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The Imola track
Ferrari domination continues in warm-up

The Ferrari team continues to dominate the San Marino Grand Prix weekend, with Rubens Barrichello fastest in warm-up and Michael Schumacher second.  The DHL Jordan Hondas of Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato continued to circulate in low mid-field positions, both drivers and team working hard to find more speed on the Imola track but unable to make any significant progress.

The track was damp in places at the start of warm-up but dried throughout, and as the times fell the Jordans dropped back to finish 14th and 16th.  The much-promised rain seems to have disappeared with reports this morning that there is only a 20% chance of rain for the race.

Today looks set to see Michael Schumacher claim yet another victory.  With his 45th pole position under his belt, the German will set a new record today for the largest number of starts for any Ferrari driver in the team's 52 year history.

After warm up Fisichella said: "I am hoping for a wet race as we are not very competitive in the dry.  I had a lot of traffic during the session so couldn't improve my lap times, which was frustrating."

Takuma Sato was reasonably happy: "The car felt good but there were a couple of small problems which I hope can be sorted out before the race.  I had a little too much understeer, probably from the conditions rather than the car."

Pos Driver Team Time
1 R Barrichello Ferrari 1.25.483
2 M Schumacher Ferrari 1.25.906
3 J Montoya Williams 1.26.116
4 N Heidfeld Sauber 1.26.151
5 F Massa Sauber 1.26.179
6 K Raikkonen McLaren 1.26.412
7 D Coulthard McLaren 1.26.443
8 J Villeneuve BAR 1.26.694
9 J Button Renault 1.26.862
10 E Bernoldi Arrows 1.26.913
11 J Trulli Renault 1.27.106
12 R Schumacher Williams 1.27.106
13 H Frentzen Arrows 1.27.231
14 T Sato DHL Jordan Honda 1.27.400
15 O Panis BAR 1.27.766
16 G Fisichella DHL Jordan Honda 1.27.861
17 E Irvine Jaguar 1.28.015
18 M Salo Toyota 1.28.478
19 P de la Rosa Jaguar 1.28.599
20 M Webber Minardi 1.28.992
21 A McNish Toyota 1.28.998

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