Kiesa         Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:15.094 25
24.  Karthikeyan   Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:15.187 19
 
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