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28-apr-2001
Saturday Practice - Spanish Grand Prix 2001 Season
Jarno Trulli and Heinz-Harald Frentzen were sixth and eleventh quickest at the end of final practice before this afternoon's qualifying.

Neither driver had any problems during the two 45-minute sessions run in sunny, warm conditions.

'It was generally a good session without any problems,' said Frentzen. 'The car's handling seemed okay, except for a little bit of understeer which I was suffering from this morning. But I think, with the little bit of fine-tuning, we can cure that for qualifying. We certainly seem to have got over the problems we had yesterday!'

The blustery conditions which dominated yesterday's practice gave way to more gentle breeze this morning. Even so, Trulli was still feeling the effects of the occasional gust on the handling of his car.

'Jarno was quite happy with the balance of his car in the end,' said Trevor Foster, Managing Director, Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda. 'It was just a matter of adjusting it to the track conditions today. We were running lower fuel levels in preparation for qualifying. There were no problems and Heinz stopped early because he didn't want to use a second set of tyres. The times show it's going to be pretty close during qualifying.'

The Ferraris of Schumacher and Barrichello were quickest, followed by Coulthard's McLaren, the Scotsman being fortunate to narrowly miss hitting the tyre barrier after running wide at one point. Trulli had been fourth fastest until a last minute burst of speed from the Sauber drivers as Raikkonen led Heidfeld into the top six. The only major mechanical incident occurred to De le Rosa when his Jaguar suddenly turned sharp right and hit the wall as he accelerated out of the pits.

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Spanish GP - Saturday Practice
  Pos    Driver    Team    Time    Speed     
  1.    Schumacher M    Ferrari    1:18.634    216.548     
  2.    Barrichello    Ferrari    1:18.674    216.437     
  3.    Coulthard    McLaren    1:18.686    216.404     
  4.    Raikkonen    Sauber    1:18.765    216.187     
  5.    Heidfeld    Sauber    1:19.010    215.517     
  6.    Trulli    Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda    1:19.186    215.038     
  7.    Panis    BAR Honda    1:19.253    214.856     
  8.    Hakkinen    McLaren    1:19.281    214.780     
  9.    Schumacher R    Williams    1:19.406    214.442     
  10.    Villeneuve    BAR Honda    1:19.577    213.981     
  11.    Frentzen    Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda    1:19.903    213.108     
  12.    Montoya    Williams    1:20.202    212.314     
  13.    Alesi    Prost    1:20.741    210.897     
  14.    Burti    Prost    1:20.801    210.740     
  15.    Bernoldi    Arrows    1:20.997    210.230     
  16.    Verstappen    Arrows    1:21.069    210.043     
  17.    Irvine    Jaguar    1:21.289    209.475     
  18.    Fisichella    Benetton    1:21.404    209.179     
  19.    Alonso    Minardi    1:21.493    208.950     
  20.    Button    Benetton    1:21.804    208.156     
  21.    De la Rosa    Jaguar    1:22.296    206.912     
  22.    Marques    Minardi    1:24.371    201.823     



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