Sunday August 18th, 2002

World Champion Michael Schumacher returned to the top of the times in Sunday's morning warm-up for the Hungarian Grand Prix, after Ferrari teammate and pole sitter Rubens Barrichello spun off into the gravel.

Barrichello, who just pipped Schumacher in Saturday's qualifying, was left to settle for second best in the final half-hour practice session, finishing one tenth behind the German. Barrichello spun his car on the dusty track three minutes from the end.

Kimi Raikkonen, who will start from 11th - his worst qualifying position of the season - gave his Michelin-shod McLaren-Mercedes team a boost in the already warm conditions by finishing third, although he was still more than seven tenths behind Schumacher.

The Jordan Honda cars continued to show good form around the tight and twisty Hungaroring with Giancarlo Fisichella, who will start the race from fifth place, finishing the final practice session in fourth with teammate Takuma Sato fifth.

Ralf Schumacher, of Williams-BMW, was sixth, with countryman Nick Heidfeld in seventh as he and teammate Felipe Massa sandwiched David Coulthard's eighth placed McLaren-Mercedes, with Jenson Button tenth for Renault.

The Minardi pair finished bottom of the pile once again, with newcomer Anthony Davidson last, but just more than a tenth of a second slower than teammate Mark Webber.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:16.864  186.173 km/h  12  
 2.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:17.000    +    0.136  15  
 3.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:17.659    +    0.795  10  
 4.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:17.972    +    1.108  15  
 5.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:18.132    +    1.268  14  
 6.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:18.170    +    1.306   8  
 7.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:18.182    +    1.318  14  
 8.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:18.234    +    1.370  14  
 9.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:18.246    +    1.382  16  
10.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:18.284    +    1.420  13  
11.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:18.320    +    1.456  13  
12.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.500    +    1.636  15  
13.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.503    +    1.639  15  
14.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:19.008    +    2.144  14  
15.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:19.138    +    2.274  14  
16.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:19.152    +    2.288  16  
17.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:19.313    +    2.449  14  
18.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:19.650    +    2.786  14  
19.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:20.648    +    3.784  16  
20.  Davidson      Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:20.793    +    3.929  14  

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 08:04:09 GMT

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