Disappointing practice for WilliamsF1 at Monaco


Ralf Schumacher

By Andrew Hooper
May 20 2004

It would be a disappointing practice for the BMW WilliamsF1 at Monaco, with Juan Pablo and Ralf finishing in tenth and twelfth positions. Both drivers would struggle with the setup of the FW26. Ralf was hampered by the lost time in the first practice when he suffered an engine failure.

   
Monaco GP Thursday 2nd Practice
 
The second Thursday practice for the Monaco Grand Prix would see both BMW WilliamsF1 drivers struggle with the setup of their cars, thus seeing them down the list of times.

Ralf in the Monaco pitsJuan Pablo would lead Ralf with the Colombian in tenth and Ralf twelfth. Juan Pablo's time of 1m:16.097 was 1.356 seconds off the fastest time set by Michael Schumacher. Neither driver would express any satisfaction with the results of the opening day at Monaco, both still working on their setups.

Again it was Michael Schumacher who was fastest with a time of 1m:14.741. Next came BAR-Honda test driver Anthony Davidson, who was 0.4 seconds behind in second. Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello was third.

Renault's Jarno Trulli was fourth, McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen and encouraging fifth while Jenson Button would drop down the times to be sixth. Right behind was team-mate Takuma Sato in seventh.

Toyota's Ricardo Zonta and Renault's Fernando Alonso were eighth and ninth. Juan Pablo would complete the top ten.

Out on the track several driver would find the going difficult with Jaguar's Bjorn Wirdheim crashing at Tabac when he slid wide. Davidson would have a big lock up of his brakes going into Sainte Devote. He was able to keep his car off the barriers by going down the escape road.

Jaguar's day would get even worse when Christian Klien would hit the barriers heading into Casino square, badly damaged his car.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:14.741 24
2. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:15.141 + 0.400 32
3. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:15.319 + 0.578 27
4. Trulli Renault (M) 1:15.472 + 0.731 28
5. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:15.479 + 0.738 14
6. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:15.520 + 0.779 30
7. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:15.664 + 0.923 23
8. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:15.690 + 0.949 34
9. Alonso Renault (M) 1:15.701 + 0.960 28
10. Montoya WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:16.097 + 1.356 29
11. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:16.229 + 1.488 16
12. R. Schumacher WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:16.556 + 1.815 31
13. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:16.743 + 2.002 31
14. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:16.748 + 2.007 30
15. Panis Toyota (M) 1:17.007 + 2.266 24
16. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:17.309 + 2.568 24
17. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:17.629 + 2.888 31
18. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:17.756 + 3.015 28
19. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:17.873 + 3.132 18
20. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:17.988 + 3.247 15
21. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:18.822 + 4.081 24
22. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:18.829 + 4.088 19
23. Leinders Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:20.370 + 5.629 25
24. Wirdheim Jaguar-Cosworth (M) No Time 2
 
 
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