Montoya Fastest in First Qualifying - Italian GP
Juan Pablo Montoya continued his impressive form in Monza on Saturday when he led Antonio Pizzonia in a Williams-BMW one-two as Ferrari faltered in the pre-qualifying session for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
Juan Pablo Montoya continued his impressive form in Monza on Saturday when he led Antonio Pizzonia in a Williams-BMW one-two as Ferrari faltered in the pre-qualifying session for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
Colombian Montoya set a time of 1:19.525 - the fastest of the weekend - to beat Brazilian teammate Pizzonia by 0.146 seconds and issue a warning that their team could be contenders for victory this weekend.
But Ferrari pair Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello struggled to perform in the 26-degree heat and finished ninth and tenth respectively, handing them a big challenge for the later grid-deciding qualifying session.
BAR-Honda pair Takuma Sato and Jenson Button finished third and fourth fastest with Spaniard Fernando Alonso fifth for Renault and Italian Giancarlo Fisichella the fastest Bridgestone runner in sixth for Sauber.
Scot David Coulthard finished seventh fastest ahead of McLaren-Mercedes teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who won the last race in Belgium, and the Ferrari duo finished off the top ten.
German Nick Heidfeld failed to set a time after coasting around the track when he appeared to have a problem with his Jordan but his teammate Pantano was just happy to take part in the session after his crash in morning practice.
Pos Driver Team T1 T2 Time 1. (12) Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 26.042 53.121 1:19.525 2. (13) Pizzonia Williams-BMW (M) 25.794 53.035 1:19.671 + 0.146 3. (18) Sato BAR-Honda (M) 25.958 53.140 1:19.733 + 0.208 4. (14) Button BAR-Honda (M) 25.941 53.183 1:19.856 + 0.331 5. (16) Alonso Renault (M) 25.779 53.469 1:20.341 + 0.816 6. (5) Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 26.061 53.552 1:20.357 + 0.832 7. (7) Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 26.029 53.478 1:20.414 + 0.889 8. (1) Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 26.049 53.680 1:20.501 + 0.976 9. (2) M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 26.127 53.652 1:20.538 + 1.013 10. (3) Barrichello Ferrari (B) 26.224 53.742 1:20.552 + 1.027 11. (4) Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 26.140 53.709 1:20.571 + 1.046 12. (9) Trulli Renault (M) 25.887 53.629 1:21.011 + 1.486 13. (17) Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 26.595 54.477 1:21.783 + 2.258 14. (10) Zonta Toyota (M) 26.439 54.413 1:21.829 + 2.304 15. (6) Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 26.639 54.775 1:22.114 + 2.589 16. (8) Panis Toyota (M) 26.634 54.615 1:22.169 + 2.644 17. (20) Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 26.624 55.233 1:23.264 + 3.739 18. (19) Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 26.997 55.796 1:23.963 + 4.438 19. (15) Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 27.073 56.203 1:25.082 + 5.557 20. (11) Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) No Time All timing unofficial
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