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Round 1 - AUSTRALIA, Melbourne - Qualifying Results
Q1 Conditions: Wet track, drying to mid-session, then heavy rain; Air 15-17°C, Track 14-23°C
Q2 Conditions: Dry; Air °C, Track °C
| STARTING GRID (aggregate time) |
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Qualifying 1 |
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Qualifying 2 |
| Posn |
Driver |
Car (Tyres) |
Time |
Gap |
Posn |
Time |
Posn |
Time |
| 1 |
Giancarlo FISICHELLA |
Renault (M) |
3:01.460 |
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1 |
1:33.171 |
2 |
1:28.289 |
| 2 |
Jarno TRULLI |
Toyota (M) |
3:04.429 |
+ 2.969s |
2 |
1:35.270 |
4 |
1:29.159 |
| 3 |
Mark WEBBER |
Williams BMW (M) |
3:04.996 |
+ 3.536s |
3 |
1:36.717 |
1 |
1:28.279 |
| 4 |
Jacques VILLENEUVE |
Sauber Petronas (M) |
3:06.846 |
+ 5.386s |
4 |
1:36.984 |
8 |
1:29.862 |
| 5 |
David COULTHARD |
Red Bull Cosworth (M) |
3:07.212 |
+ 5.752s |
6 |
1:38.320 |
3 |
1:28.892 |
| 6 |
Christian KLIEN |
Red Bull Cosworth (M) |
3:07.477 |
+ 6.017s |
5 |
1:37.486 |
9 |
1:29.991 |
| 7 |
Nick HEIDFELD |
Williams BMW (M) |
3:09.130 |
+ 7.670s |
7 |
1:39.717 |
6 |
1:29.413 |
| 8 |
Jenson BUTTON |
BAR Honda (M) |
3:12.128 |
+ 10.668s |
8 |
1:41.512 |
11 |
1:30.616 |
| 9 |
Juan Pablo MONTOYA |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
3:14.645 |
+ 13.185s |
11 |
1:45.325 |
5 |
1:29.320 |
| 10 |
Kimi RAIKKONEN |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
3:15.558 |
+ 14.098s |
10 |
1:44.997 |
10 |
1:30.561 |
| 11 |
Rubens BARRICHELLO |
Ferrari (B) |
3:16.822 |
+ 15.362s |
12 |
1:45.481 |
13 |
1:31.341 |
| 12 |
Narain KARTHIKEYAN |
Jordan Toyota (B) |
3:17.092 |
+ 15.632s |
9 |
1:44.357 |
14 |
1:32.735 |
| 13 |
Fernando ALONSO |
Renault (M) |
3:17.466 |
+ 16.006s |
14 |
1:47.708 |
7 |
1:29.758 |
| 14 |
Tiago MONTEIRO |
Jordan Toyota (B) |
3:20.329 |
+ 18.869s |
13 |
1:46.846 |
15 |
1:33.483 |
| 15 |
Ralf SCHUMACHER |
Toyota (M) |
3:22.717 |
+ 21.257s |
17 |
1:51.495 |
12 |
1:31.222 |
| 16 |
Patrick FRIESACHER |
Minardi Cosworth (B) |
3:28.363 |
+ 26.903s |
16 |
1:50.864 |
16 |
1:37.499 |
| 17 |
Christijan ALBERS |
Minardi Cosworth (B) |
No time |
- |
15 |
1:49.230 |
17 |
No time |
| 18 |
Michael SCHUMACHER |
Ferrari (B) |
No time |
- |
18 |
1:57.931 |
18 |
No time |
| 19 |
Takuma SATO |
BAR Honda (M) |
No time |
- |
20 |
No time |
19 |
No time |
| 20 |
Felipe MASSA |
Sauber Petronas (M) |
No time |
- |
19 |
No time |
20 |
No time |
Notes:
The weather conditions for Qualifying 1 turned the session into a lottery. The track was wet at the start, drying more with each run, with the first ten cars running on inters.
Villeneuve was the first car out on dries, followed by Fisichella who definitely got the best of the conditions. The rain started falling heavily on his in lap, with Massa on dries forced to tiptoe round his flying lap and back to the pits.
Next Sato went out on inters and lost it on his out lap, hitting the wall at turn 8. The first car on full wets was Michael Schumacher whose lap was 22 seconds slower than provisional pole sitter Fisichella.
It continued raining for the rest of the session. Unless conditions are equally bizarre in Q2, Fisichella is looking fairly secure for the second pole of his career. |
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