Sunday April 14th, 2002
Ferrari champion Michael Schumacher had to bow down to his teammate Rubens Barrichello in Sunday morning's warm-up for the San Marino Grand Prix as Ferrari continued their impressive form in front of a growing 'tifosi' crowd.
World Champion Schumacher will start the race from pole position, but for once he was outpaced by Brazilian Barrichello as the pair claimed the top two times.
With temperatures rising at the Imola circuit, they beat the Williams-BMW of Juan Pablo Montoya into third by more than half a second as unpredictable weather left teams frantically chasing set-up plans for all scenarios.
Briton Jenson Button, in his Renault enjoyed a scrap with Schumacher at the top of the times in the early part of the half-hour session, but he slipped to ninth by the end as Sauber came on strong.
There were four Bridgestone-shod cars in the top five places in the end, with German Nick Heidfeld and Brazilian Felipe Massa fifth and sixth for Sauber as the Michelin-shod McLaren pair of Finn Kimi Raikkonen and Scot David Coulthard were pushed down to sixth and seventh.
Jaguar and Toyota continued to struggle and took their places towards the bottom of the pile, while Arrows continued their strong showing with Enrique Bernoldi in tenth spot and Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13th fastest.
Pos Driver Team Times
1. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:25.483 207.747 km/h
2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:25.906 + 0.423
3. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:26.116 + 0.633
4. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:26.151 + 0.668
5. Massa Sauber Petronas (B) 1:26.179 + 0.696
6. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:26.412 + 0.929
7. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:26.443 + 0.960
8. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:26.694 + 1.211
9. Button Renault (M) 1:26.862 + 1.379
10. Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth (B) 1:26.913 + 1.430
11. Trulli Renault (M) 1:27.106 + 1.623
12. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:27.106 + 1.623
13. Frentzen Arrows Cosworth (B) 1:27.231 + 1.748
14. Sato Jordan Honda (B) 1:27.400 + 1.917
15. Panis BAR Honda (B) 1:27.766 + 2.283
16. Fisichella Jordan Honda (B) 1:27.861 + 2.378
17. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:28.015 + 2.532
18. Salo Toyota (M) 1:28.478 + 2.995
19. de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:28.599 + 3.116
20. Webber Minardi Asiatech (M) 1:28.992 + 3.509
21. McNish Toyota (M) 1:28.998 + 3.515
All Timing Unofficial
Published at 08:04:47 GMT