Monza-Saturday Practice-Ralf 11th, Jarno 14th
By Luke Marc Carlile-Stanton
September 9 2006
Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli finished in 11th and 14th places respectivly in this mornings practice session before Qualifying ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Ralf's best time was a 1m23.244 and Jarno's a 1m23.467. But as so often this season Toyota have the ability to improve their performance in qualifying.
Meanwhile Turkish Race winner , Felipe Massa impressed the tifosi by setting a very good pace and going fastest with a time of 1m21.665. It was nearly a perfect 1-2 for Ferrari but Nick Heidfeld in the BMW-Sauber was second, beating his German counterpart Michael Schumacher back into 3rd place. Robert Kubica made it a Ferrari and BMW-Sauber wash out of the top 4 positions.
World Champion and championship contender Fernando Alonso was third in the Renault ahead of team mate Giancarlo Fisichella. Honda bounced back reasonably well after yesterdays dissapointment with 8th place for Rubens Barrichello and 12th for Hungarian race winner Jenson Button.
The Super Aguri's of Takuma Sato and Sakon Yamamoto finished 21st and 22nd respectively and therefore at the bottom of time sheets.
Italian GP free practice session 3 times
1. F.MASSA Ferrari 1m21.665s
2. N.HEIDFELD BMW-Sauber 1m22.052s
3. M SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m22.257s
4. R.KUBICA BMW-Sauber 1m22.280s
5. F.ALONSO Renault 1m22.371s
6. G.FISICHELLA Renault 1m22.412s
7. K.RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m22.682s
8. R.BARRICHELLO Honda 1m22.835s
9. P.DE LA ROSA McLaren 1m22.915s
10. C.KLIEN Red Bull 1m23.081s
11. R SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m23.244s
12. J.BUTTON Honda 1m23.295s
13. N.ROSBERG Williams 1m23.334s
14. J.TRULLI Toyota 1m23.467s
15. D.COULTHARD Red Bull 1m23.536s
16. M.WEBBER Williams 1m23.599s
17. S.SPEED Toro Rosso 1m23.659s
18. V.LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m23.777s
19. C.ALBERS Midland 1m24.186s
20. T.MONTEIRO Midland 1m24.541s
21. T.SATO Super Aguri 1m24.549s
22. S.YAMAMOTO Super Aguri 1m24.717s