China: Toyota continue to struggle on Day 2


By Nick Sparkes
October 15 2005

Panasonic Toyota Racing drivers Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher struggled to make any impression on the top 10 during todays final two Practice sessions. Their TF105B simply not fast enough to keep up with the chasing pack, leaving them fighting amongst the Red Bull’s and Jordan’s. On another warm morning, Toyota set about improving upon yesterday’s performances. Sadly, little changed. Jarno who now looks to have got a grip of the new TF105B, matched his team-mate Ralf Schumacher for times, the pair finishing a couple of tenths apart, all be it down in fourteenth and fifteenth. Ahead McLaren continued to dominate, with Kimi Raikkonen finishing ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya up at the top.

Pos. Driver Team Time
Laps
1 K. Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes
1:34.253
6
2 J. Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes
1:34.446
6
3 G. Fisichella Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
1:34.472
8
4 F. Alonso Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
1:34.631
4
5 M. Webber BMW WilliamsF1 Team
1:34.749
12
6 J. Button Lucky Strike BAR Honda
1:35.004
6
7 D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing
1:35.296
9
8 T. Sato
Lucky Strike BAR Honda
1:35.461
9
9 F. Massa
Sauber Petronas
1:35.532
8
10 A. Pizzonia BMW WilliamsF1 Team
1:35.675
13
11 M. Schumacher
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
1:35.981
10
12 J. Villeneuve Sauber Petronas
1:35.982
8
13 R. Barrichello
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
1:35.994
10
14 J. Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing
1:36.100
13
15 R. Schumacher Panasonic Toyota Racing
1:36.251
10
16 T. Monteiro Jordan Grand Prix
1:37.555
6
17 N. Karthikeyan Jordan Grand Prix
1:37.563
10
18 R. Doornbos Minardi F1 Team
1:38.072
6
19 C. Albers Minardi F1 Team
1:38.697
10
20 C. Klien
Red Bull Racing
no time
0

For the fourth and final Practice session of the year the weather remained dry. Not that this helped Toyota, who were still struggling to make it into the top 10. There was a hint of improvement from Jarno Trulli who finished eleventh, who seemed to be ever so slowly moving forwards, whilst team-mate Ralf Schumacher got beaten by Jordan’s Narain Karthikeyan in a similarly engined Jordan-Toyota, Ralf would again finish fifteenth. Up at the front, again McLaren took the lead with another batch of quick times to put Kimi Raikkonen fastest followed by his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.

Pos. Driver Team Time
Laps
1 K. Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes
1:33.212
12
2 J. Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes
1:33.554
12
3 F. Alonso Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
1:33.793
13
4 G. Fisichella Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
1:34.392
11
5 D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing
1:34.453
14
6 R. Barrichello
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
1:34.535
12
7 J. Button Lucky Strike BAR Honda
1:34.729
12
8 M. Schumacher
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
1:34.807
11
9 A. Pizzonia
BMW WilliamsF1 Team
1:34.835
10
10 M. Webber
BMW WilliamsF1 Team
1:35.004
8
11 J. Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing
1:35.107
13
12 C. Klien
Red Bull Racing
1:35.179
13
13 T. Sato
Lucky Strike BAR Honda
1:35.280
17
14 N. Karthikeyan Jordan Grand Prix
1:35.310
3
15 R. Schumacher Panasonic Toyota Racing
1:35.371
15
16 T. Monteiro Jordan Grand Prix
1:35.488
8
17 F. Massa
Sauber Petronas
1:35.693
13
18 C. Albers Minardi F1 Team
1:36.397
15
19 J. Villeneuve
Sauber Petronas
1:36.417
11
20 R. Doornbos
Minardi F1 Team
1:36.558
14

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