Saturday First Free Practice - Brazilian GP
BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button topped the times in Saturday's opening practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix but two dogs took centre stage.
BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button topped the times in Saturday's opening practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix but two dogs took centre stage.
The session had been halted after only five minutes when a Collie-type dog ran onto the track, with another hound also seen roaming around the Interlagos circuit.
Marshals attempted to capture the two strays before the action got underway again after a 25-minute delay when the FIA said "every access point to the track has been secured."
As a result, track time was limited to just 20 minutes and in frantic action on track Rubens Barrichello ran wide at the Senna S and Jacques Villeneuve spun at the same corner.
Button was the quickest man on track with a time of 1:11.466 ahead of his BAR teammate Takuma Sato with Kimi Raikkonen ending third fastest for McLaren-Mercedes.
Home favourite Barrichello, quickest on Friday for Ferrari, was fourth in the times ahead of Ralf and Michael Schumacher, of Williams-BMW and Ferrari respectively.
Sauber pair Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa posted the seventh and eighth fastest times with McLaren's David Coulthard and Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya completing the top-ten. Villeneuve, however, failed to set a lap time.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:11.466 9 2. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:11.580 + 0.114 11 3. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:11.591 + 0.125 7 4. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:11.641 + 0.175 6 5. R.Schumacher Williams-BMW (M) 1:11.714 + 0.248 8 6. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:11.740 + 0.274 9 7. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:11.985 + 0.519 6 8. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:12.064 + 0.598 5 9. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:12.085 + 0.619 7 10. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:12.208 + 0.742 7 11. Trulli Toyota (M) 1:12.263 + 0.797 5 12. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:12.356 + 0.890 8 13. Alonso Renault (M) 1:12.563 + 1.097 8 14. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:12.612 + 1.146 8 15. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:13.025 + 1.559 10 16. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:13.327 + 1.861 8 17. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:14.284 + 2.818 10 18. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:14.336 + 2.870 11 19. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:14.805 + 3.339 11 20. Villeneuve Renault (M) No Time 2 All timing unofficial
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