Saturday May 12th, 2001

McLaren driver David Coulthard set himself up for today's qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix in perfect fashion, by topping the times in Saturday practice. Coulthard put in a late lap to move to the top of the timesheets, ahead of Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, who shaved more time off his fastest lap so far.

Rubens Barrichello finished just behind his teammate Schumacher in third, with Mika Hakkinen fourth in the other McLaren, just 0.138 seconds behind Coulthard. Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya could not improve on his earlier time and ended fifth just ahead of his teammate Ralf Schumacher. The Jordan team came in seventh and eighth, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen beating Jarno Trulli.

Jean Alesi's Prost stopped on the circuit after just ten minutes of the second session, and Eddie Irvine also had a run across the gravel when he locked his right rear wheel. Jos Verstappen's Arrows had to be pulled out of the gravel when he lost it in the inner loop and collided with the tyre wall. Ralf Schumacher spun 180 degrees at turn two, when his car unexpectedly snapped round, but he managed to get going again and return to the pits.

And lastly, an unexpected visitor crossed the track - a reindeer ran across the A1 Ring circuit undisturbed, forcing Williams's Montoya to slow down. The reindeer managed to escape the circuit unharmed.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Times                 
 1.  Coulthard     Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:10.010  222.448 km/h
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari            (B)  1:10.039    +    0.029
 3.  Barrichello   Ferrari            (B)  1:10.103    +    0.093
 4.  Hakkinen      Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:10.148    +    0.138
 5.  Montoya       Williams BMW       (M)  1:10.391    +    0.381
 6.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW       (M)  1:10.397    +    0.387
 7.  Frentzen      Jordan Honda       (B)  1:10.434    +    0.424
 8.  Trulli        Jordan Honda       (B)  1:10.751    +    0.741
 9.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:10.863    +    0.853
10.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda          (B)  1:10.935    +    0.925
11.  Panis         BAR Honda          (B)  1:11.351    +    1.341
12.  Raikkonen     Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:11.382    +    1.372
13.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:11.543    +    1.533
14.  Verstappen    Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:11.831    +    1.821
15.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:11.994    +    1.984
16.  Bernoldi      Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:12.029    +    2.019
17.  Burti         Prost Acer         (M)  1:12.714    +    2.704
18.  Alonso        Minardi European   (M)  1:13.333    +    3.323
19.  Fisichella    Benetton Renault   (M)  1:13.345    +    3.335
20.  Marques       Minardi European   (M)  1:13.368    +    3.358
21.  Alesi         Prost Acer         (M)  1:13.485    +    3.475
22.  Button        Benetton Renault   (M)  1:13.969    +    3.959

All Timing Unofficial

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