Grand Prix of China – Practice + Qualifying

October 15, 2005 by paul
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The final round of this year’s 19-round season, the second time the Grand Prix has been run here.

Looks like almost everyone had off-track excursions, especially on the bumpy Turn 14.

Track temperature 22°C; air temp 23°C; humidity 34%

The BAR cars are in a different livery just for this race.

Batch 1: TS, JM, JT, AP, CA
T.Sato (BAR) – out first because he was disqualified from the Japanese GP; sector 1=25.8s; s2=55.3; s3/lap=1:37.081 = a slow provisional pole time (=pP1)
J.Montoya (Williams) – s1=25.3; s2=54.0; 1:35.188 = pP1 by 1.9s
J.Trulli (Toyota) – s1=25.6; s2=54.4; 1:36.044 = pP2 by 0.8s
A.Pizzonia (Williams) – s1=25.6; s2=54.8; 1:36.445 = pP3
C.Albers (Minardi) – really struggling – the car is horrible! s1=26.5; s2=56.8; 1:39.105 = pP5
[JM, JT, AP, TS, CA]

Batch 2: NK, RD, TM, JV, RB
N.Karthikeyan (Jordan) – s2=54.9; 1:36.707 = pP4
R.Doornbos (Minardi) – s1=26.0; s2=56.3; 1:39.460 = pP7, behind his teammate
T.Monteiro (Jordan) – s1=26.1; s2=56.8; 1:39.233 = pP7, well behind his teammate
J.Villeneuve (Sauber) – s1=25.7; s2=55.2; 1:36.788 = pP5
R.Barrichello (Ferrari) – s1=25.6; s2=54.5; 1:35.610 = pP1, 0.422s behind JM
[JM, RB, JT, AP, NK, JV, TS, CA, TM, RD]

Batch 3: FM, CK, RS, MS, DC
F.Massa (Sauber) – s1=25.6; s2=54.5; 1:35.898 = pP3
C.Klien (Red Bull) – s1=25.8; s2=54.8; 1:36.472 = pP6
R.Schumacher (Toyota) – s1=25.5; s2=54.2; 1:35.723 = pP3
M.Schumacher (Ferrari) – s1=25.5; s2=54.3; 1:35.301 = pP2, 0.113s behind JM
D.Coulthard (Red Bull) – s1=25.6; s2=54.3; 1:35.428 = pP3, just 0.1s slower than MS!
[JM, MS, DC, RB, RS, FM, JT, AP, CK, NK, JV, TS, CA, TM, RD]

Batch 4: JB, MW, FA, GF, KR
J.Button (BAR) – s1=25.2, ahead of JM; s2=53.8, 0.2s up; 1:34.801 = pP1 by 0.387s
M.Webber (Williams) – s1=25.3; s2=54.0; locks up and runs a little wide; 1:35.739 = pP7
F.Alonso (Renault) – s1=24.9, 0.3s up on JB; s2=53.4, 0.4s up; 1:34.080 = pP1 by 0.721s
G.Fisichella (Renault) – s1=25.1; s2=53.6; 1:34.401 = pP2, 0.3s behind his teammate
K.Raikkonen (McLaren) – s1=25.1; s2=53.6; 1:34.488 = P3