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01-jul-2001
Friday Practice - French Grand Prix 2001 Season
Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda got off to a productive start at Magny-Cours, Jarno Trulli and Heinz-Harald Frentzen setting ninth and 13th fastest times on the first day of practice for Sunday's French Grand Prix.

'The car was running very well,' said Frentzen. 'It was a good day's work for a Friday, and I'm quite happy with it. I did 45 laps, which was important for me because I hadn't been able to test here. I had a small problem with the brakes but we managed to work around that. There's a new exit to the pit lane, which makes the first corner quite a bit safer. This is the first time we have used it and it's a challenge to get through as quickly as possible because the exit is outside the pit lane speed limit and is effectively another corner.'

'It was a positive day,' said Trulli. 'We have developed a set-up for the race and I'm pretty happy with it. Tomorrow is a different day in that we don't know about the weather and the track conditions. It's difficult to judge anything from the lap times overall today because some people were running with low fuel and went quicker as a result. But, for me, I'm pretty happy with what we've done. The circuit was a little bit slippery to start with but it got better as the day went on, the track getting closer and closer to the conditions we experienced during the recent test here.'

'No problems today,' said Tim Holloway, Head of Engineering. 'This circuit is all about finding the best tyres for the race and we've done a lot of work in that direction. We've made good progress and gathered useful information.'

Both 60-minute sessions were run in sunny, hot conditions. David Coulthard was fastest for McLaren, Eddie Irvine setting second quickest time after running his Jaguar with low fuel. Similarly, Jacques Villeneuve was third fastest for BAR Honda. Several drivers either spun off or had incidents, particularly in the first session when the track was slippery. Ralf Schumacher, fifth fastest, lost running time when his Williams stopped with an electronics problem.

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Friday Practice
  Pos    Driver    Team    Time    Speed     
  1.    Coulthard    McLaren    1:14.935    204.177     
  2.    Irvine    Jaguar    1:15.133    203.639     
  3.    Villeneuve    BAR Honda    1:15.224    203.393     
  4.    Hakkinen    McLaren    1:15.372    202.993     
  5.    Schumacher R    Williams    1:15.537    202.550     
  6.    Montoya    Williams    1:15.582    202.429     
  7.    Schumacher M    Ferrari    1:15.772    201.922     
  8.    de la Rosa    Jaguar    1:16.140    200.946     
  9.    Trulli    Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda    1:16.187    200.822     
  10.    Barrichello    Ferrari    1:16.325    200.459     
  11.    Panis    BAR Honda    1:16.364    200.356     
  12.    Burti    Prost    1:16.455    200.118     
  13.    Frentzen    Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda    1:16.868    199.043     
  14.    Raikkonen    Sauber    1:16.906    198.944     
  15.    Heidfeld    Sauber    1:17.011    198.673     
  16.    Alesi    Prost    1:17.088    198.474     
  17.    Button    Benetton    1:17.172    198.258     
  18.    Verstappen    Arrows    1:17.285    197.969     
  19.    Bernoldi    Arrows    1:17.527    197.351     
  20.    Fisichella    Benetton    1:17.566    197.251     
  21.    Alonso    Minardi    1:17.866    196.491     
  22.    Marques    Minardi    1:18.372    195.223     



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