Friday First Free Practice - Canadian GP

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and his World Champion teammate Michael Schumacher showed Ferrari are still the team to beat in Formula One when they claimed the first and second fastest times in Friday's opening practice session for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.

Ferrari, who were beaten for the first time in five races at the last Grand Prix, in Monaco, were back on form with Barrichello's leading F2002 finishing just 0.061 seconds ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher at the power-favouring Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Schumacher moved to the top of the times half way though the session and exerted his dominance with a faster lap ten minutes from the end, but was then beaten by Barrichello in the final seconds.

For once, it was not all perfection for Schumacher because he clipped the notorious wall on the outside of the final chicane after his final flying lap and was forced to nurse the dominant F2002 back to the pits.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, who has a stunning record of four podiums in six appearances in Montreal, was third for Jordan-Honda, nine tenths of a second slower than Barrichello, with Briton David Coulthard and Finn Kimi Raikkonen fourth and fifth for McLaren-Mercedes.

German Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who spun twice in one minute as he pushed for an improvement later on in the session, claimed the sixth fastest time for Arrows, with Frenchman Olivier Panis seventh for BAR and Brazilian Sauber driver Felipe Massa eighth.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya was the first of the Williams-BMW cars, but managed only ninth fastest time in the 20 degree conditions at a sun-soaked circuit, while Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa boosted Jaguar's hopes by completing the top ten.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:16.930 204.076 km/h 16 2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:16.991 + 0.061 14 3. Fisichella Jordan Honda (B) 1:17.840 + 0.910 13 4. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:18.156 + 1.226 16 5. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:18.203 + 1.273 17 6. Frentzen Arrows Cosworth (B) 1:18.340 + 1.410 17 7. Panis BAR Honda (B) 1:18.349 + 1.419 25 8. Massa Sauber Petronas (B) 1:18.426 + 1.496 29 9. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:18.437 + 1.507 18 10. de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:18.461 + 1.531 21 11. Trulli Renault (M) 1:18.465 + 1.535 14 12. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:18.581 + 1.651 23 13. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:18.799 + 1.869 23 14. Button Renault (M) 1:18.867 + 1.937 7 15. Salo Toyota (M) 1:19.110 + 2.180 15 16. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:19.193 + 2.263 22 17. Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth (B) 1:19.243 + 2.313 10 18. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:19.437 + 2.507 24 19. Webber Minardi Asiatech (M) 1:19.716 + 2.786 21 20. McNish Toyota (M) 1:19.903 + 2.973 23 21. Sato Jordan Honda (B) 1:20.507 + 3.577 15 22. Yoong Minardi Asiatech (M) 1:21.678 + 4.748 24 All Timing Unofficial