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Round 10 - France, Magny-Cours - Saturday Qualifying Results

Conditions: dry; Temperatures: track 32-35-33C, air 22-24-23C
Position	Driver	Car (Tyres)	Time	Speed/Gap
1	Ralf SCHUMACHER	BMW Williams (M)	1:15.019	211.674 km/h
2	Juan Pablo MONTOYA	BMW Williams (M)	1:15.136	+ 00.117s
3	Michael SCHUMACHER	Ferrari (B)	1:15.480	+ 00.461s
4	Kimi RAIKKONEN	McLaren Mercedes (M)	1:15.533	+ 00.514s
5	David COULTHARD	McLaren Mercedes (M)	1:15.628	+ 00.609s
6	Jarno TRULLI	Renault (M)	1:15.967	+ 00.948s
7	Fernando ALONSO	Renault (M)	1:16.087	+ 01.068s
8	Rubens BARRICHELLO	Ferrari (B)	1:16.166	+ 01.147s
9	Mark WEBBER	Jaguar Cosworth (M)	1:16.308	+ 01.289s
10	Olivier PANIS	Toyota (M)	1:16.345	+ 01.326s
11	Antonio PIZZONIA	Jaguar Cosworth (M)	1:16.965	+ 01.946s
12	Jacques VILLENEUVE	BAR Honda (B)	1:16.990	+ 01.971s
13	Cristiano da MATTA	Toyota (M)	1:17.068	+ 02.049s
14	Jenson BUTTON	BAR Honda (B)	1:17.077	+ 02.058s
15	Nick HEIDFELD	Sauber Petronas (B)	1:17.445	+ 02.426s
16	Heinz-Harald FRENTZEN	Sauber Petronas (B)	1:17.562	+ 02.543s
17	Giancarlo FISICHELLA	Jordan Ford (B)	1:18.431	+ 03.412s
18	Ralph FIRMAN	Jordan Ford (B)	1:18.514	+ 03.495s
19	Jos VERSTAPPEN	Minardi Cosworth (B)	1:18.709	+ 03.690s
20	Justin WILSON	Minardi Cosworth (B)	1:19.619	+ 04.600s

Friday Qualifying determines the running order for Saturday Qualifying.

Round 10 - France, Magny-Cours - Friday Qualifying Results

Conditions: wet track at start, drying through session; Temperatures: track 18-28C, air 17-21C

Position Driver Car (Tyres) Time Speed/Gap
1 Jos VERSTAPPEN Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:20.817 196.488 km/h
2 Ralph FIRMAN Jordan Ford (B) 1:23.496 + 02.679s
3 Nick HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas (B) 1:24.042 + 03.225s
4 Olivier PANIS Toyota (M) 1:24.175 + 03.358s
5 Antonio PIZZONIA Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:24.642 + 03.825s
6 Jacques VILLENEUVE BAR Honda (B) 1:24.651 + 03.834s
7 Mark WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:25.178 + 04.361s
8 Heinz-Harald FRENTZEN Sauber Petronas (B) 1:26.151 + 05.334s
9 Cristiano da MATTA Toyota (M) 1:26.975 + 06.158s
10 Rubens BARRICHELLO Ferrari (B) 1:27.095 + 06.278s
11 Michael SCHUMACHER Ferrari (B) 1:27.929 + 07.112s
12 Giancarlo FISICHELLA Jordan Ford (B) 1:28.502 + 07.685s
13 David COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:28.937 + 08.120s
14 Juan Pablo MONTOYA BMW Williams (M) 1:28.988 + 08.171s
15 Jarno TRULLI Renault (M) 1:29.024 + 08.207s
16 Kimi RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:29.120 + 08.303s
17 Ralf SCHUMACHER BMW Williams (M) 1:29.327 + 08.510s
18 Fernando ALONSO Renault (M) 1:29.455 + 08.638s
19 Jenson BUTTON BAR Honda (B) 1:30.731 + 09.914s
20 Justin WILSON Minardi Cosworth (B) - -

Notes:

BAR had their cars impounded by a French court on Thursday and were unable to get them released until after Friday's free practice. Button and Villeneuve therefore took to the modified track for the first time on their outlap in Friday Qualifying. Button got round but is last on the timesheets, while his teammate put in a superb, instinctive lap to take provisional pole on a drying track, finally finishing 7th.

The unusual order above can be credited to track conditions - wet at the start, it dried slowly, then rapidly towards the end of the session, allowing the last few drivers to go out on dry tyres with a huge performance advantage. Thus a first - the Minardi's on the front row!

Sadly, the historic Minardi 1-2 was not to survive scrutineering - Wilson's car was found to be 2.5kg underweight and his 2nd place time was deleted, relegating him to the back of the grid.