1st. and 2nd Free Practice, Australia

[Speed]

1st. Free Practice

1 M. Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1.28.804
2 R. Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1.29.167
3 G. Fisichella Italy Jordan 1.31.693
4 R. Schumacher Germany Williams 1.31.723
5 F. Massa Brazil Sauber 1.31.957
6 P. De la Rosa Spain Jaguar 1.32.179
7 E. Irvine Northern Ireland Jaguar 1.32.285
8 H. Frentzen Germany Arrows 1.32.465
9 M. Salo Finland Toyota 1.32.602
10 J. Button England Renault 1.32.667
11 J.P. Montoya Colombia Williams 1.32.903
12 T. Sato Japan Jordan 1.32.904
13 E. Bernoldi Brazil Arrows 1.32.912
14 A. McNish Scotland Toyota 1.33.352
15 J. Villeneuve Canada BAR 1.33.447
16 J. Trulli Italy Renault 1.33.591
17 K. Räikkönen Finland McLaren 1.34.756
18 M. Webber Australian Minardi 1.35.976
19 N. Heidfeld Germany Sauber 1.37.303
20 D. Coulthard Scotland McLaren 1.37.834
21 O. Panis France BAR 1.40.684
22 A. Yoong Malaysia Minardi 1.44.011

[EERO]

The only thing interesting to me is that the TOYOTAs don'yt seem to be too far off the pace.

[Speed]

Maybe they were looking for Quals setup, and everybody else was on Race setup...

[EERO]

Second Pracrice:

P. No Driver Team - Engine Tyres Times Ave/Gaps laps
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'27"276 218.741 Km/h 30
2. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'27"799 + 0'00"523 35
3. 5 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'28"821 + 0'01"545 33
4. 6 MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'28"870 + 0'01"594 36
5. 7 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 1'29"572 + 0'02"296 30
6. 24 SALO Toyota M 1'29"601 + 0'02"325 34
7. 4 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'29"875 + 0'02"599 27
8. 8 MASSA Sauber Petronas B 1'29"937 + 0'02"661 35
9. 9 FISICHELLA Jordan Honda B 1'30"187 + 0'02"911 36
10. 14 TRULLI Renault M 1'30"298 + 0'03"022 35
11. 3 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'30"312 + 0'03"036 25
12. 11 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'30"352 + 0'03"076 38
13. 10 SATO Jordan Honda B 1'30"540 + 0'03"264 40
14. 17 DE LA ROSA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'30"566 + 0'03"290 26
15. 15 BUTTON Renault M 1'30"588 + 0'03"312 33
16. 25 MCNISH Toyota M 1'30"602 + 0'03"326 34
17. 16 IRVINE Jaguar Cosworth M 1'30"973 + 0'03"697 33
18. 12 PANIS BAR Honda B 1'31"127 + 0'03"851 30
19. 20 FRENTZEN Arrows Cosworth B 1'32"465 + 0'05"189 26
20. 23 WEBBER Minardi Asiatech M 1'32"695 + 0'05"419 25
21. 21 BERNOLDI Arrows Cosworth B 1'32"912 + 0'05"636 20
22. 22 YOONG Minardi Asiatech M 1'44"011 + 0'16"735 16


107% time : 1'33"385
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Unofficial results - Information: http://www.f1-live.com

[EERO]

A great time from Salo, and look, Ron, there's Heidfeld in front of Kimi....still.

I really don't think that the grid will look like this, but the MacCaroons had better find their speed.

[BBKing]

If Barrichello is 1 second quicker that the Williams then Ferrari should win the title before Canada....LOL

What is Salo doing up there. Was he testing qualifying setup?

[drexel]

These times are all out of whack...Maclaren 3 secs off the pace??

[Speed]

Bernoldi and Yoong have the same time for 1st and 2nd practice, any problem they had ?

[Raven]

Bit of an iffy couple of sessions. Toyota seem to have a very powerful engine. Williams and Mclaren, I prey have a bit more in their pocket.

[Speed]

Last year´s quals:

Cla Nº Driver Car / Engine Time Delay
[s] Delay
[%]
1 1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1'26.892 - -
2 2 R.Barrichello Ferrari 1'27.263 0.371 0.427
3 3 Mika Hakkinen McLaren/Mercedes 1'27.461 0.569 0.655
4 11 H-H.Frentzen Jordan/Honda 1'27.658 0.766 0.882
5 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams/BMW 1'27.719 0.827 0.952
6 4 David Coulthard McLaren/Mercedes 1'28.010 1.118 1.287
7 12 Jarno Trulli Jordan/Honda 1'28.377 1.485 1.709
8 10 J.Villeneuve BAR/Honda 1'28.435 1.543 1.776
9 9 Olivier Panis BAR/Honda 1'28.518 1.626 1.871
10 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber/Petronas 1'28.615 1.723 1.983
11 6 J.P.Montoya Williams/BMW 1'28.738 1.846 2.124

[neilap]

Ok, why? Why? Why did a Honda have to blow up. Sato was not able to keep the car on the track and BAR was unseen. Massa looked like another Montoya! Nice car control. Its a shame that in the US we dont see all these upstarts.

[mac]

Well, it sounds interesting. But, us Aussies will just have to wait for qualifying to actually see anything. Thanks Channel 9!

[mac]

Originally posted by Speed
Bernoldi and Yoong have the same time for 1st and 2nd practice, any problem they had ?

Bernoldi had gearbox problems in the 2nd session, and Yoong beached his car in the gravel trap at turn 1 in the 2nd session.

[gomick]

go felipe massa

[steve nielsen]

wow, 19th place for HHF

[ozrevhead]

Originally posted by steve nielsen
wow, 19th place for HHF

he better watch out - mark webber's on his tail :
well, at lest mark was ahead of DC in the 1st practice!!!!

GO MARK WEBBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FORZA M1NARD1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AndyF]

Well, Jordan seems to be slighty ahead of BAR

Minardi aren't as quick as I'd hoped!

GO SAUBER & TOYOTA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lazarus]

well, i personally feel that Mclaren and Williams are holding back (or should i say prey ). It will be a very boring season if Ferrari run away with it again.

Was nice to actually watch practice although i doubt i'll get it every grand prix. Can't wait for qualifying, all shall be known then

[LucaBadoer]

Felipe and Taku were just brrrriiilllllliant!!!!

[Alan Jones]

YIPPEE, 2002 is underway.

The greatest soap opera / sport in the world is back and the first episode is off to a bad start!!Last years Ferrari setting the pace at first seems very disheartening but it is worth remembering i guess that this is a car with a full season of development behind it which would surely be an advantage.Or are we just waiting to get well and truly kicked into the gutter when they compete with this seasons beast.Don't get me wrong, I love Ferrari, but I sincerely wish this will be another driver's year and not TGF's.

Fingers are crossed and the next 2 days i can hardly wait for......................................................



GO JUAN !!!!!!!!

OH...........And congrats to Mark Webber, nice work today

[LucaBadoer]

Originally posted by AlanJones
Last years Ferrari setting the pace at first seems very disheartening but it is worth remembering i guess that this is a car with a full season of development behind it which would surely be an advantage.

I'm sure that the others were running higher fuel loads - especially BMW-Williams. Remember that they did it in Friday FP all last season....


And if they're running with as much fuel as they did during some Friday FP's last year, they'll be mighty fast come qualification!


I cant wait 'till the last 15 mins of Saturday FP - then we'll know for sure whos had the most productive winter!!

[Minardi fan]

Friday practice... means chuff all as we know. Apparently it was wet for some of the session or something (can anyone who saw it confirm this?)

Salo's time to get into 6th is still very impressive though.

[Alan Jones]

Lets hope you are right Luca!

[Valve Bounce]

This makes a mockery of all the concern about Ferrari coming here with the F2001. If this keeps up, Ferrari might as well develop the F2001 for next year as well.

[scatty]

Hi Guys

If Ferrari have this qualifying pace.. Will it last in the race? Remembering the tyre difference last year. I think DC will come thru in qualifying although I would be very happy if MS can show them all off with the old car.