Sunday June 9th, 2002

Ferrari pair Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello gave an early warning to pole-sitter Juan Pablo Montoya ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix as they topped the times in the morning warm-up.

Schumacher ended the half-hour session on top after he was beaten to the much-coveted pole position by the Colombian during qualifying on Saturday. Williams had to settle for third fastest with Ralf Schumacher, while McLaren's David Coulthard was fourth quickest. Montoya went off the track late on and was only ninth fastest.

Arrows' Enrique Bernoldi and Italian Jarno Trulli in a Renault completed the top six as all the drivers were unable to dislodge the Ferraris from the top two positions. The drivers came out to track temperatures of 22 degrees Celsius for the morning warm-up as Kimi Raikkonen headed the queue in the pitlane in his McLaren.

Pole-sitter Montoya was the first man to set a lap under the 1:21 second mark in his Williams before Raikkonen and McLaren teammate Coulthard clocked times almost two seconds quicker. But Championship leader Schumacher, using intermediate tyres on a patchy track, stormed to the top of the timesheets in the early minutes before being displaced by Ferrari teammate Barrichello.

Briton Jenson Button also posted a quick lap before Schumacher moved back to the head of the leaderboard by clocking a 1:17.549 lap as Ferrari attempted to gain a psychological edge ahead of the race.

Frenchman Olivier Panis made an impression by moving into third spot in his BAR with 11 minutes remaining, behind the two Ferraris and one place ahead of Williams driver Ralf Schumacher. Jaguar's Eddie Irvine moved up to fifth before teammate Pedro de la Rosa went third quickest.

The yellow flags were then waved in the final eight minutes of the session as World Champion Schumacher pulled onto the grass at turn 15 with smoke coming out of the rear of his Ferrari. Bernoldi and the younger Schumacher then took their turns in third spot in the times with three minutes remaining but significantly, the Williams driver was still more than seven-tenths of a second behind his all-conquering older brother.

Montoya lost the back end of his car between turns 12 and 13 and was forced to move onto the grass in the final two minutes but will begin the real action from pole at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:16.780  204.475 km/h  17  
 2.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:16.837    +    0.057  14  
 3.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:17.487    +    0.707   9  
 4.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:17.941    +    1.161  11  
 5.  Bernoldi      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:18.013    +    1.233  15  
 6.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:18.028    +    1.248  12  
 7.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.151    +    1.371  14  
 8.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:18.206    +    1.426  12  
 9.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:18.304    +    1.524  15  
10.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:18.478    +    1.698  10  
11.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:18.483    +    1.703  14  
12.  Frentzen      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:18.494    +    1.714  14  
13.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:18.597    +    1.817  19  
14.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:18.657    +    1.877  14  
15.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:18.666    +    1.886  14  
16.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:18.746    +    1.966  14  
17.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:18.816    +    2.036  12  
18.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:18.959    +    2.179   9  
19.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:19.341    +    2.561  14  
20.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:19.430    +    2.650  16  
21.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:19.696    +    2.916  12  
22.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:20.222    +    3.442  13

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 13:03:03 GMT

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