ATLAS F1 News: Saturday Second Free Practice

Saturday Second Free Practice - Monaco GP

Saturday May 25th, 2002

Renault's Jarno Trulli set the pace in the final practice session for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix with a blistering late lap ahead of Saturday's qualifying.

Trulli ended a crash-littered session on top with a best time of 1:17.429 seconds as he denied McLaren's David Coulthard with just seconds remaining.

Coulthard held second place ahead of Williams drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher as the top-four enjoyed running on Michelin tyres in the conditions.

Bridgestone-shod Ferrari drivers Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumachrer, who had been quickest in the opening session, were fifth and sixth respectively.

Renault's Jenson Button, Jordan driver Giancarlo Fisichella, Arrows' Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Sauber youngster Felipe Massa completed the top-ten.

Jordan driver Takuma Sato's session ended almost before it had begun as he crashed at Ste Devote after clipping the barrier into turn one as his troubled season continued.

World Champion Schumacher was forced to limp back to the pit-lane after suffering a hydraulic problem and then Kimi Raikkonen followed Sato in hitting the barriers at Ste Devote.

Jaguar's Eddie Irvine spectacularly crashed out of the session following suspected rear suspension failure after he had clipped the kerb in the swimming pool complex.

Minardi's Australian Mark Webber saw his hopes of improving his time disappear when he slid into the barriers after being caught out by Irvine's incident.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:17.429  156.685 km/h  25  
 2.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:17.506    +    0.077  32  
 3.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:17.665    +    0.236  31  
 4.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:17.713    +    0.284  30  
 5.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:18.309    +    0.880  40  
 6.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:18.471    +    1.042  32  
 7.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:18.693    +    1.264  27  
 8.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:18.895    +    1.466  34  
 9.  Frentzen      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:19.133    +    1.704  35  
10.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:19.146    +    1.717  25  
11.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:19.185    +    1.756  28  
12.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:19.384    +    1.955  40  
13.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:19.430    +    2.001  31  
14.  Bernoldi      Arrows Cosworth   (B)  1:19.627    +    2.198  30  
15.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:19.988    +    2.559  27  
16.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:20.306    +    2.877  35  
17.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:20.374    +    2.945  36  
18.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:20.577    +    3.148  49  
19.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:20.853    +    3.424  23  
20.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:20.983    +    3.554  30  
21.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:21.603    +    4.174  36  
22.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:21.739    +    4.310  17  

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 09:03:50 GMT

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