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[molive]

Seems to me that most of the teams will be running full tanks and race trim during the following practice sessions, rendering the times rather useless. So, let´s not jump to conclusions if Arrows is found to be leading the Friday time sheets...

Real crunch time is Saturday!

[Laphroaig]

Thanks for the warning *grin*

[Lantern]

Yep, when the Macs were blowing people away during the first free practice in '98 the other teams were just sandbagging ;)

Hehe...just had to mention that


I'm hoping for a reliable dat for Williams so Button can get MUCH needed track time.

[RaggedEdge]

Lantern, you mean Schumacher blowing away the rest of the field with Villeneuve up there in third....

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st
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1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:33.826
2. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.432 0.606 0.606
3. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Mecachro 1:35.023 0.591 1.197
4. Alexander Wurz A Benetton-Mecachro 1:35.270 0.247 1.444
5. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.409 0.139 1.583
6. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 1:35.708 0.299 1.882
7. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:35.876 0.168 2.050
8. Jean Alesi F Sauber-Petronas 1:36.095 0.219 2.269
9. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Peugeot 1:36.231 0.136 2.405
10. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Mecachro 1:36.741 0.510 2.915
11. Mika Salo FIN Arrows 1:36.897 0.156 3.071
12. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford 1:37.023 0.126 3.197
13. Damon Hill GB Jordan-Honda 1:37.102 0.079 3.276
14. Olivier Panis F Prost-Peugeot 1:37.102 0.000 3.276
15. Ricardo Rosset BR Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.144 0.042 3.318
16. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford 1:37.605 0.461 3.779
17. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:37.891 0.286 4.065
18. Pedro Diniz BR Arrows 1:37.928 0.037 4.102
19. Toranosuke Takagi J Tyrrell-Ford 1:38.817 0.889 4.991
20. Giancarlo Fisichella I Benetton-Mecachro 1:38.860 0.043 5.034
21. Esteban Tuero ARG Minardi-Ford 1:39.044 0.184 5.218

107% of fastest time: 1:40.394

[Lantern]

LOL!!!!

...My bad guys

[molive]

Lap, you´re welcome.

Anyway, I´m sure people will jump into conclusions even if BAR is leading the way after Friday afternoon...MYSELF INCLUDED!!

[RaggedEdge]

1999 first practice was also fun.. What about those Ferrari times...

Australian GP Friday 1st practice
F1

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st
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1. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.213
2. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.427 0.214 0.214
3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Jordan-Honda 1:34.050 0.623 0.837
4. Giancarlo Fisichella I Benetton-Playlife 1:34.135 0.085 0.922
5. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Peugeot 1:34.160 0.025 0.947
6. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford 1:34.164 0.004 0.951
7. Johnny Herbert GB Stewart-Ford 1:34.173 0.009 0.960
8. Damon Hill GB Jordan-Honda 1:34.625 0.452 1.412
9. Jacques Villeneuve CDN BAR-Supertec 1:34.885 0.260 1.672
10. Jean Alesi F Sauber-Petronas 1:35.118 0.233 1.905
11. Pedro Diniz BR Sauber-Petronas 1:35.328 0.210 2.115
12. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-Supertec 1:35.355 0.027 2.142
13. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:35.959 0.604 2.746
14. Toranosuke Takagi J Arrows 1:36.102 0.143 2.889
15. Alexander Wurz A Benetton-Playlife 1:36.108 0.006 2.895
16. Alessandro Zanardi I Williams-Supertec 1:36.173 0.065 2.960
17. Marc Gene E Minardi-Ford 1:36.481 0.308 3.268
18. Pedro de la Rosa E Arrows 1:37.217 0.736 4.004
19. Luca Badoer I Minardi-Ford 1:38.065 0.848 4.852
20. Ricardo Zonta BR BAR-Supertec 1:38.342 0.277 5.129
21. Olivier Panis F Prost-Peugeot 1:39.031 0.689 5.818
22. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 2:04.843 25.812 31.630

107% of fastest time: 1:39.738