The Ferrari team came out on top in today's first qualifying in Monte Carlo, but it was also a good day for Jordan Ford whose drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Ralph Firman were 7th and 13th fastest.  Fisichella's time split the two Williams cars while Firman made the most of a track which had, by that time, deteriorated badly due to oil having been spilt by the Sauber of Heinz Harald Frentzen, an incident which caused the session to be delayed by 20 minutes.

Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were in dominant form but Jensen Button produced a terrific lap to set the third fastest time, quicker even than Monaco specialist Jarno Trulli.  Trulli's team mate Fernando Alonso could only manage 14th while David Coulthard was 5th or McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen 11th.