Saturday April 13th, 2002

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya and German Ralf Schumacher claimed the fastest two times of the first Saturday morning practice session for Williams-BMW as the clouds disappeared and the temperatures rose at a sun-soaked Imola track.

The surprisingly warmer weather favoured the Michelin tyres and Montoya grabbed first spot ahead of his teammate, with Scot David Coulthard, who had hoped for better weather, third in the Michelin-shod McLaren-Mercedes.

Quadruple World Champion German Michael Schumacher, who claimed the fastest time in both the wet Friday practice sessions, dropped to fourth fastest in his Bridgestone-shod Ferrari, while his Brazilian teammate Rubens Barrichello managed only ninth and spun after the chequered flag ended the session.

The impressively fast Arrows of German Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fifth fastest, just ahead of the British American Racing Hondas of Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, in sixth, and Frenchman Olivier Panis, in seventh.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, in the Jordan, continued the run of eight Bridgestone runners behind the top three with eighth place ahead of Barrichello, with Brazilian Felipe Massa, who had an early off-track excursion, completing the top ten for Sauber.

Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa was forced to return to the pits on foot after he spun his Jaguar and stopped out on the circuit, and Fisichella was another man left stranded when he stopped on track after the chequered flag.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Times                 
 1.  Montoya       Williams BMW       (M)  1:29.718  197.940 km/h
 2.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW       (M)  1:29.799    +    0.081
 3.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes   (M)  1:30.368    +    0.650
 4.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari            (B)  1:30.696    +    0.978
 5.  Frentzen      Arrows Cosworth    (B)  1:31.089    +    1.371
 6.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda          (B)  1:31.314    +    1.596
 7.  Panis         BAR Honda          (B)  1:31.403    +    1.685
 8.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda       (B)  1:31.562    +    1.844
 9.  Barrichello   Ferrari            (B)  1:31.607    +    1.889
10.  Massa         Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:31.612    +    1.894
11.  Bernoldi      Arrows Cosworth    (B)  1:32.304    +    2.586
12.  McNish        Toyota             (M)  1:32.343    +    2.625
13.  Sato          Jordan Honda       (B)  1:32.400    +    2.682
14.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:32.548    +    2.830
15.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes   (M)  1:33.123    +    3.405
16.  Button        Renault            (M)  1:34.202    +    4.484
17.  Trulli        Renault            (M)  1:35.987    +    6.269
18.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech   (M)  1:36.805    +    7.087
19.  Salo          Toyota             (M)  1:37.530    +    7.812
20.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech   (M)  1:40.248    +   10.530
21.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:50.851    +   21.133
22.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  29:35.824   + 28:06.10

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 07:49:51 GMT

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