Monza testing

[jackosimm]

Antonio Pizzonia came out on top during testing at monza while Michael Schumacher came unstuck on what was believed to be a tire failure while doing aound 300kph in his F2004, he managed to finish 7th down the order. Kimi was second fastest while Barrichello was third fastest in the Ferrari. BAR kept a satisfactory pace with all three cars in order by Anthony Davidson, Jenson Button and Takuma Sato in 4th, 5th and 6th where brakes and suspension were the focus of the teams testing. Renault who were concentrating on tire's had Alonso in 8th and Trulli 13th. Giancarlo Fisichella was 11th quickest for Sauber and will be taken over by Felipe Massa today. Webber was 14th in the Jaguar. I got the table of times and positions posted below:


Unofficial Thursday times from Monza:
1. Antonio Pizzonia, Williams (Michelin), 1:20.010
2. Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren (Michelin), 1:20.784
3. Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari (Bridgestone), 1:20.846
4. Anthony Davidson, BAR (Michelin), 1:20.874
5. Jenson Button, BAR (Michelin), 1:20.948
6. Takuma Sato, BAR (Michelin), 1:20.981
7. Michael Schumacher, Ferrari (Bridgestone), 1:21.060
8. Fernando Alonso, Renault (Michelin), 1:21.083
9. Juan Pablo Montoya, Williams (Michelin), 1:21.090
10. David Coulthard, McLaren (Michelin), 1:21.172
11. Giancarlo Fisichella, Sauber (Bridgestone), 1:21.179
12. Christian Klien, Jaguar (Michelin), 1:21.487
13. Jarno Trulli, Renault (Michelin), 1.21.658
14. Mark Webber, Jaguar (Michelin), 1:21.680
15. Olivier Panis, Toyota (Michelin), 1:22.480
16. Ricardo Zonta, Toyota (Michelin), 1:22.865
17. Timo Glock, Jordan (Bridgestone), 1:23.942
18. Zsolt Baumgartner, Minardi (Bridgestone), 1:24.099
19. Gianmaria Bruni, Minardi (Bridgestone), 1:25.018

courtesy: formula1.com

Pictures: Michael Schumacher climbing from the cockpit of his F2004 after the crash, Laying down on the grass for a few minutes before getting back to his feet and Juan Pablo Montoya in the BMW FW26.

[LUD02C]

Monza nice fast track.
I watched the Euro Formula 3000 there the other day, good racing.
Michael crashing looks interesting but being in Oz we don't see this on updates, so have to wait for channel 10 to show us...

[vtir22]

hmmm laying on the grass next to the track doesn't seem like the best of ideas?! (especially if Montoya is at the circuit :p ) where are the marshalls? or aren't there any on test days?

Anyway a tyre failure at 300kph is pretty scary ... would be hard to forget during the race?! then again maybe not.

[jackosimm]

na no marshals for practice days, thered be some form of control for testing days with so many teams there. lol yeh Schumachers brave lieing there, musnt of been any cars on the track at that point

[LUD02C]

When your in a race or testing and you see a car has crashed you slow right down.
By looking at the photo's of michaels crash people might even had stopped (if testing).

They have timing Marshalls and first aid ones around the track as well as data people in every section.