Neither Juan Pablo or Ralf in later interviews seemed to be too disappointed with their efforts. Both made small mistakes on the runs and as such did not secure pole but both drivers are looking forward to tomorrow's race.

Out first in the final qualifying run was Minardi's Zolt Baumgartner. His time was a tenth slower than his earlier qualifying time and in no way could be considered to be a benchmark time. He was joined by team-mate Bruni. He would leave his team-mate over a second behind taking the provisional pole, if ever so briefly.

Another rookie Jordan's Giorgio Pantano was next and he would finish over a second ahead of Bruni. His only moment was in sector two when he was to hit a bollard, possibly damaging his car, losing part of the bodywork. Team-mate Nick Heidfeld would be over half of a second ahead after his lap, with a time of 1m:33.506.

The first of the Sauber's would take to the track with Felipe Massa losing time in sector one but recovering in sector two. He would go fastest. For Jaguar's mark Webber his lap would see him down on Massa in the first two sectors but he would recover in the final sector. His time would only see him second. Webber's team-mate Klein would set an impressive time to beat his team-mate by 0.3 seconds.

The first of the McLaren's would be next out with David Coulthard finishing over half a second ahead of Klein to move into first position. For Toyota's Cristiano da Matta he would put in an impressive lap to beat Coulthard by 0.002 seconds. But his time would be quickly surpassed by Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello. The Brazilian would be over a second faster than the Toyota. Rubens time was the first one which was indicative of a pole position time.

For Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella his time would see him move in fourth, a lap of
1m.31.731. Next was the BAR Honda of Takuma Sato. So far this weekend the BAR's had been setting impressive times. Sato would continue this good showing to be just three tenths behind Rubens to go second. Team-mate Button was next and he was slightly down in sector one, losing more time in the second, to finish third behind his team-mate.

Renault's Jarno Trulli was impressive in sector one setting the fastest time, but he would lose time in the rest of his lap to only finish fourth. Team-mate Alonso would see hi slap spoilt when he was to lock a wheel and run wide at Turn one. He would also run off the track at the final turn to finish a poor thirteenth. A terrible lap from the young Spaniard.

Toyota's Oliver Panis, after setting an impressive time in the earlier qualifying, would lose time in sector one, finishing fifth but with several other drivers left to run he would not stay there for long. Next was Michael Schumacher. He would lock a wheel at Turn one and be just ahead of Rubens time in sector one. But the rest of his lap was excellent seeing him go fastest by four tenths.

For McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen he would not attempt a second qualifying run, returning to the pits after his out lap. Was this tactics on the part fo the McLaren team given his penalty of ten grid positions. But he will have to start f5ronm the back of the grid.

Now the BMW WilliamsF1 drivers would come out and Juan Pablo would be quickest in sector one. He would be another tenth up on the fastest time but it all went wrong in sector three where he would lose time seeing him finish in third behind the two Ferrari's. Ralf was next and he would look impressive in sector one but would lose time in the second and finish fourth.