Pizzonia ninth in final Brazilian practice


Antonio leads Mark

By Andrew Hooper
September 24 2005

BMW WilliamsF1 driver Antonio Pizzonia would finish ninth in the final Brazilian practice session. Tem-mate Mark Webber was in a very disappointing ninteenth. Fastest in the session was Raikkonen.

 
Brazilian GP Saturday 4th Practice
 

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.

WebberKimi 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.

WilliamsF1 GarageJuan 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.

 
Pos  Driver        Team                   Time     Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:11.929 11
 2.  Alonso        Renault           (M)  1:12.110 13
 3.  Button        BAR-Honda         (M)  1:12.148 14
 4.  Fisichella    Renault           (M)  1:12.158 13
 5.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes  (M)  1:12.292 11
 6.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:12.382 10
 7.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:12.453 15
 8.  R.Schumacher  Toyota            (M)  1:12.509 18
 9.  Pizzonia      Williams-BMW      (M)  1:12.752 10
10.  Massa         Sauber-Petronas   (M)  1:12.799 11
11.  Klien         Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:12.811 12
12.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Cosworth (M)  1:13.199 14
13.  Trulli        Toyota            (M)  1:13.222 14
14.  Karthikeyan   Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:13.242 8
15.  Monteiro      Jordan-Toyota     (B)  1:13.305 18
16.  Villeneuve    Sauber-Petronas   (M)  1:13.508 16
17.  Sato          BAR-Honda         (M)  1:13.817 5
18.  Albers        Minardi-Cosworth  (B)  1:14.012 16
19.  Webber        Williams-BMW      (M)  1:14.114 9
20.  Doornbos      Minardi-Cosworth  (B)  1:14.595 17
 
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