Pizzonia ahead of Webber in final Chinese practice


Pizzonia and Nico

By Andrew Hooper
October 15 2005

For the BMW WilliamsF1 team Antonio Pizzonia would finish ahead of team-mate Mark Webber in final Chinese practice session. They would finish in ninth and tenth places. The session would see the McLaren and Renault drivers swap fastest times but Raikkonen would again finish fastest.

 
Chinese GP Saturday 4th Practice
 

The opening Saturday practice session would see the McLaren team finish with a one-two, Kimi Raikkonen ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya. Renault were third and fourth with Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso. For the BMW WilliamsF1 team Mark Webber would finish the session in fifth.

WebberWith the start of the final forty five minute practice session it would be Kimi Raikkonen who would set the first lap time, 1m:34.099. Joining Kimi on the track were Sato, Coulthard, Alonso, and Villeneuve. Sato would move into second with a time of 1m:35.959. Ralf Schumacher would also come out. Kimi would lower his previous lap time with a 1m:33.933. The second McLaren of Montoya was also out on the track. Coulthard would move into third with a time of 1m:35.959. With ten minutes of the session run Alonso would move into second with a time of 1m:34.448. Villeneuve was in fifth with a time of 1m:37.568. David would improve his time with a 1m:35.445. Monteiro was in seventh with a time of 1m:38.574. At the front Montoya would continue McLaren's domination of the practice sessions by moving into second with a time of 1m:34.014.

The two Toyota's Of Ralf and Jarno were in sixth and tenth. Trulli's time was a 1m:40.688. Ralf would move into fifth with a time of 1m:35.547. The second Renault of Fisichella would set its first time, 1m:35.702, to be in sixth. Both of the Ferrari's and the second Sauber of Massa had also come out. They were joined by Button who would move into fourth with a time of 1m:35.088.

Neither of the WilliamsF1 drivers had come out yet with just under thirty minutes remaining. Fisichella was now in fifth with a time of 1m:35.110.
Coulthard was in sixth. Team-mate Klein, after not setting a time in the
previous session, would move into sixth with a time of 1m:35.213. Michael Schumacher would complete his first lap setting a time of 1m:35.937 to be in tenth.

Button would improve his time with a 1m:34.834 but remained in fourth. Mark was now out on the track for the first time this session. Massa was now in ninth with a 1m:35.867. With just five drivers out on the track Mark would set his first time, 1m:35.741, to be in ninth. He would be joined by Antonio. The two Ferrari's of Michael and Rubens were in eleventh and thirteenth. Sato would move into ninth with a time of 1m:35.733.

Mark's next lap would see him set a time of 1m:35.004 to now be fifth fastest. Both Montoya and Alonso were back out on the circuit. Antonio would move ahead of Mark with a time of 1m:34.835 to have the WilliamsF1 cars in fifth and sixth. Fisichella was also back out joined by Raikkonen. Antonio would return to his pit. In the first lap out Alonso would move ahead of the McLaren's with a time of 1m:33.918. Montoya would improve his time, 1m:33.981, but remained in third.

Fisichella would move ahead of Mark and into sixth with a time of 1m:34.997. Mark would join Antonio in returning to his pit. Kimi would quickly move ahead of Fernando with a time of 1m:33.880. Both McLaren's would return to their pits. With just under fifteen minutes of the session remaining the top ten was Raikkonen, Alonso, Montoya, Button, Pizzonia, Fisichella, Webber, Coulthard, Klein, and Ralf Schumacher.

Michael Schumacher would move into seventh with a time of 1m:34.998. Ream-mate Barrichello was down in fourteenth. Antonio and Mark were now in fifth and eighth. Trulli would jump up the order to be in ninth with a time of 1m:35.107. The Minardi's of Doornbos and Albers were in sixteenth and seventeenth places. Antonio had returned to the track as the final ten minutes of the session started. Karthikeyan would make his first appearance of the session.

The Red Bull's of Coulthard and Klein were in tenth and eleventh. Montoya was back out. Karthikeyan was now in twelfth with a time of 1m:35.310. Sato would take this spot from the Jordan driver. With five minutes remaining Button was back out, joined by Coulthard, Trulli, Alonso, and Fisichella. On his first lap Montoya would move into the top spot with a time of 1m:33.554. Coulthard was now in fourth with a time of 1m:34.453.

Michael was now in eighth with a time of 1m:34.998. Mark would join Antonio out on the track as there was the usual rush of drivers looking to set a quick time in the closing minutes of the session. Alonso was now in second with a 1m:33.793, while team-mate Fisichella was now in fourth with a 1m:34.392. But Kimi would maintain the status quo by going fastest with a time of 1m:33.212.

Antonio and Mark were now in eighth and ninth. Barrichello was now in sixth with a time of 1m:34.535. Button and Michael were in seventh and eighth. They were followed by Antonio and Mark. Both of the WilliamsF1 drivers would return to their pits as the session came to an end. With the end of the session the top ten was Raikkonen, Montoya, Alonso, Fisichella, Coulthard, Barrichello, Button, Michael Schumacher, Pizzonia, and Webber.

 
Pos  Driver        Team                   Time     Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:33.212 12
 2.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:33.554 12
 3.  Alonso        Renault           (M)  1:33.793 13
 4.  Fisichella    Renault           (M)  1:34.392 11
 5.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:34.453 14
 6.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:34.535 12
 7.  Button        BAR-Honda         (M)  1:34.729 12
 8.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:34.807 11
 9.  Pizzonia      WilliamsF1-BMW    (M)  1:34.835 10
10.  Webber        WilliamsF1-BMW    (M)  1:35.004 8
11.  Trulli        Toyota            (M)  1:35.107 13
12.  Klien         Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:35.179 13
13.  Sato          BAR-Honda         (M)  1:35.280 17
14.  Karthikeyan   Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:35.310 3
15.  R.Schumacher  Toyota            (M)  1:35.371 15
16.  Monteiro      Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:35.488 8
17.  Massa         Sauber-Petronas   (M)  1:35.693 13
18.  Albers        Minardi-Cosworth  (B)  1:36.397 15
19.  Villeneuve    Sauber-Petronas   (M)  1:36.417 11
20.  Doornbos      Minardi-Cosworth  (B)  1:36.558 14
 
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