San Marino Grand Prix (Alonso wins 3rd race in a row!)

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:35 pm

Villeneuve now on track for the first time today.

Barrichello back out

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:36 pm

A few more cars are now heading out including Wurz, Trulli

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:38 pm

Michael pits as Trulli and Villeneuve start their flyers!

Barrichello isn't improving his time!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:39 pm

Raikkonen, the 2 BAR's and Heidfeld on the track now.

Barrichello improves with a 1:24.186. Wurz moves into 3rd

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:40 pm

Webber on track as well.

Liuzzi takes second from Barrichello with a 1:24.171. Still 2.6 seconds off Michael's pace.

Only the Renault's have yet to appear!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:41 pm

Felipe Massa takes second with a 1:23.533

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:42 pm

Just 3 minutes to go!

Top 8: M Schumacher, Massa, Liuzzi, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Wurz, Webber and Coulthard

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:43 pm

Schuey has to be running very light for that disparity

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:44 pm

Massa improves in second with a 1:22.971.

Raikkonen moves into 3rd followed by Webber!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:47 pm

Michael Schumacher improves again with a 1:21.356. Barrichello moves into second with a 1:22.885

Fisichella sets the 7th fastest time with a 1:24.120.

Alonso doesn't go out.

Michael went even faster in S1 and S2 on his in lap

Session over

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:49 pm

Top 8: M Schumacher (1:21.356), Barrichello (+1.529), Massa, Raikkonen, Webber, Liuzzi, Fisichella, R Schumacher

Vitantonio covered the most number of laps with 17 followed by Barrichello with 14 and Coulthard with 13

Full results

For reference, the fastest time from the 1st practice on Saturday was Michael Schumacher with a 1:20.856

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:51 pm

I surmise that schuey is going to throw everything at getting pole, then run light and try to sprint away, then try to turn the race into 3 sprints, Renault are either being cute ( it is catching

) or Alonso is worried about the longevity of his engine, or the track is too cold for Michelins

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:52 pm

Thanks ED, we get no coverage

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:07 pm

No worries Julian!

It is more likely a combination of things. Michael does seem to be light as comparing his time to that of Barrichello, he is over 1.5 seconds faster.

With the exception of the Red Bulls, no Michelin car ran for more than 7 laps so I suspect the track conditions aren't ideal for them.

The next session will be a qualifying practice (at least towards the end of it) and we'll get a better idea.

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:20 pm

Second Saturday practice underway.

Air temperature is 16 degrees. Track temperature is 23 degrees

Liuzzi is the first man out