Ralf 5th fastest in 3rd Brazilian practice


Ralf Schumacher

By Andrew Hooper
October 23 2004

BMW WilliamsF1 driver Ralf Schumacher would finish 5th fastest in third Brazilian practice session. Juan Pablo was tenth. The session was delayed by dogs getting onto the track forcing officials to remove them so as to avoid an accident.

   
Brazilian GP Saturday 3rd Practice
 
It was a bizarre event that brought the Formula One world to a standstill prior to the start of the opening Saturday practice session. The session would be delayed by a stray dogs that got onto the track.

WilliamsF1 GarageThe session would restart at 8:30 local time but would finish at the scheduled time of 8:45AM. When the session was restarted it only gave the teams twenty minutes of track time.

At the end of the session the BMW WilliamsF1 team would see their drivers in fifth and tenth, with Ralf Schumacher leading team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya. Fastest in the session was BAR's Jenson Button, with a time of 1m:11.466. With the delays in the start of the session drivers were quick to get out and this would see some have on-track moments. Rubens Barrichello would run wide at the Senna S while Jacques Villeneuve would spin at the same corner. Jacques would fail to set a time in the session.

The session would see BAR's Takuma Sato come in second with Kimi Raikkonen third. Barrichello was fourth ahead of Ralf. Michael Schumacher was sixth. The Sauber's of Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa would set the seventh and eighth fastest times with McLaren's David Coulthard and Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya completing the top-ten.
 
Pos Driver Team Tyres Time Laps

1. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:11.466 9
2. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:11.580 + 0.114 17
3. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:11.591 + 0.125 17
4. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:11.641 + 0.175 17
5. R. Schumacher WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:11.714 + 0.248 17
6. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:11.740 + 0.274 17
7. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:11.985 + 0.519 17
8. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:12.064 + 0.598 17
9. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:12.085 + 0.619 17
10. Montoya WilliamsF1-BMW (M) 1:12.208 + 0.742 17
11. Trulli Toyota (M) 1:12.263 + 0.797 17
12. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:12.356 + 0.890 17
13. Alonso Renault (M) 1:12.563 + 1.097 17
14. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:12.612 + 1.146 17
15. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:13.025 + 1.559 17
16. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:13.327 + 1.861 17
17. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:14.284 + 2.818 17
18. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:14.336 + 2.870 17
19. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:14.805 + 3.339 17
20. Villeneuve Renault (M) no time
 
 
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