Friday September 14th, 2001

Williams pair Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya showed that they will probably be the men to beat at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix by taking a one-two at the top of the timesheets in Friday's second free practice session.

Michael Schumacher was third in the black-nosed Ferrari, but he was almost half a second slower than his brother Ralf, who was fastest. Jaguar driver Pedro de la Rosa knocked Schumacher's Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello down to fifth to stop a Ferrari three-four, while the McLarens finished sixth and seventh with Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard.

Brief light rain had greeted the cars as they headed onto the track, and Eddie Irvine was caught out early to end his day prematurely when he spun his Jaguar into the gravel trap and was unable to get back onto the track. Heinz-Harald Frentzen slowed in his Prost and cut the chicane, with Juan Pablo Montoya doing the same behind him.

But two minutes later Montoya went second fastest, one place behind Williams teammate Ralf Schumacher to take the team to a provisional one-two at the top of the timesheets. Frentzen had his second off in ten minutes when he slid wide and headed over the gravel, narrowly missing the barrier before returning to the track and cruising back to the pits.

Neither of the Saubers made it on track following their crashes in the earlier practice session, but Jos Verstappen did get out following his earlier mishap in his Arrows.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Times                 
 1.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW       (M)  1:24.667  246.316 km/h
 2.  Montoya       Williams BMW       (M)  1:25.067    +    0.400
 3.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari            (B)  1:25.131    +    0.464
 4.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:25.205    +    0.538
 5.  Barrichello   Ferrari            (B)  1:25.311    +    0.644
 6.  Hakkinen      Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:25.343    +    0.676
 7.  Coulthard     Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:25.544    +    0.877
 8.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:25.740    +    1.073
 9.  Alesi         Jordan Honda       (B)  1:25.849    +    1.182
10.  Frentzen      Prost Acer         (M)  1:25.860    +    1.193
11.  Fisichella    Benetton Renault   (M)  1:25.911    +    1.244
12.  Trulli        Jordan Honda       (B)  1:25.987    +    1.320
13.  Button        Benetton Renault   (M)  1:26.197    +    1.530
14.  Panis         BAR Honda          (B)  1:26.354    +    1.687
15.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda          (B)  1:26.521    +    1.854
16.  Raikkonen     Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:26.701    +    2.034
17.  Alonso        Minardi European   (M)  1:26.972    +    2.305
18.  Bernoldi      Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:27.217    +    2.550
19.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:27.401    +    2.734
20.  Enge          Prost Acer         (M)  1:27.662    +    2.995
21.  Verstappen    Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:27.900    +    3.233
22.  Yoong         Minardi European   (M)  1:28.250    +    3.583

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 12:03:26 GMT

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