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First day Australia
practice times
March 2, 2001
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On a glorious day in Melbourne's Albert Park, Honda made a confident
opening to its 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship campaign as Jordan
Honda's Jarno Trulli finished today's free practice session second fastest, by just 0.3 seconds, to the Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello. With
his team-mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen and the BAR Hondas of Olivier Panis
and Jacques Villeneuve eighth, 10th and 12th fastest respectively, Honda
engineers are looking forward to consolidating and improving upon the
solid progress made today.
It looked as if last year's frontrunners, Ferrari and McLaren, were once
again going to dominate proceedings as they opened up a two-second gap
from the rest of the field but by the second session this afternoon the
same gap covered the first 10 cars, chief among them Jarno Trulli in his
Honda-powered Jordan. The day came to a spectacular conclusion as, minutes before the end of the afternoon session, Michael Schumacher rolled
his Ferrari in a high-speed accident, causing heavy damage to the car but
walking away unscathed himself.
Quotes
Jarno Trulli, leading Honda-powered driver Position: 2nd
"We had quite a good session and I am satisfied for the moment but it's
only Friday. It was a little bit slippery out there and we have some work
to do with the tyres and on set-up. I had a problem with the electronics
on the steering wheel and lost about half an hour of running time but
after that everything was good. Friday is really about trying new things
with the car's set-up, and my new engineer and I are getting on well. We
just need some more time to really get to know each other's ways of working, but we have some good ideas for tomorrow and hope we can improve
the car."
Kazutoshi Nishizawa - Technical Director, Honda Racing Development
"This was a good start for Honda, chiefly as there were no problems across
all four Honda-powered cars. Our new relationships are working well in
the race environment, especially for the new Honda engineering staff and
it is good to see them enjoying their work today. We were most interested
to receive and compare the different feedback from four drivers, which
increases our information base and contributes to the ongoing learning
process."
Eddie Jordan, team principal, Jordan Honda
"Looking good but it's too early to make predictions. The key thing is
that both drivers are happy and the car was consistent."
Craig Pollock, team principal, BAR Honda
"Overall I am a bit disappointed as it seems on the face of it we are
lacking a little bit on performance. However, we have collected a significant amount of data which will help us to improve and we will be
working hard on that overnight."
| Driver |
No./Car/Engine/Tires |
Time |
| 1) Rubens Barrichello |
No. 2
Ferrari/Bridgestone |
1:28.965/133.339mph |
| 2) Jarno Trulli |
No. 12
Jordan/Honda/Bridgestone |
1:29.267 |
| 3) Michael Schumacher |
No. 1
Ferrari/Bridgestone |
1:29.284 |
| 4) David Coulthard |
No. 4
McLaren/Mercedes/Bridgestone |
1:29.324 |
| 5) Mika Hakkinen |
No. 3
McLaren/Mercedes/Bridgestone |
1:29.799 |
| 6) Ralf Schumacher |
No. 5
Williams/BMW/Michelin |
1:30.277 |
| 7) Nick Heidfeld |
No. 16 Sauber/Petronas/Bridgestone |
1:30.345 |
| 8) Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
No. 11
Jordan/Honda/Bridgestone |
1:30.802 |
| 9) Jean Alesi |
No. 22
Prost/Acer/Michelin |
1:31.089 |
| 10) Olivier Panis |
No. 10
BAR/Honda/Bridgestone |
1:31.166 |
| 11) Kimi Raikkonen |
No. 17 Sauber/Petronas/Bridgestone |
1:31.453 |
| 12) Jacques Villeneuve |
No. 9
BAR/Honda/Bridgestone |
1:31.559 |
| 13) Eddie Irvine |
No. 18
Jaguar/Cosworth/Michelin |
1:31.573 |
| 14) Jos Verstappen |
No. 14 Arrows/Asiatech/Bridgestone |
1:31.669 |
| 15) Juan Pablo Montoya |
No. 6
Williams/BMW/Michelin |
1:31.721 |
| 16) Giancarlo Fisichella |
No. 7
Benetton/Renault/Michelin |
1:32.475 |
| 17) Fernando Alonso |
No. 20
Minardi/European/Michelin |
1:32.587 |
| 18) Luciano Burti |
No. 19
Jaguar/Cosworth/Michelin |
1:33.011 |
| 19) Gaston Mazzacane |
No. 23
Prost/Acer/Michelin |
1:33.153 |
| 20) Enrique Bernoldi |
No. 15 Arrows/Asiatech/Bridgestone |
1:33.203 |
| 21) Jenson Button |
No. 8
Benetton/Renault/Michelin |
1:33.403 |
| 22) Tarso Marques |
No. 21
Minardi/European/Michelin |
1:36.463* |
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