Pedro de la Rosa completed a Friday-double when he recorded the fastest time during the second practice run for the San Marino Grand Prix.
The McLaren reserve ended the day a full half-second up on his nearest rival, Jenson Button, with a time of 1:20.484.
The result was less than a tenth short of Michael Schumacher’s Imola lap record set during last year’s race.
Button, the 2004 pole position holder, continued BAR’s return to form with a completive time of 1:21.052.
Kimi Raikkonen (1:21.704) was third fastest in the first of the race McLarens, but finished the session some five tenths down on Button’s 007.
Fourth was Toyota’s Ricardo Zonta (1:21.889) and fifth, Formula One’s man of the moment, Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:21.889).
Schumacher made it five different teams in the top six with a time of 1:22.025 for P6 in his Ferrari.
The result set up an enticing battle for the remainder of the weekend with a host of drivers showing pace.
Popular belief in the paddock on Friday afternoon was that Button’s highly revised BAR would be the car to beat.
But a quite a few of his rivals will have something to say about that.
Written: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:11:00
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