Friday June 21st, 2002

By Will Gray

Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello turned on the Brazilian style as he mastered the overcast and damp conditions to claim fastest time in Friday's opening practice for the European Grand Prix.

Barrichello, no doubt delighted by his team's World Cup victory over England before practice began, set a best lap of 1:33.665 to lead a Ferrari one-two, with teammate Michael Schumacher 0.103 seconds behind.

German Nick Heidfeld was fourth for Sauber in the drizzle-hit hour-long session which seemed to suit the Bridgestone runners, with Scot Allan McNish, in the Toyota, the first Michelin runner in a surprise fourth. Brazilian Felipe Massa was fifth in the second Sauber, with Briton David Coulthard, of McLaren-Mercedes, fifth quickest.

German Heinz-Harald Frentzen, of Arrows, was seventh, 11 places ahead of his Brazilian teammate Enrique Bernoldi, who spun out into the tyre barrier at turn six half way through the session.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was eighth fastest for Jordan, with Finn Mika Salo, in the second Toyota ninth, and Juan Pablo Montoya, in the first of the Williams-BMW cars completing the top ten.

Briton Jenson Button was down in 15th for Renault, three places behind his Italian teammate Jarno Trulli.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:33.665  197.709 km/h  16  
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:33.768    +    0.103  15  
 3.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:34.924    +    1.259  22  
 4.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:34.941    +    1.276  19  
 5.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:34.982    +    1.317  24  
 6.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:35.021    +    1.356  15  
 7.  Frentzen      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:35.880    +    2.215  18  
 8.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:35.921    +    2.256  15  
 9.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:35.958    +    2.293  16  
10.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:36.033    +    2.368  20  
11.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:36.045    +    2.380  27  
12.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:36.054    +    2.389  18  
13.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:36.072    +    2.407  12  
14.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:36.417    +    2.752  21  
15.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:36.520    +    2.855  20  
16.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:36.734    +    3.069   9  
17.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:37.047    +    3.382  22  
18.  Bernoldi      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:37.186    +    3.521  12  
19.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:37.329    +    3.664  24  
20.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:37.849    +    4.184  20  
21.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:37.921    +    4.256  16  
22.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:39.659    +    5.994  21 

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 10:03:29 GMT

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