Friday August 16th, 2002

By Will Gray

World Champion Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello finished first and second in the Friday afternoon practice session at the Hungaroring as they as they began their challenge to wrap up the Constructors' world title at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

German Schumacher finished more than half a second faster than Brazilian Barrichello but once again the Italian team were dominant as the newly-crowned champion finished more than eight tenths of a second ahead of their closest rival, the Williams-BMW of Ralf Schumacher.

Both Ferraris hit trouble early on when Barrichello spun across the gravel and Schumacher slid gently sideways but recovered to return to the pits as many of the cars in the field got into difficulty on the dusty track.

Finn Kimi Raikkonen was fourth for McLaren-Mercedes, while Italian Giancarlo Fisichella and Japanese driver Takuma Sato boosted Jordan-Honda's hopes of a good performance when they claimed the fifth and sixth fastest times of the day.

Briton David Coulthard, who picked up a puncture when he lost control of his McLaren-Mercedes early in the session and hit a kerb, finished seventh in the warming conditions at the Hungarian track.

Brazilian Felipe Massa was eighth fastest for Sauber, but left boss Peter Sauber shaking his head when he spun into the barriers late in the session after several previous off-track excursions.

Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa was ninth for Jaguar as his British teammate Eddie Irvine languished in 13th place, while Briton Jenson Button made it back into the top ten for Renault.

British debutant Anthony Davidson produced the surprise of the day, however, when he managed to outpace his more experienced Minardi teammate Mark Webber and pushed the Australian to the bottom of the times by a little less than four hundredths of a second.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:16.346  187.436 km/h  41  
 2.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:16.952    +    0.606  36  
 3.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:17.228    +    0.882  42  
 4.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:17.298    +    0.952  31  
 5.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:17.399    +    1.053  33  
 6.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:17.598    +    1.252  43  
 7.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:17.704    +    1.358  26  
 8.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:17.704    +    1.358  41  
 9.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.036    +    1.690  38  
10.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:18.250    +    1.904  31  
11.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:18.360    +    2.014  33  
12.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:18.388    +    2.042  33  
13.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.718    +    2.372  30  
14.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:18.846    +    2.500  37  
15.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:18.890    +    2.544  32  
16.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:18.961    +    2.615  42  
17.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:19.051    +    2.705  32  
18.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:19.171    +    2.825  37  
19.  Davidson      Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:19.490    +    3.144  47  
20.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:19.526    +    3.180  38

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 12:02:24 GMT

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