Free practice times from Interlagos: juan pablo in the mix

[botsquad]

Free practice times from Interlagos

1 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes 1m15.220s
2 TRULLI Jordan Honda 1m16.224s
3 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m16.598s
4 MONTOYA Williams BMW 1m16.851s
5 HAKKINEN McLaren Mercedes 1m16.882s
6 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW 1m16.929s
7 BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m16.994s
8 FRENTZEN Jordan Honda 1m17.072s
9 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas 1m17.102s
10 IRVINE Jaguar 1m17.295s
11 BURTI Jaguar 1m17.430s
12 PANIS BAR Honda 1m17.432s
13 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda 1m17.455s
14 ALESI Prost Acer 1m17.518s
15 RAIKKONEN Sauber Petronas 1m17.712s
16 VERSTAPPEN Arrows Asiatech 1m17.792s
17 FISICHELLA Benetton Renault 1m18.096s
18 ALONSO Minardi European 1m18.222s
19 BERNOLDI Arrows Asiatech 1m18.233s
20 MAZZACANE Prost Acer 1m18.269s
21 MARQUES Minardi European 1m19.005s
22 BUTTON Benetton Renault 1m19.585s

[Schumacher]

Two key positions there : firstly it looks like the Mclarens are stronger than they were in Malaysia. On the other hand, the Williams still seem to be right up there. Juan Pablo looks excellent and Ralf looks vey strong indeed, considering all the problems he had with the car today.

Still, Michael and Ferrari are no doubt looking strong for pole position tomorrow - the pace of Ralf's Williams during tomorrows warm up when the team would (hopefully) have solved the problems - would give a proper indication whether the Williams would be a strong challenger for pole.