Friday June 7th, 2002

By Will Gray

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and his World Champion teammate Michael Schumacher showed Ferrari are still the team to beat in Formula One when they claimed the first and second fastest times in Friday's opening practice session for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.

Ferrari, who were beaten for the first time in five races at the last Grand Prix, in Monaco, were back on form with Barrichello's leading F2002 finishing just 0.061 seconds ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher at the power-favouring Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Schumacher moved to the top of the times half way though the session and exerted his dominance with a faster lap ten minutes from the end, but was then beaten by Barrichello in the final seconds.

For once, it was not all perfection for Schumacher because he clipped the notorious wall on the outside of the final chicane after his final flying lap and was forced to nurse the dominant F2002 back to the pits.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, who has a stunning record of four podiums in six appearances in Montreal, was third for Jordan-Honda, nine tenths of a second slower than Barrichello, with Briton David Coulthard and Finn Kimi Raikkonen fourth and fifth for McLaren-Mercedes.

German Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who spun twice in one minute as he pushed for an improvement later on in the session, claimed the sixth fastest time for Arrows, with Frenchman Olivier Panis seventh for BAR and Brazilian Sauber driver Felipe Massa eighth.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya was the first of the Williams-BMW cars, but managed only ninth fastest time in the 20 degree conditions at a sun-soaked circuit, while Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa boosted Jaguar's hopes by completing the top ten.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:16.930  204.076 km/h  16  
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:16.991    +    0.061  14  
 3.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:17.840    +    0.910  13  
 4.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:18.156    +    1.226  16  
 5.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:18.203    +    1.273  17  
 6.  Frentzen      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:18.340    +    1.410  17  
 7.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:18.349    +    1.419  25  
 8.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:18.426    +    1.496  29  
 9.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:18.437    +    1.507  18  
10.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.461    +    1.531  21  
11.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:18.465    +    1.535  14  
12.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.581    +    1.651  23  
13.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:18.799    +    1.869  23  
14.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:18.867    +    1.937   7  
15.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:19.110    +    2.180  15  
16.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:19.193    +    2.263  22  
17.  Bernoldi      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:19.243    +    2.313  10  
18.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:19.437    +    2.507  24  
19.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:19.716    +    2.786  21  
20.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:19.903    +    2.973  23  
21.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:20.507    +    3.577  15  
22.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:21.678    +    4.748  24

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 16:02:02 GMT

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