Brazilian GP Third Practice Round-Up


By Luke Marc Carlile-Stanton
October 21 2006

Toyota drivers Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli finished 16th and 20th respectively in the final Practice session before Quailying for the Brazilain Grand Prix.

The results of the practice session are a bit of a let down considering yesterdays pace. But Toyota fans shouldnt be too downhearted as this is the usual Toyota performance before Qualifying and so often the return to ultimate pace returns in Qualifying.

At the front, hometown hero Felipe Massa lead a Ferrari 1-2 just ahead of tea mate and retiring 7 times World Champion Michael Schumacher in his final Formula 1 practice session. Honda's Jenson Button was P3 aead of Robert Kubica in the BMW-Sauber. Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella was a solid 5th ahead of Button's Brazilian team mate Rubens Barrichello who was 6th. World Champion and 2006 Champion-elect Fernando Alonso was 7th ahead of the Mclaren-Mercedes duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Pedro De La Rosa respectivley whilst BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld rounded out the top 10.

Super Aguri's Sakon Yamamoto rounded out the field of 22 cars.

Saturday Practice Results, Brazilian GP 2006:

1. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 01:11.443
2. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari 01:11.631
3. Jenson Button Britain Honda Racing 01:12.306
4. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 01:12.535
5. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault F1 Team 01:12.567
6. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda Racing 01:12.697
7. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault F1 Team 01:12.721
8. Kimi Raikkonen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:12.723
9. Pedro de la Rosa Spain McLaren-Mercedes 01:12.780
10. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 01:13.037
11. Mark Webber Australia Williams-Cosworth 01:13.205
12. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 01:13.380
13. Scott Speed USA Scuderia Toro Rosso-Cosworth 01:13.455*
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso-Cosworth 01:13.530*
15. Robert Doornbos Holland Red Bull-Ferrari 01:13.564
16. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota Racing 01:13.642
17. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 01:13.814
18. Tiago Monteiro Portugal Spyker MF1-Toyota 01:13.832
19. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Ferrari 01:13.944
20. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota Racing 01:14.051
21. Christijan Albers Holland Spyker MF1-Toyota 01:14.108
22. Sakon Yamamoto Japan Super Aguri-Honda 01:14.875

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