First Qually discussion....

[ralf fan]

Pole for Fernando...well done...

will post the official times ASAP..

[pitcrew]

happy the ferraris are getting back up the right end!!

[Fantasy GP610]

I thought MS would be P1 for a while there.

Well done to Alonso and Trulli ........ Heidfeld is making it interesting at Williams.

Cracker of a lap by Klien as well.......as for DC and one lap quali's

Tommorrow's another day

[Kicking-back]

It's all very close - Renault, Toyota, Ferrari, Williams and McLaren are all in the hunt here.

Interesting how much faster the track got near the end of the session.

Good job by de la Rosa too.

[Rich R]

ferrari are looking stronger, it was entertaining watching schumacher having to fight the car a bit, but mclaren still seem to be slightly struggling, as martin brundle pointed out raikkonen had massive understeer on his car. nice run from de la rosa to be so close to raikkonen as well. very impressed with heidfeld, klein and massa did well, coulthard a bit dissapointing and alonso and trulli just carrying on their malaysia form.

[dsg]

Fernando Alonso Renault 1:29.848
Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:29.993
Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.237
Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:30.390
Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:30.445
Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:30.592
Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.594
Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:30.646
Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.725
Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:30.933
Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:30.952
Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:30.957
Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:31.113
David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:31.211
Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:31.826
Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:32.318
Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:33.190
Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:33.424
Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.005
Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.848


Looks like Fernando and Jarno are carrying on their great form from last week.

[ralf fan]

So what have we learnt from this session
1. Alonso is super quick and the Renault is the best car in the field at the moment
2. Ferrari are back and could be really good come the European season. Cant critcise Rubens he's had no running what so ever and the race will be more about damage control for him
3. Toyota have the pace.
4. Ralf Schumacher is desperately slow compared to Trulli over about 1 sec.... i am going to lie down and consider my options
5. Williams and Mac are decently fast.. but Mac failed to produce the speed we thought they would.
6. er.... JV ....er...:P

[Skam85]

Fernando Alonso Renault 1:29.848

2 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:29.993

3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.237

4 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:30.390

5 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:30.445

6 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:30.592

7 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.594

8 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:30.646

9 10 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.725

10 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:30.933

11 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:30.952

12 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:30.957

13 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:31.113

14 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:31.211

15 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:31.826

16 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:32.318

17 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:33.190

18 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:33.424

19 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.005

20 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.848

[Gt_R]

Stunning lap from Alonso until his error. He's almost 0.5 s up on Trulli by sector 2, and could easily have finished 0.6s ahead of 2nd place man...Very fast.

Good to see that with so little running, Ferrari still manage to get 3rd. Good sign...and hopefully they built on that.

[Skam85]

Brilliant qually for Klien....nearly 7 tenths faster than DC....surely Liuzzi will be made to wait a little longer??

[ralf fan]

at that time i couldnt believe that Klein was just 2-tenths slower than the pole man.... i think it was Fisi at that time....

[GTRMagic]

A poor run from Rubens too

I wonder how much juice the Williams have aboard... Potsie doesnt look too speedy now There is still tomorrow morning's session to go of course...

[Giando]

The race should be interesting.
To be the first qual. for the F2005, the potential is very high, considering Bridgestone will show its new-construction-phylosophy tyres at Barcelona…

Trulli is doing a great revenge every race this year.

And what about JV? I don’t really understand… 15 months ago he was quick as the last-year revelation Jenson Button. Now he’s so slow. Something is wrong here. Although many could think he’s not a superchampion, he had been surely faster than Hill, Frentzen, Zonta, Panis and Button in several occasions… Could he have eye problems, maybe? Some of the most recent photos show him with eyeglasses not perfectly straight and balanced on his nose… (i’n not joking here…); he could not have lost all his talent; i still remember him overtaking Schumi in the final corner of Barcelona using an impossibile line on the track… where is that driver?

[luke]

I'm very glad to see Nick right up there! and Klien. Ralf could have done a lot better, if he hadn't of had his brake problems...

[Kicking-back]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

A poor run from Rubens too

I think in the circumstances, it was as much as could be expected.

Only his 2nd flying lap in the car all weekend, first time on this spec of tyre.