Montoya Fastest in First Qualifying - German GP
Juan Pablo Montoya led a Williams-BMW one-two in Saturday's pre-qualifying session for the German Grand Prix as World Champion Michael Schumacher disappointed his horn-blowing home fans by finishing down in 11th.
Juan Pablo Montoya led a Williams-BMW one-two in Saturday's pre-qualifying session for the German Grand Prix as World Champion Michael Schumacher disappointed his horn-blowing home fans by finishing down in 11th.
Colombian Montoya set a fastest time of 1:13.391 in temperatures of 25-degrees Celsius to finish 0.031 seconds ahead of Antonio Pizzonia, who is making his debut for Williams as a replacement for the injured Ralf Schumacher.
Third-placed Jenson Button finished 0.144 seconds back in his BAR-Honda with Spaniard Fernando Alonso fourth in the lead Renault and Scot David Coulthard fifth for McLaren-Mercedes.
Frenchman Olivier Panis, the penultimate man out on track in the session, put his new Toyota sixth fastest with Italian Jarno Trulli, who has been tipped to move to Panis' team next year, seventh in the second Renault.
Coulthard's teammate Kimi Raikkonen, of Finland, finished eighth with Brazilian Felipe Massa leading Sauber team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella, of Italy, as Sauber finished ninth and tenth.
Pos Driver Team T1 T2 Time 1. (5) Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 16.285 50.688 1:13.391 2. (20) Pizzonia Williams-BMW (M) 16.277 50.801 1:13.422 + 0.032 3. (4) Button BAR-Honda (M) 16.235 50.859 1:13.535 + 0.145 4. (10) Alonso Renault (M) 16.203 50.642 1:13.582 + 0.191 5. (7) Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 16.021 50.630 1:13.640 + 0.250 6. (19) Panis Toyota (M) 16.356 51.175 1:13.640 + 0.250 7. (17) Trulli Renault (M) 16.340 50.995 1:13.737 + 0.346 8. (2) Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 16.158 50.983 1:13.842 + 0.452 9. (9) Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 16.302 51.096 1:13.899 + 0.509 10. (6) Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 16.208 51.093 1:13.914 + 0.524 11. (1) M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 16.380 51.390 1:14.042 + 0.652 12. (3) Barrichello Ferrari (B) 16.469 51.307 1:14.111 + 0.721 13. (11) Sato BAR-Honda (M) 16.581 51.529 1:14.465 + 1.075 14. (13) Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 16.554 51.659 1:15.090 + 1.699 15. (8) Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 16.618 51.710 1:15.093 + 1.703 16. (12) da Matta Toyota (M) 16.836 52.154 1:15.119 + 1.729 17. (16) Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 16.595 52.199 1:16.167 + 2.776 18. (14) Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 16.967 52.719 1:16.538 + 3.147 19. (15) Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 17.058 53.286 1:17.283 + 3.893 20. (18) Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 17.290 53.294 1:17.515 + 4.125 All timing unofficial
Share Or Save This Story
How Le Mans is using grape residues and hydrogen to drive a sustainable future
Schumacher: The Low Points
Schumacher: The High Points
History repeats as 70th anniversary of Mallory Park is celebrated
How Sutton's BTCC steamroller overcame Snetterton challenges
Rossi faces key decision: Who will replace di Giannantonio at VR46?
Red Bull reacts to Verstappen’s criticism – why ‘I told you’ moments are needed
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments