Saturday Second Free Practice - British GP
McLaren-Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen sent an ominous warning to his rivals after setting the pace in Saturday's final practice session ahead of qualifying for the British Grand Prix.
McLaren-Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen sent an ominous warning to his rivals after setting the pace in Saturday's final practice session ahead of qualifying for the British Grand Prix.
Raikkonen, quickest on Friday and in Saturday's first 45-minute session, set a best time of 1:18.280 to finish 0.134 seconds ahead of Jenson Button as the pace of McLaren's new MP4-19B continued to impress.
BAR-Honda driver Button, backed by a large home crowd at Silverstone, headed Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello with Renault's Jarno Trulli ending the session in fourth place.
Williams-BMW pair Marc Gene and Juan Pablo Montoya were fifth and sixth quickest respectively with David Coulthard seventh for McLaren and Ferrari's World Champion Michael Schumacher eighth.
Schumacher's session was brought to a temporary halt with 20 minutes remaining when he made another mistake heading into Priory and hurtled across the gravel, before he came back out on track in the final minutes.
Renault driver Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella completed the top-ten.
Minardi drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner were first on track after sitting out the first 45-minute session following the news that the team's sporting director John Walton passed away late on Friday night.
Italian Bruni pulled onto the grass at the side of the track at Stowe with five minutes remaining after encountering a problem.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.280 14 2. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:18.414 + 0.134 12 3. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:18.623 + 0.343 13 4. Trulli Renault (M) 1:18.694 + 0.414 14 5. Gene Williams-BMW (M) 1:18.832 + 0.552 10 6. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:18.912 + 0.632 11 7. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.919 + 0.639 11 8. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:18.951 + 0.671 8 9. Alonso Renault (M) 1:19.169 + 0.889 12 10. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:19.895 + 1.615 10 11. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:20.183 + 1.903 19 12. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:20.281 + 2.001 6 13. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:20.310 + 2.030 23 14. Panis Toyota (M) 1:20.531 + 2.251 16 15. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:20.726 + 2.446 12 16. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.837 + 2.557 8 17. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:20.913 + 2.633 18 18. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:21.980 + 3.700 15 19. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.014 + 3.734 11 20. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:23.941 + 5.661 12 All timing unofficial
Be part of the Autosport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Top Comments
Stoddart Believes Radical Steps are Good for F1
Barrichello Quickest in First Qualifying - Brazilian GP
Saturday First Free Practice - Brazilian GP
Bagnaia "angry" after losing ground to Martin in MotoGP title fight
MotoGP actively seeking second US race but no plans for 2025
Mercedes duo puzzled as W15 got “almost slower” over Italian GP
MotoGP San Marino GP: Martin denies Bagnaia in sprint to extend title lead
How the chief architect of McLaren's improvement plans to continue its rise
Jon Noble: Why Ferrari could be a dark horse for the title – but we can't be sure until October
The Albon-matching elements of Colapinto's maiden F1 grand prix
The Schumacher/Alonso element Norris is missing that would help McLaren’s team orders headache
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.
