But in what must be a worrying sight it would be the Ferrari's who would dominate Friday's qualifying with their new F2003-GA, with Michael and Rubens first and second.
On a warm and dry day qualifying itself would see McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen the first driver out followed by team-mate David Coulthard. Kimi would set the benchmark time with a lap of 1m:17.862.

For David Coulthard his lap would see him quicker in sector one, down in sector two, finally finishing in second place behind his team-mate. Next was Michael Schumacher driving the new F2003-GA. He would go fastest, seven tenths ahead of Raikkonen, with a lap of 1m:17.130.

Next came the Spanish star Fernando Alonso and he would finish with the fourth fastest time. For Rubens Barrichello he would set the fastest time in sector one, but he would end up moving into second place behind his team-mate. Next was Ralf who would go sixth fastest but he would not remain in this position for very long.

Giancarlo Fisichella was next, going seventh fastest, while next would be Juan Pablo crossing the finish line in seventh. But it would be Jarno Trulli who would jump to the top of the times with a time just off Michael Schumacher's, which was good enough for second.

Sauber's Heinz-Harald Frentzen would be next but he would manage only tenth fastest. Following him was Jacques Villeneuve but the BAR driver could only manage eighth, 1.3 seconds off the pace. His team-mate Jenson Button would make his team-mates time look average when he was to finish fourth.

The second Sauber of Nick Heidfeld would move into thirteenth, while Jaguar's Mark Webber would again show his good from by setting the fifth fastest time. Next was Toyota's Olivier Panis with the Frenchman putting in a strong run to finish fifth, pushing Webber down the order.

Toyota Team-mate Cristiano da Matta would go slightly faster than his team-mate and move into fourth, which was a great showing from the Brazilian. Jordan's Ralph Firman would finish down on his team-mate Fisichella, who was in fourteenth place, finishing seventeenth.

For Minardi's Jos Verstappen his run would see him finish a huge 3.6 seconds off the fastest time. For the under pressure Antonio Pizzonia his run would see him only thirteenth far behind his Jaguar team-mate. The last driver out and the slowest driver would be Justin Wilson.