Montoya Fastest in First Qualifying - Spanish GP
Juan Pablo Montoya set the fastest time for Williams-BMW in the opening qualifying session of the Spanish Grand Prix as the usual pace setters Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button languished down the field.
Juan Pablo Montoya set the fastest time for Williams-BMW in the opening qualifying session of the Spanish Grand Prix as the usual pace setters Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button languished down the field.
Run under clear skies and with air temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius, the session saw some surprising positions as teams played out different strategies ahead of the grid-deciding session.
Schumacher finished ninth fastest with his Brazilian teammate Rubens Barrichello down in 13th place. Button ended the session 11th, one place behind his Japanese BAR-Honda teammate Takuma Sato.
Colombian Montoya finished with a time of 1:15.574 to finish ahead of Sauber pair Giancarlo Fisichella, of Italy, and Brazilian Felipe Massa who posted second and third fastest times.
German Ralf Schumacher finished fourth for Williams with Jarno Trulli fifth for Renault and Frenchman Olivier Panis completing the top six in his Toyota. McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen was eighth.
Pos Driver Team T1 T2 Time 1. (3) Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 22.061 52.233 1:15.574 2. (9) Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 22.296 52.503 1:15.746 + 0.172 3. (10) Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 22.049 52.439 1:15.771 + 0.197 4. (7) R.Schumacher Williams-BMW (M) 21.973 52.372 1:16.040 + 0.466 5. (5) Trulli Renault (M) 22.260 52.576 1:16.156 + 0.582 6. (11) Panis Toyota (M) 22.358 52.556 1:16.168 + 0.594 7. (13) Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 22.412 52.807 1:16.212 + 0.638 8. (8) Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 22.225 52.832 1:16.240 + 0.666 9. (1) M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 22.205 52.787 1:16.320 + 0.746 10. (16) Sato BAR-Honda (M) 22.358 52.938 1:16.434 + 0.860 11. (2) Button BAR-Honda (M) 22.041 52.630 1:16.462 + 0.888 12. (12) Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 22.226 52.518 1:16.465 + 0.891 13. (6) Barrichello Ferrari (B) 22.139 52.804 1:16.655 + 1.081 14. (18) da Matta Toyota (M) 22.466 52.951 1:16.758 + 1.184 15. (4) Alonso Renault (M) 22.691 53.275 1:17.011 + 1.437 16. (17) Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 22.170 52.916 1:17.043 + 1.469 17. (14) Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 22.979 53.911 1:17.863 + 2.289 18. (20) Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 22.641 54.006 1:17.965 + 2.391 19. (19) Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 23.403 55.454 1:20.372 + 4.798 20. (15) Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 23.746 56.140 1:21.620 + 6.046 All timing unofficial
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