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[b]2006 San Marino Grand Prix Qualifying Results[/b]
[b]Pos Driver Session 1 Session 2 Session 3[/b]
1 M.Schumacher 1:24.598 1:22.579 1:22.795
2 Button 1:24.480 1:23.749 1:22.988
3 Barrichello 1:24.727 1:23.760 1:23.242
4 Massa 1:24.884 1:23.595 1:23.702
5 Alonso 1:23.536 1:23.743 1:23.709
6 R.Schumacher 1:24.370 1:23.565 1:23.772
7 Montoya 1:24.960 1:23.760 1:24.021
8 Raikkonen 1:24.259 1:23.190 1:24.158
9 Trulli 1:24.446 1:23.727 1:24.172
10 Webber 1:24.992 1:23.718 1:24.795
11 Fisichella 1:24.434 1:23.771
12 Villeneuve 1:25.081 1:23.887
13 Rosberg 1:24.495 1:23.966
14 Coulthard 1:24.849 1:24.101
15 Heidfeld 1:25.410 1:24.123
16 Liuzzi 1:24.879 1:24.520
17 Klien 1:25.410
18 Speed 1:25.437
19 Monteiro 1:26.820
20 Albers 1:27.088
21 Sato 1:27.609
22 Ide 1:29.282
Byron5184 said:What a self centred arrogant SOB that Michael, the reporter mentioned Senna's record TWICE and Michael didnt even give a **** about Senna or his record, was all me me me, would have been a decent thing to talk about the record and maybe how hes proud to break the record at imola of all places or something along those lines but noooo.
Byron5184 said:What a self centred arrogant SOB that Michael, the reporter mentioned Senna's record TWICE and Michael didnt even give a **** about Senna or his record, was all me me me, would have been a decent thing to talk about the record and maybe how hes proud to break the record at imola of all places or something along those lines but noooo.![]()
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M Schumacher 2.37
F Alonso 3.50
K Raikkonen 8.50
J Button 8.50
R Barrichello 17.00
J P Montoya 17.00
F Massa 17.00
R Schumacher 26.00
G Fisichella 26.00
J Trulli 41.00
M Webber 51.00
N Rosberg 67.00
J Villeneuve 81.00
N Heidfeld 101.00
V Liuzzi 151.00
D Coulthard 151.00
C Klien 201.00
S Speed 251.00
T Monteiro 301.00
C Albers 301.00
Y Ide 501.00
T Sato 501.00
[b]Pos No Driver Team Session 1 Session 1 Session 3[/b]
1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:24.598 1:22.579 1:22.795
2 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:24.480 1:23.749 1:22.988
3 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:24.727 1:23.760 1:23.242
4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.884 1:23.595 1:23.702
5 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:23.536 1:23.743 1:23.709
6 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:24.370 1:23.565 1:23.772
7 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.960 1:23.760 1:24.021
8 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.259 1:23.190 1:24.158
9 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:24.446 1:23.727 1:24.172
10 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:24.992 1:23.718 1:24.795
11 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:24.434 1:23.771
12 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:25.081 1:23.887
13 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:24.495 1:23.966
14 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:24.849 1:24.101
15 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:25.410 1:24.129
16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:24.879 1:24.520
17 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:25.410
18 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:25.437
19 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:26.820
20 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:27.088
21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:27.609
22 23 Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 1:29.282
[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos No Driver Time[/b]
1 5 Michael Schumacher 23.260
2 6 Felipe Massa 23.434
3 12 Jenson Button 23.485
4 3 Kimi Räikkönen 23.516
5 1 Fernando Alonso 23.593
6 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 23.596
7 2 Giancarlo Fisichella 23.634
8 7 Ralf Schumacher 23.640
9 17 Jacques Villeneuve 23.667
10 8 Jarno Trulli 23.685
11 11 Rubens Barrichello 23.697
12 9 Mark Webber 23.784
13 16 Nick Heidfeld 23.790
14 10 Nico Rosberg 23.793
15 14 David Coulthard 23.818
16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi 23.870
17 21 Scott Speed 24.153
18 15 Christian Klien 24.361
19 19 Christijan Albers 24.764
20 22 Takuma Sato 24.832
21 18 Tiago Monteiro 24.891
22 23 Yuji Ide 25.687
[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos No Driver Time[/b]
1 5 Michael Schumacher 26.788
2 3 Kimi Räikkönen 27.006
3 1 Fernando Alonso 27.105
4 12 Jenson Button 27.135
5 6 Felipe Massa 27.136
6 11 Rubens Barrichello 27.144
7 2 Giancarlo Fisichella 27.187
8 9 Mark Webber 27.237
9 17 Jacques Villeneuve 27.293
10 8 Jarno Trulli 27.296
11 16 Nick Heidfeld 27.321
12 7 Ralf Schumacher 27.329
13 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 27.351
14 10 Nico Rosberg 27.356
15 14 David Coulthard 27.462
16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi 27.554
17 21 Scott Speed 27.946
18 15 Christian Klien 28.017
19 19 Christijan Albers 28.187
20 18 Tiago Monteiro 28.252
21 22 Takuma Sato 28.463
22 23 Yuji Ide 28.708
[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos No Driver Time[/b]
1 12 Jenson Button 32.368
2 11 Rubens Barrichello 32.401
3 5 Michael Schumacher 32.479
4 7 Ralf Schumacher 32.591
5 1 Fernando Alonso 32.595
6 3 Kimi Räikkönen 32.668
7 9 Mark Webber 32.697
8 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 32.729
9 8 Jarno Trulli 32.746
10 10 Nico Rosberg 32.807
11 16 Nick Heidfeld 32.816
12 14 David Coulthard 32.821
13 6 Felipe Massa 32.864
14 17 Jacques Villeneuve 32.927
15 2 Giancarlo Fisichella 32.950
16 15 Christian Klien 33.032
17 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi 33.096
18 21 Scott Speed 33.219
19 18 Tiago Monteiro 33.677
20 19 Christijan Albers 34.041
21 22 Takuma Sato 34.314
22 23 Yuji Ide 34.843
[b]Pos No Driver Time Speed[/b]
1 5 Michael Schumacher 14:28:21 295.1
2 6 Felipe Massa 14:54:45 294.0
3 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 14:27:30 291.8
4 1 Fernando Alonso 14:28:35 291.2
5 17 Jacques Villeneuve 14:08:47 290.3
6 10 Nico Rosberg 14:28:34 288.3
7 16 Nick Heidfeld 14:09:35 288.2
8 2 Giancarlo Fisichella 14:28:50 288.2
9 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi 14:04:07 288.1
10 14 David Coulthard 14:08:47 288.1
11 3 Kimi Räikkönen 14:27:38 287.0
12 7 Ralf Schumacher 14:02:49 286.8
13 9 Mark Webber 14:10:42 285.8
14 11 Rubens Barrichello 14:55:15 285.6
15 23 Yuji Ide 14:04:21 284.8
16 8 Jarno Trulli 14:13:21 284.8
17 22 Takuma Sato 14:03:18 284.4
18 12 Jenson Button 14:27:47 283.3
19 21 Scott Speed 14:04:34 283.2
20 15 Christian Klien 14:13:03 282.4
21 19 Christijan Albers 14:02:52 280.5
22 18 Tiago Monteiro 14:11:00 280.1
Ferrari chief denies Raikkonen contract
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo denied at Imola today that the Italian team have already signed Kimi Raikkonen for next year. Raikkonen is rumoured to be on his way out of McLaren to their rivals, and Italian di Montezemolo admitted that they were interested in a driver of the calibre of the 26-year-old Raikkonen.
But when asked if Raikkonen had signed a contract with the Maranello-based team, di Montezemolo said: "Why do you assume that a deal has been done? It is not like this."
While Ferrari have made no secret of their desire to keep seven-time drivers' world champion Schumacher next year, di Montezemolo suggested that a bid for Raikkonen could be on the cards.
Di Montezemolo added: "I haven't got any kind of contact, unfortunately, with a fantastic driver like Raikkonen. Talking to potential drivers) is a very intelligent suggestion - not only with Raikkonen.
I think it's important to have a spare tie in your pocket - Mr Ferrari told me that."
Di Montezemolo, who is credited with rescuing Ferrari's Formula One team from the doldrums in the mid-1970s, also said that there would be no deadline set for Schumacher to agree a new deal with the Scuderia. "Michael has no pressure from us," he added. "He knows that if he will continue with us we will be extremely pleased and if he will retire then we will be disappointed but also we understand that in a life there comes an end for all of us."
Happy Barrichello thankful to Honda
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello was thankful to his Honda team after he seemed to make a breakthrough in performance in qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix.
"It is very nice," said the Brazilian after posting the third quickest time at Imola.
"I want to thank the whole team, they did a great job in testing, they improved the car to my liking, the braking is much better. I want to thank anyone for their effort."
Barrichello, who has joined the Japanese squad after six years at Ferrari, had struggled to get to grips with his new car, and had failed to match his teammate Jenson Button's performances.
"There were some problems for me adapting to the car, and I am a little bit happier," Barrichello added.
"Imola is a good place for improvement and most of it, after the problems we had in Australian, we had to improve the car on race pace and tomorrow is a good test, so I am really looking forward to it."
Barrichello will still start behind his teammate Button, who secured another front row start with second place.
"We have done a lot of work overnight and during the day, and we have really improved it," said Button. "We needed to and we were quite a long way off yesterday, not just over one lap in the long runs.
"We did a reasonably long run and this is a good position to be in."
Heidfeld rues qualifying mistake
Nick Heidfeld was left lamenting his driving error during the second session of today's qualifying at Imola.
The BMW driver lost control of his car with around a minute remaining in the second part of qualifying, crashing heavily and forcing the session to be yellow-flagged.
Although Heidfeld escaped unscathed, he missed the top 10 and hence the final shoot-out.
"I really wanted to make it into the top ten and tried everything I knew, but lost the rear of the car and went into the tyres, which unfortunately has damaged the car quite badly," explained Heidfeld.
"All in all qualifying was disappointing, especially as I felt good after the results of the three free practice sessions yesterday and today.
"With new tyres I just could not get the necessary grip, but the positive side is I fell well again yesterday after my stomach problems yesterday."
Heidfeld will start tomorrow's race from 15th position, two places behind teammate Jacques Villeneuve, who was disappointed after failing to make it into the top ten.
The Canadian believes he had the speed to be in the top five.
"I am very disappointed because less than two tenths of a second was P5 and I know there was that time in the car," he said. "The second lap was quick, but the yellow flags caught us out.
"That really does your race and finishing P5 or P12 in the session means the difference between finishing on the podium or not. It is a little bit rough but we are at the wrong end of the tenths today big time."
Byron5184 said:removed, so much for freedom of speech and the right to voice my own opinion on these so called forums.
San Marino: Qualifying notes - Midland
MF1 Racing's M16s experienced disappointing technical issues that prevented both Tiago Monteiro and Christijan Albers from improving on their practice times from earlier in the morning. The team will focus on resolving these issues and hope to give its racers the best possible opportunity to improve upon their 19th and 20th starting positions.
Tiago Monteiro: "It hasn't been an easy weekend so far, that's for sure. But with the exception of this qualifying session, we had been improving every time we were out on track, closing the gap to the others and trying to improve the car. It's somewhat disappointing, because we solved the tyre issues we had yesterday and we were looking forward to a breakthrough today. Still, I remain confident that if we can make a good start tomorrow, we should have a strong race. The race team has done a great job all weekend and I hope Christijan and I can deliver the results they deserve."
Christijan Albers: "I'm extremely disappointed with our qualifying result today, because I know we could have been so much quicker. It's always frustrating to encounter technical problems, but unfortunately, that's the way it goes sometimes. Now, we have to remain focused on what's important, and that's the race tomorrow. Hopefully, we can fix whatever the problem is and perform at the level we're capable of."
Colin Kolles, Managing Director: "Unfortunately, Christijan Albers had some technical issues with the car, because he showed how quick he was all weekend. We don't know at the moment what caused this problem, but we hope to solve it before tomorrow's race."
Dominic Harlow, Chief Race and Test Engineer: "Qualifying didn't go as well as we'd hoped today. We might have had a small problem with Christijan's car, which we're looking into. In the morning and up until the qualifying session, we were making good progress and we feel that we have closed the gap to our closest competitors. I'm looking forward to the race, because I think we'll be stronger in race conditions."
San Marino: Qualifying notes - WilliamsF1
Sam Michael, Technical Director, WilliamsF1: "It was obviously a close session. Mark made it through to the third segment and did the best job possible. Unfortunately for Nico, he just missed out on the third segment even though he was only a couple of tenths off the top five. After Nico's accident this morning, the mechanics did a good job changing his chassis by putting his engine into the T-car. Nico's car will be repaired to provide the spare car for tomorrow. Now we're looking to the race to see what strategy everybody is on and what we can achieve."
Mark Webber: "Qualifying was pretty interesting today and, as always, it was pretty fraught in the first two sessions. We managed to get into the last session and although I was fifth, it was very, very tight time-wise. The last session was pretty tricky for us, much as it was in Melbourne, so it will be interesting to see how the strategy will unfold, but the race will be interesting."
Nico Rosberg: "I didn't know what to expect from qualifying today because this morning it didn't go too well for me. I had a crash at the end of the session but prior to the accident, I didn't feel the set-up of my car was quite right. I must say thanks to the mechanics who managed to get the T-car ready for me in time for qualifying. When we got into Q2, it was difficult as the balance of my car had become a bit worse and I made two mistakes going wide, which wasted some valuable tenths The important outcome is that my final time today is not too bad because the pack was bunched quite tightly."
Simon Corbyn, Head of F1 Race Engineering, Cosworth Ltd: "There was no damage to the engine as a result of Nico's incident in morning practice and it was therefore transferred to the spare car for Qualifying. Cosworth had no problems and both drivers did a good job of optimising available engine performance throughout today's sessions."
San Marino: Qualifying notes - Toro Rosso
Tonio Liuzzi: "We got off to a good start in this morning's practice and you could see we had the pace, with a tenth fastest time. So we were well prepared for qualifying and we expected to do well. This afternoon wasn't too bad, with me ending up eleventh in the first part. The car was responding very well and we had sorted out all the problems we came up against yesterday. But this afternoon, the others seemed to be flying, but we had already reached our maximum. It was a reasonable result but we still need to improve our qualifying pace. Tomorrow should be better as we seem to be stronger over a longer distance."
Scott Speed: "I would have easily made it into the second part of the session but I got held up at the chicane by someone trying to get a good lap. It's unfortunate but that's the nature of qualifying this year and we have to deal with it. The team is improving every day, as the whole set up was new at the start of the year. Now we have three races under our belt and are back close to home the improvement in the way everyone is working is clear to see and there's still more to come. The race? I'm going to be aggressive. I've got nothing to lose."