Barrichello Fastest in First Qualifying - Hungarian GP

Rubens Barrichello led his World Champion Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher in a in a dominant one-two in Saturday's pre-qualifying session for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Brazilian Barrichello, who was the 12th car out on track, finished with a time of 1:18.436 - more than one second faster than any practice lap so far - to put himself 0.671 seconds ahead of German Schumacher.

With temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius, the cooler conditions benefited Barrichello's Bridgestone tyres and his time was a massive 1.222 seconds faster than the closest non-Ferrari driver, Brazilian Sauber driver Felipe Massa.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella claimed the fourth fastest time in the second Sauber to prove the strength of the Bridgestone tyres, which the Swiss team also uses, as he just pipped fifth-placed Japanese driver Takuma Sato, of BAR-Honda.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya finished sixth fastest for Williams, with his Brazilian teammate Antonio Pizzonia, under pressure after being criticised for his single-lap runs at the last race in Germany, ending up ninth.

Briton Jenson Button, who topped the final practice session in his BAR-Honda, finished seventh fastest with Italian Jarno Trulli, of Renault, eighth and Finn Kimi Raikkonen closing out the top ten in his McLaren-Mercedes.

Pos Driver Team T1 T2 Time 1. (12) Barrichello Ferrari (B) 28.206 56.452 1:18.436 2. (1) M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 28.345 56.901 1:19.107 + 0.671 3. (13) Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 28.295 57.086 1:19.658 + 1.222 4. (9) Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 28.490 57.406 1:19.668 + 1.232 5. (8) Sato BAR-Honda (M) 28.685 57.294 1:19.695 + 1.259 6. (5) Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 28.285 57.439 1:19.821 + 1.385 7. (2) Button BAR-Honda (M) 28.569 57.339 1:19.878 + 1.442 8. (11) Trulli Renault (M) 28.498 57.418 1:19.879 + 1.443 9. (7) Pizzonia Williams-BMW (M) 28.669 57.610 1:20.019 + 1.583 10. (19) Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 28.453 57.401 1:20.066 + 1.630 11. (20) Zonta Toyota (M) 28.715 57.645 1:20.199 + 1.763 12. (3) Alonso Renault (M) 28.678 57.574 1:20.435 + 1.999 13. (18) Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 28.922 57.606 1:20.439 + 2.003 14. (15) Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 28.863 58.140 1:21.187 + 2.751 15. (4) Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 28.658 58.414 1:21.192 + 2.756 16. (6) Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 29.506 58.633 1:21.452 + 3.016 17. (14) Panis Toyota (M) 28.500 57.874 1:21.491 + 3.055 18. (10) Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 29.077 58.588 1:21.510 + 3.074 19. (17) Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 29.494 60.073 1:23.362 + 4.926 20. (16) Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 29.762 60.622 1:24.656 + 6.220 All timing unofficial