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1st practice session is now on.
We don't have a 3rd driver !!!!!:(
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Both albers and frisacher are out on track :D
[Edited on 6/5/2005 by JumpeySpyder]
Good job by Heidfeld BTW !!!
A shame that he will be demoted 10 places on Sunday: Grandprix.com
[Edited on 6/5/2005 by Minardus]
1 35 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.675
2 37 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:16.821
3 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:17.047
4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:17.574
5 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.851
6 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:17.977
7 38 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:18.103
8 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull Racing 1:18.112
9 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:18.204
10 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.402
11 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:19.328
12 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:20.621
13 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:20.773
14 39 Robert Doornbos Jordan-Toyota 1:20.912
15 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:21.628
16 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:21.635
17 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:22.454
18 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
19 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
20 5 Fernando Alonso Renault
21 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota
22 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW
Patrick is'nt exactly sitting still is he??
Btw, Albers is faster as Doornbos and only 0.081sec behind Monteiro!!!:cool:
Right before the session ended.
And Pedro went 1sec. faster as the next driver with a 1:15.062
If we lookat Albers' distance to the fastest GP-driver, which is Heidfeld, we see a gap of 3 seconds.
Not bad. Could have been worse.
:D
FORZA
[Edited on 6/5/2005 by willie12masters]
Albers second fastest
Hopefully we have a chance of mixing it further with the Jordans in Q1 tomorrow!!
EDGING CLOSER
BARCELONA, SPAIN, May 6, 2005 – With both a two-day test at Mugello and a baptism of fire in the San Marino Grand Prix during the last two weeks, the Minardi Cosworth PS05 this weekend faces the challenge of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, near Barcelona. It is a track with which drivers Christijan Albers and Patrick Friesacher are both familiar, even though the Minardi F1 Team does not test at the Spanish circuit with the frequency of many of its rivals. Today’s activities followed the normal pattern for the Friday of a race weekend, with Minardi drivers and technical staff working on developing a good chassis balance while assessing tyres, braking and software. Both cars were also fitted with a new rear wing configuration today. The drivers experienced differing fortunes in the two one-hour practice sessions, Friesacher enjoying a largely untroubled time throughout, while Albers suffered a non-damaging off-course excursion in the opening session and a gearbox downshift “glitch” in the second. Fortunately, quick work by the circuit corner workers had the car back at the Minardi garage in short order, allowing the problem to be rectified and Albers to carry on with his programme.
CHRISTIJAN ALBERS Best lap: 1 min 19.581 secs Position: 21st
“We had a normal day for a Friday, and although we lost some time this morning, and then a little more this afternoon, As a result, we weren’t able to try quite as many things as we would have liked, but hopefully, tomorrow we’ll be able to make up for the lost ground.”
PATRICK FRIESACHER Best lap: 1 min 20.686 secs Position: 20th
“Generally, it was not a bad day and we tried a couple of new things that worked well. I was struggling a little bit with the balance of the car today, and although we improved it as the day progressed, we will continue to work on this tomorrow and aim to find a good solution. I’d like to thank Bridgestone, because we were able to test quite a number of tyre compounds at the recent Mugello test, and that has helped quite a lot.”
PAUL STODDART, Team Principal, Minardi Cosworth
“Generally, it has been a productive first day in Spain as we continue to learn about, and make progress with, the PS05. The lap times came down steadily, and it is pleasing to see we have ended the day tantalisingly close to our nearest rivals. Our main goals this weekend are to consolidate the gains made on reliability at the Mugello test, while picking up the pace in order to close the gap to our competitors, On today’s evidence, we are progressing well. This is in large measure due to the hard work and long hours that continue to be put in by the Minardi mechanics and technicians, so once again, a big thank you to all of them for their unstinting efforts.”
- Ends -
Chassis allocation – 2005 Grand Prix of Spain
Friesacher (No 20) PS05/02
Albers (No 21) PS05/01
Spare car (Albers) PS04B/04