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On a dry day the
final practice session would get under way with Takuma Sato the first driver
out onto the circuit. Team-mate Montagny was also out joined by both MF1
Toyotas of Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro. The first time of the day
would be set by Montagny, a 1m:22.046. The fastest time set so far this
weekend was a 1m:15.796 set by Massa on Friday. With nearly ten minutes of
the session the only driver on the circuit was Montagny.
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Monteiro would come back out, joined by Villeneuve and then Albers.
Coulthard was now out on the track for his installation lap while Jacques
would start a timed lap. Monteiro would also start a timed lap. Jacques lap
would finish with a time of 1m:20.948, while Monteiro would set a time of
1m:22.321. Montagny would return to his pit. Albers was now fourth with a
time of 1m:22.322, to be just 0.001 behind his team-mate.
On his first lap
Coulthard would go fastest with a time of 1m:19.275. Both Monteiro and
Albers would improve their times with a 1m:20.348 and 1m:21.324
respectively. Coulthard's time at the top would be short as Jacques would go
fastest with a time of 1m:19.148. Both Trulli and Liuzzi were out on the
circuit.
Villeneuve would improve with a 1m:19.001, while Coulthard had pitted.
Trulli's first lap would see him move into fifth with a 1m:21.431.
Villeneuve would pit while Massa came out for his first time. Ralf
Schumacher would also make his first appearance of the day. Trulli's next
lap would see him third with a 1m:19.991. Most of the drivers would be
working on making their tyre choice for Sunday's race but expect them to prepare for qualifying with quicker runs
later in this practice session.
On his first times lap Massa would move to the top of the times, 1m:18.704.
We would also see Raikkonen, Klien, Barrichello, and Michael Schumacher take
to the circuit. Massa would improve his time with a 1m:18.178. Ralf was now
in fifth with a 1m:19.959. Kimi's first lap would see him move into second
with a time of 1m:18.877. Ralf was now in fourth, 1m:19.128. Massa would
pit. Both of the WilliamsF1 cars of Webber and Rosberg would come out for
the first time. They were joined by Speed, Fisichella and Button.
Klien was now in second with a 1m:18.831. Michael had moved into fourth with
a 1m:18.943. Michael's next lap would see him go fastest with a time of
1m:17.229. Mark was now in fifth, 1m:18.779, while Nico was down in
fourteenth with a 1m:20.102. Fisichella would move into second, 1m:17.735
with just over half of the session remaining. Button would move into fourth
with a 1m:18.463, followed by Klien in fifth. Montoya was out on the circuit
with team-mate Raikkonen in his pit. Michael would improve his time with a
1m:17.174.
Button would move into second, 1m:17.187, as Michael would pit. Montoya was
in fifth while Jenson would put in an even quicker lap to go fastest with a
1m:16.999. Montoya was now in fourth, 1m:17.878. Nico had put in a quick lap
to move into sixth with a 1m:18.604. Mark was down in eleventh with both of
the WilliamsF1 drivers back in their pits. Heidfeld would move ahead of Nico
with a time of 1m:18.375. Button would pit. Trulli and Coulthard would move
into seventh and eighth pushing Nico down to ninth. Heidfeld's next lap
would see him move into fifth ahead of Massa.
Alonso would be the last driver to come out. Both Nico and Mark had returned
to the circuit. Mark's first lap would see him move into ninth, 1m:18.577.
Alonso's first timed lap would see him in ninth, 1m:18.549. Massa was back
out on the circuit and would head off on a quick lap. Alonso was now in
fifth, 1m:18.055. Massa's time would be a 1m:16.410 to finish over half a
second ahead of Button. Alonso was now in fourth and Fisichella fifth. Mark
was in ninth with Nico eleventh. Mark would pit.
With just under twenty minutes remaining in the session the top ten was
Massa, Button, Michael, Alonso, Fisichella, Montoya, Klien, Heidfeld,
Coulthard and Webber. Raikkonen had come back out and his first lap would be
a 1m:16.756 to move into second from seventeenth. Villeneuve was now in
tenth, 1m:18.122. Kimi would pit. Both Mark and Nico were also back in their
garages making their final preparations for qualifying. Michael would move into second,
1m:16.575, ahead of Raikkonen. Liuzzi would put his Torro Rosso into fifth,
1m:17.240. There would only be a handful of drivers out on the circuit, with
most others making adjustments to their cars getting ready for qualifying.
Mark and Nico were now fourteenth and seventeenth in the times. Nico would
come back out onto the circuit. He was joined by Montoya. Coulthard was on a
quick time, fastest middle sector, and would move to the top of the times
with a 1m:16.352 on his practice qualifying run. Button would leave the pit
lane. Nico's lap would see him move into tenth with a 1m:17.645. Montoya was
now in fourth, 1m:16.660. On his next lap Barrichello would put in a quick time with a
1m:16.399 to move into second. Coulthard and Montoya had pitted.
With five minutes of the session left mark was out for his practice
qualifying run. Klien would go fastest with a time of 1m:16.277. The first
of the Ferrari's, Massa, was out on the circuit. Button was down in eighth
with a 1m:16.999. Both Alonso and Fisichella were out for their final runs
in the session. They would be joined by a flood of drivers as the final
couple of minutes counted down. Fisichella was now fastest with a 1m:15.707,
fastest time so fat this weekend. Alonso was in seventh, 1m:16.595. Nico and Mark wee in thirteenth and fourteenth.
Heidfeld's lap would see him in second, 1m:16.057. But everyone would get
pushed down the order when Michael went fastest with a 1m:15.568.
With the session coming to an end the top ten would be Michael Schumacher
followed by Fisichella, Heidfeld, Klien, Coulthard, Barrichello, Massa,
Alonso, Montoya and Raikkonen. Nico and Mark were in fifteenth and
sixteenth. Looking at their times qualifying is going to be a difficult time
for the WilliamsF1 drivers.. |
