Saturday September 14th, 2002

By Gary Emmerson

World Champion Michael Schumacher continued his Italian domination as he set the pace in Saturday's opening practice session at Monza in front of tifosi.

The Ferrari driver set a best lap time of 1:22.110 as he went marginally quicker than Williams-BMW driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

David Coulthard put a disappointing Friday behind him as he set the third best time in the session, while his McLaren-Mercedes teammate Kimi Raikkonen was fourth in the times.

Williams-BMW's Ralf Schumacher was fifth quickest as Michelin runners enjoyed a positive session with Jaguar duo Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa sixth and seventh respectively.

Brazilian Felipe Massa set the eighth best time for Sauber, while Toyota's Allan McNish and British American Racing's Jacques Villeneuve completed the top ten.

Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello endured more misfortune as he lost time during the session following an engine failure. The Brazilian ended the session 19th after his engine failed at the Curva Grande, which caused the session to be halted temporarily until the marshals moved the car out of the way.

Jacques Villeneuve parked his British American Racing car at Lesmo with seconds remaining in the session after technical problems.

Pos  Driver        Team                   Time                    Laps
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari           (B)  1:22.110  253.548 km/h  13  
 2.  Montoya       Williams BMW      (M)  1:22.135    +    0.025  12  
 3.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:22.663    +    0.553  12  
 4.  Raikkonen     McLaren Mercedes  (M)  1:22.899    +    0.789  17  
 5.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW      (M)  1:22.938    +    0.828  13  
 6.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:23.037    +    0.927  11  
 7.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth   (M)  1:23.444    +    1.334  13  
 8.  Massa         Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:23.475    +    1.365  15  
 9.  McNish        Toyota            (M)  1:23.621    +    1.511  13  
10.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda         (B)  1:23.668    +    1.558  13  
11.  Trulli        Renault           (M)  1:23.712    +    1.602  13  
12.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas   (B)  1:23.746    +    1.636  13  
13.  Fisichella    Jordan Honda      (B)  1:23.777    +    1.667  16  
14.  Salo          Toyota            (M)  1:23.823    +    1.713  12  
15.  Button        Renault           (M)  1:24.204    +    2.094  13  
16.  Panis         BAR Honda         (B)  1:24.325    +    2.215  15  
17.  Sato          Jordan Honda      (B)  1:24.344    +    2.234  16  
18.  Webber        Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:25.292    +    3.182  16  
19.  Barrichello   Ferrari           (B)  1:26.095    +    3.985   4  
20.  Yoong         Minardi Asiatech  (M)  1:26.112    +    4.002  17  

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 07:57:31 GMT

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