 Heidfeld Hits Safety Car in Warm Up Drama Sunday March 31st, 2002
Bernoldi escaped unhurt from a major crash between the first and second corners at the tricky Interlagos track, and as the rear of his car erupted in flames the FIA medical car was rapidly on the scene. However, Heidfeld appeared to have not seen any warning and was forced to cut to the inside of the corner to avoid hitting the Arrows wreck, but ended up smashing into the left-hand side door of the official Mercedes car which had opened as the officials rushed to the assistance of Bernoldi. The session was stopped with Michael Schumacher at the top of the times as his Ferrari team benefited of cooler conditions to perform well in the final preparation session for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Schumacher, driving the new Ferrari, was beaten to pole position by the Williams-BMW of Juan Pablo Montoya on Saturday as the Michelin tyres out-performed the Bridgestones in qualifying but with track temperatures on Sunday morning some 20 degrees lower than were seen on Saturday afternoon, it was Bridgestone's top team which had the upper hand. Pedro de la Rosa was second fastest for Jaguar, with McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen third and home hero Rubens Barrichello fourth, but the session will be re-started for three final minutes once the debris is removed from the track.
Published at 13:15:26 GMT
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Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld collided with the medical car during warm-up for the Brazilian Grand Prix as he tried to avoid the crashed Arrows car of Enrique Bernoldi.
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