Saturday July 6th, 2002

By Will Gray

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello ended Saturday's free practice at the head of the times, as he outpaced Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher ahead of qualifying for the British Grand Prix.

The Ferrari pair continued their domination of the top two spots in the times as Barrichello set the pace with a best lap time of 1:20.220 seconds around the Northamptonshire track.

Schumacher, who was quickest in the opening session, trailed his teammate by 0.198 seconds despite remaining at the top of the times for much of the second 45-minute session.

Williams driver Ralf Schumacher was third quickest as conditions warmed slightly, with his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya also improving to set the fourth best time.

David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen ensured McLaren were fifth and sixth fastest, with Nick Heidfeld seventh for Sauber and home favourite Jenson Button eighth in his Renault.

Arrows driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen slipped from fourth in the first session to ninth, while British American Racing's Jacques Villeneuve completed the top-ten in the combined times.

Problems returned for Arrows early in the second session when both Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi had to be pushed back into the pitlane after stopping at the exit.

Frentzen then had an off-track excursion into Copse Corner moments after Minardi's Alex Yoong had left the track at Vale on two successive laps.

Jordan's Takuma Sato was another to leave the track briefly as he enjoyed a trip across the gravel at Brooklands, while British American Racing's Olivier Panis stopped on track at Vale and Minardi's Mark Webber stopped at Maggotts.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:20.230  230.682 km/h  24  
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:20.428    +    0.198  26  
 3.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:20.708    +    0.478  30  
 4.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:21.076    +    0.846  30  
 5.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:21.326    +    1.096  22  
 6.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:21.768    +    1.538  23  
 7.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:21.769    +    1.539  35  
 8.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:21.998    +    1.768  25  
 9.  Frentzen      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:22.174    +    1.944  28  
10.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:22.284    +    2.054  34  
11.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:22.466    +    2.236  30  
12.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:22.472    +    2.242  33  
13.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:22.527    +    2.297  14  
14.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:22.543    +    2.313  28  
15.  Bernoldi      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:22.628    +    2.398  29  
16.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:22.680    +    2.450  17  
17.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:22.812    +    2.582  30  
18.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:22.845    +    2.615  25  
19.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:23.184    +    2.954  21  
20.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:23.244    +    3.014  14  
21.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:23.679    +    3.449  33  
22.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:25.527    +    5.297  33  

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 10:09:47 GMT

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