Friday First Free Practice - Brazilian GP

Michael Schumacher led a family one-two in the first practice session for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday morning after Kimi Raikkonen stopped the session following a spin in his McLaren.

Schumacher, driving the new Ferrari, finished more than a second faster than his brother Ralf, in a Williams-BMW, as the temperatures rose above 30 degrees at a sun-drenched Interlagos circuit just outside Sao Paulo.

Giancarlo Fisichella finished third in his Jordan-Honda, ahead of the Sauber pairing of Nick Heidfeld and new home hero Felipe Massa, in fourth and fifth, and Brazilian Enrique Bernoldi, in the Arrows, in sixth.

Jenson Button was the fastest of the two Renault drivers, finishing seventh, with Takuma Sato eighth in the second Jordan-Honda, Juan Pablo Montoya ninth for Williams-BMW, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen making Arrows's day with tenth.

The session was a disaster for McLaren as their spinning cars caused the session to be stopped half-way though after Raikkonen stalled his car at the Descida do Sol and teammate David Coulthard spun off into a border of flowers on the edge of the Brazilian circuit.

The marshals could not move Raikkonen's stricken car to a safe place beside the track and the session was red flagged.

Immediately after the seven-minute break, there was more misery for unfortunate Barrichello, who has failed to finish in all of the last seven races at Interlagos.

He ended up on the bottom of the time sheets after being forced to return to the pits on foot when a spin at turn nine left his Ferrari stranded. His teammate Schumacher was more fortunate and recovered from his spin.

Bernoldi and Minardi's Alex Yoong both had minor off-track excursions at turn eight but were able to continue and return to the pits, but Sato was not so fortunate as he spun his Jordan at turn four at the end of the session

Pos Driver Team Times 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:15.627 205.117 km/h 2. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:16.645 + 1.018 3. Fisichella Jordan Honda (B) 1:16.770 + 1.143 4. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:17.018 + 1.391 5. Massa Sauber Petronas (B) 1:17.081 + 1.454 6. Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth (B) 1:17.327 + 1.700 7. Button Renault (M) 1:17.522 + 1.895 8. Sato Jordan Honda (B) 1:17.624 + 1.997 9. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:17.661 + 2.034 10. Frentzen Arrows Cosworth (B) 1:17.717 + 2.090 11. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:17.721 + 2.094 12. Trulli Renault (M) 1:17.979 + 2.352 13. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:18.121 + 2.494 14. McNish Toyota (M) 1:18.128 + 2.501 15. de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:18.171 + 2.544 16. Panis BAR Honda (B) 1:18.237 + 2.610 17. Salo Toyota (M) 1:18.280 + 2.653 18. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:18.318 + 2.691 19. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:19.247 + 3.620 20. Webber Minardi Asiatech (M) 1:19.320 + 3.693 21. Yoong Minardi Asiatech (M) 1:22.192 + 6.565 22. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 32:02.755 +30:47.128 All Timing Unofficial