Ralf third after second practice at Nurburgring


Ralf Schumacher

By Andrew Hooper
May 28 2004

WilliamsF1's Ralf Schumacher would finish an encouraging 3rd after the second Friday practice for the European GP. Even though Ralf was far from happy it was a marked improvement over his earlier Friday time. As for team-mate Montoya he could not get to grips with his car and could only manage 11th.

   
European GP Friday 2nd Practice
 
For the BMW WilliamsF1 team the second Friday practice session at the Nürburgring would see Ralf Schumacher significantly improve his position, finishing the session in third only 0.32 seconds behind the quickest time.

MontoyaAs for team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya he would continue to struggle with his car finishing down in eleventh. He would feel that his car was unpredictable but given Ralf's time admitted that he had some catching up to do.

At the top of the times it would be McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen. It would be encouraging for the Fin  who has so far struggled this season. He would se a time of 1m:29.355 to finish 0.263 seconds faster than second-placed BAR driver Jenson Button. With Ralf in third Kimi would be backed up by McLaren team-mate David Coulthard who was fourth.

Monaco winner Renault's Jarno Trulli would finish in fifth while Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello had dropped from third to be sixth. Team-mate Michael Schumacher was down in ninth having sat out over half the session.

BAR test driver Anthony Davidson, who had topped the times in the first session, finished seventh with Fernando Alonso eighth for Renault and Takuma Sato, in the third BAR, completing the top ten. It was certainly a session where the Michelin runners were to dominate proceedings.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.355 18
2. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:29.618 + 0.263 16
3. R. Schumacher WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:29.677 + 0.322 28
4. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.700 + 0.345 17
5. Trulli Renault (M) 1:29.919 + 0.564 23
6. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:29.943 + 0.588 24
7. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:30.028 + 0.673 32
8. Alonso Renault (M) 1:30.163 + 0.808 22
9. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:30.227 + 0.872 9
10. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:30.283 + 0.928 17
11. Montoya WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:30.337 + 0.982 20
12. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:30.466 + 1.111 29
13. Panis Toyota (M) 1:30.497 + 1.142 24
14. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:30.531 + 1.176 25
15. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:30.949 + 1.594 33
16. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:30.974 + 1.619 26
17. Wirdheim Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:31.780 + 2.425 26
18. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:32.080 + 2.725 29
19. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:32.217 + 2.862 15
20. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:32.310 + 2.955 12
21. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:32.643 + 3.288 19
22. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:32.986 + 3.631 18
23. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:33.175 + 3.820 20
24. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:33.393 + 4.038 17
25. Leinders Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:34.538 + 5.183 19
 
 
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