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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:52 pm

Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher start their first timed laps of the day!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:53 pm

Meanwhile at the front, de la Rosa sets the fastest 1st sector so far!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:53 pm

Ralf Schumacher jumps into 7th while de la Rosa is about to go faster!!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:54 pm

A 1:19.205 by de la Rosa. Stunning time and nearly a second faster than Zonta's time!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:55 pm

Ralf Schumacher takes 5th with a 1:21.080

Montoya on the track!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:56 pm

Under 5 minutes to go. Most of the cars are on the track. The Renault drivers and Trulli don't appear to be going out though!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:57 pm

Button takes 3rd from Raikkonen with a 1:20.211

BAR and Toyota look reasonably competitive here!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:58 pm

Montoya moves into 6th place with a 1:21.091
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:58 pm

Barichello takes 7th with a 1:22.216.
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:00 pm

The fastest of the regular drivers is Button followed by Raikkonen and Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher takes 7th back with a 1:21.453
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:00 pm

Session over!
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:02 pm

Pedro de la Rosa sets the fastest time ahead of Ricardo Zonta and Jenson Button. Kimi Raikkonen, Ralf Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Schumacher and Takuma Sato make the top 8.

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2nd session in 2 hours (at 14:00 local time)
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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:06 pm

thanks Ed :cheers:
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Post by Kapel » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:17 pm

Thanks Ed :D
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Post by Ed » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:00 pm

Second Friday practice about to start.

Air temperature is 18 degrees while track temperature is 25 degrees
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