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The final
practice session at the Interlagos circuit would not see a car come
out for the first three minutes but finally Michael Schumacher would come
out in his Ferrari. He was joined by Jordan's Tiago Monteiro and McLaren's Kimi
Raikkonen. Robert Doornbos and Jacques Villeneuve would also come out while
Michael would set the first time of the session with a 1m:13.884. Monteiro
would set a time of 1m:15.632 and Kimi would move to the top of the times
with a 1m:13.028.
Kimi
would improve his time with a 1m:12.850 while Michael returned to his
garage. Sato was now in third with a 1m:14.034 and Ralf in fourth. But
Montoya would push both down a place when he moved into second with a time of
1m:12.886. Kimi was back in his garage. Massa was now in sixth and Button
seventh, 1m:14.302. At the front Juan Pablo would go fastest with a
1m:12.700. The first of the Renault's, that of Fisichella would move into third with a
1m:13.806. Ralf was in sixth with a time of 1m:13.875. Alonso would move
into fourth with a time of 1m:13.750.
We had yet to see either of the BMW WilliamsF1 drivers. Button was now in
fifth, 1m:13.788, with thirty minutes remaining in the session. Alonso would move
ahead of his team-mate with a 1m:13.234. The order was Montoya from
Raikkonen, Fisichella, Alonso, Michael Schumacher, Sato, Ralf Schumacher,
Massa, Button, and Coulthard. Trulli was in eleventh. Antonio would take to
the track with twenty five minutes left in the session. Michael would move
ahead of Kimi with a time of 1m:12.715 to now be in second. Team-mate Rubens
was in eighth with a time of 1m:13.873.
Antonio would start his first lap, while Rubens moved into sixth with a time
of 1m:13.738. Antonio's first lap would see him set a time of 1m:14.156 to
be in twelfth. Mark would finally come out from his garage. The Toyota's Of
Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli were in ninth and tenth. Mark's first lap would
see him down in eighteenth with a time of 1m:14.835. Antonio had returned to his
garage. Kimi was on a quick lap that would see him move to the top of the
times with a time of 1m:12.109, to be 0.591 seconds ahead of second placed
Montoya.
Juan Pablo would improve his time with a 1m:12.375 to close the gap to Kimi
to just 0.266 seconds. mark had also improve his time with a 1m:14.114 to now
be in twelfth. Antonio was in thirteenth. With just over fifteen minutes
remaining both Renault's were back out. In a major surprise the Jordan of Karthikeyan
would move into fifth with a 1m:13.486, splitting the two Renault's.
Karthikeyan would lower his time with a 1m:13.242 while Alonso had moved
into second with a 1m:12.248. Mark and Antonio were now in fifteenth and
sixteenth.
Coulthard was in tenth with a time of 1m:13.851. Ralf had moved into sixth
with a time of 1m:13.324. Following the German was Fisichella and Barrichello.
But Coulthard would move ahead of Rubens with a time of 1m:13.497. Michael was
in fourth still but had lowered his time with a 1m:12.453. At the front Button
would move into second with a 1m:12.148, while Rubens was now in fifth with
a 1m:12.382. Antonio was back out and his first lap would see him move into
seventh with a time of 1m:12.752. Mark was in seventeenth. Only two drivers
were out, Montoya and Antonio, with just under ten minutes left. But Antonio
would also return to his garage leaving just Montoya.
Montoya would improve on his time with a 1m:12.292. As the drivers made
their last adjustments to their cars there would be the rush of drivers taking to
the track as the last five minutes of the session started. Massa was now in
eighth with a 1m:12.799. The second Jordan of Monteiro was in tenth just behind his
team-mate. Juan Pablo was now back in his garage. There was now just three
minutes remaining. Trulli was now in ninth with a 1m:13.222 but Coulthard
would move ahead of the Italian. Red Bull team-mate Klein would take ninth with a
lap time of 1m:12.811. Mark and Antonio were both back out.
Kimi would improve his time with a time of 1m:11.929. Alonso would do the
same to now be in second just 0.181 seconds behind rival Raikkonen. Button
was in third and Fisichella fourth. Montoya was in fifth with Rubens sixth.
Michael and Ralf were in seventh and eighth. Antonio's lap would see him set
a time of 1m:12.752 that would see him in ninth. he would return to his pit
as the session came to an end. Mark would also return to his garage
finishing the session in a disappointing nineteenth.
So Raikkonen would finish on top from Alonso, Button, Fisichella, Montoya,
Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Pizzonia, and Massa. |