Thursday May 24th, 2001

Michael Schumacher sent out an early warning to title rival David Coulthard as he went more than eight tenths of a second quicker than the McLaren driver in opening practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

Schumacher powered his Ferrari to a convincing best lap time as Coulthard and Jordan's Jarno Trulli finished second and third in Monte Carlo.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who stopped on the track at the end of the session, was fourth fastest ahead of Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello. Trulli missed the chicane during one run and BAR's Jacques Villeneuve also spun during the session.

Pedro de la Rosa completed just nine laps after hitting the barriers at Portier, while Tarso Marques ended at the bottom of the timesheets after spinning 180 degrees at Rascasse.

Arrows tried out a bizarre aerodynamic aid on the nose cone, which was removed during the session and driver Enrique Bernoldi had a problem which forced him to stop at the end of the pit-lane.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Times                 
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari            (B)  1:21.577  148.718 km/h
 2.  Coulthard     Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:22.404    +    0.827
 3.  Trulli        Jordan Honda       (B)  1:22.667    +    1.090
 4.  Frentzen      Jordan Honda       (B)  1:23.024    +    1.447
 5.  Barrichello   Ferrari            (B)  1:23.337    +    1.760
 6.  Hakkinen      Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:23.347    +    1.770
 7.  Panis         BAR Honda          (B)  1:23.662    +    2.085
 8.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW       (M)  1:23.678    +    2.101
 9.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:23.930    +    2.353
10.  Alesi         Prost Acer         (M)  1:24.019    +    2.442
11.  Raikkonen     Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:24.441    +    2.864
12.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:24.762    +    3.185
13.  Fisichella    Benetton Renault   (M)  1:24.871    +    3.294
14.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda          (B)  1:24.918    +    3.341
15.  Verstappen    Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:24.931    +    3.354
16.  Montoya       Williams BMW       (M)  1:25.838    +    4.261
17.  Bernoldi      Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:25.952    +    4.375
18.  Button        Benetton Renault   (M)  1:26.702    +    5.125
19.  Alonso        Minardi European   (M)  1:26.759    +    5.182
20.  Burti         Prost Acer         (M)  1:26.905    +    5.328
21.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:27.316    +    5.739
22.  Marques       Minardi European   (M)  1:30.230    +    8.653

All Timing Unofficial

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