French Grand Prix – Qualifying
Because of the US GP fiasco, the last six teams to go out today will be the six Bridgestone runners (reverse points positions) but the rest of the order is the (reversed) order in which they pitted and retired from the race.
RS is back after his accident in practice at the US GP, is first out.
KR blew an engine in practice yesterday and will be penalised 10 grid positions.
Batch 1 = RS, DC, NH, CK, JV
RS – sector 1 = 24.3; S2=51.2; S3/lap = 1:15.771
DC – S1=24.9; S2=51.4; 1:16.434 = provisional Position 2
NH – S1=24.5; S2=51.2; 1:16.207 = pP2
CK – S1=24.8; S2=51.6; 1:16.547 = pP4
JV – S1=24.7; S2=51.0 (ahead of RS!); 1:15.699 = pP1(!!) by 0.072s
Track temp up to 26°C and wind up to 1.2m/s
Batch 2 = JM, FM, MW, TS, FA
JM – S1=24.4; S2=50.8; 1:15.406 = pP1 by 0.293s
FM – S1=24.4; S2=50.9; 1:15.566 = pP2, ahead of teammate JV
MW – S1=24.6; S2=51.1; 1:15.885 = pP5
TS – S1=24.2; S2=50.3; 1:14.655 = pP1 by 0.751s
FA – S1=24.3; S2=50.2; 1:14.412 = pP1 by0.243s
Batch 3 = GF, JB, KR, JT, PF
GF – fastest in the final practice session this morning – S1=24.2; S2=50.3; 1:14.887 = pP3
JB – S1=24.4; S2=50.7; 1:15.051 = pP4, 2 spots behind teammate TS
KR – S1=24.3; S2=50.3; 1:14.559 = pP2! I thought he’d be heavily fuelled because of the 10-spot penalty
JT – S1=24.3; S2=50.3; 1:14.521 = pP2
PF – S2=25.3; S2=52.3; 1:17.960 = pP15 (=last)
Batch 4 = CA, NK, TM, RB, MS
CA – S1=25.3; S2=52.5; 1:18.335 = pP16
NK – S1=25.0; S2=52.3; 1:17.857 = pP15
TM – S1=25.3; S2=52.3; 1:18.047 = pP17, splitting the Minardis
RB – S1=24.3; S2=50.2; 1:14.832 = pP5 – lost a lot of time in S3
MS – S1=24.1; S2=50.3; 1:14.572 = p4
[Weekend schedule] [F1 calendar, 2005]
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