Sunday Warm-Up - Brazilian GP

Michael Schumacher set the fastest time in Sunday morning warm-up for the Brazilian Grand Prix as the Ferrari driver outlined his dominance on the Interlagos circuit.

The German was quickest throughout most of the session but dropped the fastest time to below one minute-16 seconds in the final moments. Team-mate Rubens Barrichello was second fastest, 0.174 seconds off the top pace.

McLaren driver Mika Hakkinen was third fastest, with front row member Ralf Schumacher in fourth spot. Briton Jenson Button was slowest in his Benetton, more than four seconds off the elder Schumacher.

All the drivers except for Barrichello and British American Racing driver Olivier Panis came out immediately onto the track at the start of the session in temperatures of 22 degrees Celsius.

Panis' team-mate Jacques Villeneuve set the early pace as drivers made final checks to their race set-up, before Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard and Schumacher all took turns in top spot during the first two-thirds of the session.

Schumacher switched to the spare car with 13 minutes of the half-hour session remaining before improving his best time.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso struggled with the handling of his Minardi and went off into the gravel with three minutes remaining, coming to a halt next to the tyre wall in a rather uneventful warm-up session.

Pos. Driver Team Times 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:15.971 204.188 km/h 2. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:16.145 + 0.174 3. Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes (B) 1:16.308 + 0.337 4. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:16.375 + 0.404 5. Trulli Jordan Honda (B) 1:16.449 + 0.478 6. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (B) 1:16.679 + 0.708 7. Panis BAR Honda (B) 1:16.711 + 0.740 8. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:17.008 + 1.037 9. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:17.135 + 1.164 10. Frentzen Jordan Honda (B) 1:17.138 + 1.167 11. Raikkonen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:17.213 + 1.242 12. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:17.405 + 1.434 13. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:17.420 + 1.449 14. Burti Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:17.674 + 1.703 15. Mazzacane Prost Acer (M) 1:17.681 + 1.710 16. Alesi Prost Acer (M) 1:17.728 + 1.757 17. Alonso European Minardi (M) 1:18.016 + 2.045 18. Verstappen Arrows Asiatech (B) 1:18.074 + 2.103 19. Bernoldi Arrows Asiatech (B) 1:18.460 + 2.489 20. Fisichella Benetton Renault (M) 1:18.773 + 2.802 21. Marques European Minardi (M) 1:19.126 + 3.155 22. Button Benetton Renault (M) 1:20.008 + 4.037 All timing unofficial