Sunday Warm-Up - Malaysian GP

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Sunday Warm-Up - Malaysian GP

Sunday March 18th, 2001

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello topped the times in Sunday morning's warm-up in advance of the Malaysian Grand Prix, clocking a best time of 1:49.763 seconds in his Ferrari, outpacing nearest rival David Coulthard by a second.

On a day of drying conditions following heavy overnight showers, the session took place on a wet and dry circuit with most drivers running on intermediate tyres. As a result, the final positions offered few clues to the likely outcome of the second race of the year.

Defending World Champion and pole-sitter Michael Schumacher wound up with the seventh best time after, at one stage, clocking a time that left him 4.7 seconds quicker than Coulthard earlier in the session during a period of wetter conditions.

Jarno Trulli was third fastest in a Jordan Honda with Kimi Raikkonen in a Sauber Petronas fourth, ahead of Jos Verstappen in an Arrows Asiatech. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was sixth in the second Jordan. Former world champion Mika Hakkinen was down in 13th place.

The session began with Spaniard Fernando Alonso stopping at the end of the pitlane and trudging back to the pits. Eddie Irvine also suffered a mechanical failure in his Jaguar and had to park his car, while Giancarlo Fisichella in a Benetton Renault provided a small spin, but continued.

As the session ended the circuit began to dry out. It stopped raining, but the sun was not blazing with the same intensity of previous days. The temperature during the session was 25 degrees celsius, the track temperature was 27 degrees and the humidity level was 91%.

Pos. Driver        Team                  Times                
 1.  Barrichello   Ferrari          (B)  1:49.763  181.799 km/h
 2.  Coulthard     McLaren Mercedes (B)  1:50.846    +    1.083
 3.  Trulli        Jordan Honda     (B)  1:51.046    +    1.283
 4.  Raikkonen     Sauber Petronas  (B)  1:51.265    +    1.502
 5.  Verstappen    Arrows Asiatech  (B)  1:51.508    +    1.745
 6.  Frentzen      Jordan Honda     (B)  1:52.061    +    2.298
 7.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari          (B)  1:52.316    +    2.553
 8.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas  (B)  1:53.352    +    3.589
 9.  Panis         BAR Honda        (B)  1:53.470    +    3.707
10.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda        (B)  1:53.482    +    3.719
11.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW     (M)  1:55.109    +    5.346
12.  Montoya       Williams BMW     (M)  1:55.278    +    5.515
13.  Hakkinen      McLaren Mercedes (B)  1:57.064    +    7.301
14.  Alesi         Prost Acer       (M)  1:57.832    +    8.069
15.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth  (M)  1:58.322    +    8.559
16.  Mazzacane     Prost Acer       (M)  1:58.416    +    8.653
17.  Fisichella    Benetton Renault (M)  1:58.656    +    8.893
18.  Burti         Jaguar Cosworth  (M)  2:01.120    +   11.357
19.  Bernoldi      Arrows Asiatech  (B)  2:01.630    +   11.867
20.  Alonso        European Minardi (M)  2:01.771    +   12.008
21.  Marques       European Minardi (M)  2:04.349    +   14.586
22.  Button        Benetton Renault (M)  2:07.047    +   17.284

All timing unofficial

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