Saturday First Free Practice - British GP
Kimi Raikkonen continued his form in Saturday's first practice session for the British Grand Prix as he set the pace at Silverstone.
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The Finn completed just five laps of the track in McLaren's new MP4-19B but his late lap of 1:19.315 was enough to secure top spot after the opening 45-minute session.
Home favourite Jenson Button put in only six laps but ended second quickest, 0.153 seconds down on Raikkonen, with Ferrari's world champion Michael Schumacher third ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello.
Schumacher had managed to control a spin at Brooklands towards the end of the session as he pushed hard to improve his time, before Raikkonen took the honours with his late lap.
Williams-BMW's Juan Pablo Montoya was fifth ahead of Renault's Jarno Trulli, McLaren's David Coulthard and BAR-Honda's Takuma Sato. Fernando Alonso, of Renault, and Williams-BMW's Marc Gene completed the top-ten.
Minardi drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner did not take to the track following the news that the team's sporting director John Walton passed away late on Friday night.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:19.315 5 2. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:19.468 + 0.153 6 3. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:19.571 + 0.256 11 4. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:19.585 + 0.270 8 5. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:19.699 + 0.384 10 6. Trulli Renault (M) 1:19.966 + 0.651 5 7. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:19.979 + 0.664 5 8. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.177 + 0.862 6 9. Alonso Renault (M) 1:20.482 + 1.167 13 10. Gene Williams-BMW (M) 1:20.552 + 1.237 13 11. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:20.685 + 1.370 6 12. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:20.759 + 1.444 9 13. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:21.017 + 1.702 11 14. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.295 + 1.980 5 15. Panis Toyota (M) 1:21.416 + 2.101 15 16. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.706 + 2.391 6 17. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:21.984 + 2.669 11 18. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.503 + 3.188 12 19. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) No Time 20. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) No Time All timing unofficial
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