Saturday May 12th, 2001

Michael Schumacher produced a late lap to top the times in the opening practice session on Saturday ahead of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Schumacher lap time of 1:10.094 second knocked the impressive Juan Pablo Montoya off top-spot and was also lower than last year's pole position time.

McLaren's Mika Hakkinen was third with Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello in fourth, and David Coulthard, after setting the fastest time of the day on Friday, the last of the McLaren and Ferrari runners in fifth.

Heinz Harald Frentzen had a good first session to move into sixth place, after his teammate Jarno Trulli had difficulties when his engine blew on the pit straight.

The BAR cars ran well to move up to seventh and eighth, with Olivier Panis once again getting the better of his teammate Jacques Villeneuve. The Sauber pair were also running well, with Kimi Raikkonen just beating Nick Heidfeld as the Swiss team claimed the final two spots in the top ten.

Arrows driver Enrique Bernoldi had a brief trip across the grass after locking his brakes, and the Jaguar of Pedro de la Rosa stopped after completing just seven laps. David Coulthard also went too fast into the final corner and slid off the circuit as he pushed hard to move up the times.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Times                 
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari            (B)  1:10.094  222.182 km/h
 2.  Montoya       Williams BMW       (M)  1:10.391    +    0.297
 3.  Hakkinen      Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:10.548    +    0.454
 4.  Barrichello   Ferrari            (B)  1:10.821    +    0.727
 5.  Coulthard     Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:10.966    +    0.872
 6.  Frentzen      Jordan Honda       (B)  1:11.052    +    0.958
 7.  Panis         BAR Honda          (B)  1:11.351    +    1.257
 8.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda          (B)  1:11.367    +    1.273
 9.  Raikkonen     Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:11.784    +    1.690
10.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:11.795    +    1.701
11.  Verstappen    Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:11.831    +    1.737
12.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW       (M)  1:11.937    +    1.843
13.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:12.197    +    2.103
14.  Trulli        Jordan Honda       (B)  1:12.283    +    2.189
15.  Bernoldi      Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:12.418    +    2.324
16.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:13.313    +    3.219
17.  Alesi         Prost Acer         (M)  1:13.485    +    3.391
18.  Fisichella    Benetton Renault   (M)  1:13.928    +    3.834
19.  Burti         Prost Acer         (M)  1:14.056    +    3.962
20.  Alonso        Minardi European   (M)  1:14.132    +    4.038
21.  Button        Benetton Renault   (M)  1:14.638    +    4.544
22.  Marques       Minardi European   (M)  No Time               

All Timing Unofficial

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