First practice from Motegi, Japan
Today's practice session was filled with frenetic activity, the quickest time changed seven times during the last 15 minutes
Adrian Fernandez came out on top with a blistering lap averaging 215.889 mph. 'We got the setup right last year, and that's basically what we used this morning,' he said.
Tricky conditions didn't inspire the drivers' confidence, the track temperature was just 12 C. Many drivers reported that the cars were moving around a lot in the 25mph winds but fortunately the session was free from accidents.
Competition was tight as ever, the top seven drivers were separated by just two-tenths of a second.
Times from Motegi's 1.5 mile oval
|
Pos |
Driver |
Time |
Speed (mph) |
|
1 |
Adrian Fernandez |
25.732 |
216.711 |
|
2 |
Mauricio Gugelmin |
25.742 |
216.627 |
|
3 |
Paul Tracy |
25.801 |
216.131 |
|
4 |
Jimmy Vasser |
25.802 |
216.123 |
|
5 |
Michael Andretti |
25.879 |
215.48 |
|
6 |
Greg Moore |
25.907 |
215.247 |
|
7 |
Christian Fittipaldi |
25.913 |
215.197 |
|
8 |
Juan Montoya |
25.923 |
215.114 |
|
9 |
Tony Kanaan |
25.94 |
214.973 |
|
10 |
Max Papis |
25.99 |
214.559 |
|
11 |
PJ Jones |
25.996 |
214.51 |
|
12 |
Dario Franchitti |
26.007 |
214.419 |
|
13 |
Robby Gordon |
26.026 |
214.263 |
|
14 |
Gil de Ferran |
26.035 |
214.189 |
|
15 |
Patrick Carpentier |
26.074 |
213.868 |
|
16 |
Bryan Herta |
26.085 |
213.778 |
|
17 |
Scott Pruett |
26.103 |
213.631 |
|
18 |
Mark Blundell |
26.147 |
213.271 |
|
19 |
Alex Barron |
26.25 |
212.434 |
|
20 |
Cristiano da Matta |
26.278 |
212.208 |
|
21 |
Tarso Marques |
26.287 |
212.135 |
|
22 |
Tony Kanaan |
26.341 |
211.7 |
|
23 |
Luiz Garcia Jr. |
26.594 |
209.686 |
|
24 |
Helio Castro-Neves |
26.631 |
209.395 |
|
25 |
Helio Castro-Neves |
26.757 |
208.409 |
|
26 |
Richie Hearn |
26.807 |
208.02 |
|
27 |
Shigeaki Hattori |
27.148 |
205.407 |
|
28 |
Gil de Ferran |
27.248 |
204.654 |
|
29 |
Scott Pruett |
27.267 |
204.511 |
|
30 |
Paul Tracy |
27.416 |
203.399 |
|
31 |
Jimmy Vasser |
27.457 |
203.096 |
|
32 |
Patrick Carpentier |
27.618 |
201.912 |
|
33 |
Juan Montoya |
28.132 |
198.223 |
|
34 |
Greg Moore |
28.376 |
196.518 |
|
35 |
Cristiano da Matta |
28.476 |
195.828 |
|
36 |
Michel Jourdain Jr. |
28.988 |
192.369 |
|
37 |
Adrian Fernandez |
29.01 |
192.223 |
|
38 |
Mauricio Gugelmin |
33.77 |
165.129 |
|
39 |
Richie Hearn |
38.347 |
145.419 |
|
40 |
Tarso Marques |
40.211 |
138.678 |
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