By Lorenzo Gotti
June 22 2002

Michael Schumacher was quickest in the final free practice session this morning. The German lapped the newly modified track in 1’30”658, the only driver to drop under the 1m 31s barrier. His Ferrari team mate was third, Rubens Barrichello lapping in 1’31”332.

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Splitting the two F2002 was the McLaren-Mercedes of Kimi Raikkonen (1’31”176.) Nick Heidfeld was fourth quickest for Sauber (1’31”422) ahead of the Williams-BMW of Ralf Schumacher (1’31”685.) Mika Salo completed the top six for Toyota in 1’31”803.

The Ferrari duo completed 42 laps, 22 for Michael Schumacher and 20 for Rubens Barrichello and both men used just one set of tyres each. Both cars were fitted with the new design of engine cover. While most of the work was aimed at this afternoon’s qualifying session, some of the one and half hours was dedicated to race work.

Changes were limited to trying various mechanical and aerodynamic settings. Both Schumacher and Barrichello feel reasonably confident for this afternoon. It was interesting to note that some non-Bridgestone runners, particularly the Williams duo, appeared to be doing a lot of laps to scrub in tyres, which might be a way of improving their performance.

Full Times

1 M. Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1.30.658
2 K. Räikkönen Finland McLaren 1.31.176
3 R. Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1.31.332
4 N. Heidfeld Germany Sauber 1.31.422
5 R. Schumacher Germany Williams 1.31.685
6 M. Salo Finland Toyota 1.31.803
7 D. Coulthard Scotland McLaren 1.31.811
8 J.P. Montoya Colombia Williams 1.31.833
9 J. Trulli Italy Renault 1.32.412
10 J. Button England Renault 1.32.698
11 F. Massa Brazil Sauber 1.32.715
12 A. McNish Scotland Toyota 1.32.863
13 T. Sato Japan Jordan 1.33.017
14 M. Webber Australia Minardi 1.33.146
15 E. Irvine Northern Ireland Jaguar 1.33.157
16 G. Fisichella Italy Jordan 1.33.167
17 O. Panis France BAR 1.33.202
18 H. Frentzen Germany Arrows 1.33.668
19 J. Villeneuve Canada BAR 1.33.681
20 E. Bernoldi Brazil Arrows 1.33.877
21 A. Yoong Malaysia Minardi 1.35.016
22 P. De la Rosa Spain Jaguar 1.35.736

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