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2002 German Grand Prix 
First Saturday Practice Session  

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First Saturday Practice Session Report - Results

Once again Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello dominate however Williams appear to have closed the gap with Montoya in 3rd and just over half a second off the pace and Ralf Schumacher in 4th just behind his team-mate.
Coutlhard only managed 5th and is over 1.3 seconds behind Michael. What is interesting that neither Coulthard nor Raikkonen (who is back in 13th) managed to better their times from yesterday and that seems to indicate that their times yesterday were set with low fuel loads.
McLaren aren't alone there, the Jaguar pair failed to improve on their times and neither did Frentzen, McNish and Yoong!

The session didn't have many incidents but almost every drivers suffered a spin. Jenson Button had an engine failure while Barrichello went off and hit the barriers on his final lap of the session.

Just 3 Michelin runners out of the top 12. With the cold temperatures that isn't unexpected!

Olivier Panis covered the most number of laps with 19 followed by both Alex Yoong and Mark Webber with 18 laps each. Nick Heidfeld covered the least amount of laps with 6 while Raikkonen only managed 9 laps.

With the temperatures going up throughout the day, expect the Michelin runners to start having the advantage over the Bridgestones.

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