Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying 2

May 22, 2005 by
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[Qualifying1 notes]

Qualifying order: RS, NK, TM, CA, PF, VL, FM, MS, RB, JV, DC, JT, NH, JM*, GF, MW, FA, KR.
(JM penalised after being adjudged to have caused an accident in practice yesterday. Official site says “Montoya’s Saturday time of 1:14.858 deleted as punishment for role in earlier practice accident.”)

Batch 1: RS – no time, just an “installation” lap for his rebuilt Toyota
NK – 2:43.442 = pP1
TM – 2:43.078 = pP1
CA – 2:42.206 = pP1
PF – 2:40.810 = pP1

Batch 2: VL – 2:37.152 = pP1 by over 3s
FM – locking up through the chicane – 2:35.120 = pP1 by 2s
MS – slower than FM in S1! 2:34.736 = pP1
RB – lost time in S2 – 2:34.983 = pP2
JV – (who’s announced he’s going to be on the podium today!) – 2:34.936 = pP2

Batch 3: DC – ahead in S2 – 2:33.867 = pP2, 0.869s ahead of MS
JT – 0.373s up in S1; 1.071 up in S2; 2:32.590 = pP1 by 1.137s
NH – 0.04s up in S1; 0.27 down in S2; 2:32.883 = pP2 though
JM – (see note above re: penalty) – didn’t leave the pits, so no time
GF – 0.338 up in S1; 0.389 up in S2; 2:32.100 =pP1 by 0.490s

Batch 4: MW – 0.323s up in S1; 0.392s up in S2; 2:31.656 = pP1 by 0.444s
FA – 0.868s up in S1; 1.130s up in S2; 2:30.406 = pP1 by 1.250s!
KR – 0.195s up in S1; 0.164s up in S2; 2:30.323 = P1

Grid:

  1. K. Raikkonen (McLaren) 2:30.323
  2. F. Alonso (Renault)
  3. M.Webber (Williams)
  4. G. Fisichella (Renault)
  5. J. Trulli (Toyota)
  6. N. Heidfeld (Williams)
  7. D. Coulthard (Red Bull Racing)
  8. M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
  9. J. Villeneuve (Sauber)
  10. R. Barrichello (Ferrari)
  11. F. Massa (Sauber)
  12. V. Liuzzi (Red Bull Racing)
  13. P. Friesacher (Minardi)
  14. C. Albers (Minardi)
  15. T. Monteiro (Jordan)
  16. N. Karthikeyan (Jordan)
  17. R. Schumacher (Toyota)
  18. J. Montoya (McLaren)

[Weekend schedule] [F1 calendar, 2005]

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