Canada: Looking promising for McLaren

By McLaren Fans
June 24 2006

The final practice session before this afternoons all or nothing knockout qualifying saw all 22 drivers take to the track, with Fernando Alonso posting the fastest time, only a few thousandths ahead of his teammate. Behind the two Renault’s came the two BMW-Sauber’s after another impressive session.

Saturday – Third Session

Unlike yesterday there were no incidents or major accidents, which will give all the teams plenty of time to make any last minute changes before qualifying. With both BMW-Sauber’s looking impressively quick there looks to be a real danger that some of the regulars will find themselves not making it into the top ten on the grid tomorrow.

Honda and Williams finished well over a second behind Renault, with Toyota right down the back of the time sheets although its possible they were running old tyres. Ferrari looked a bit more promising than yesterday with Michael Schumacher finishing sixth, behind the McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen. Once again Toro Rosso continued to impress, this time it was Scott Speed who finished the session in tenth place, ahead of the two Red Bull Ferrari's.

1	F. Alonso		Renault		1:15.455	20
2	G. Fisichella		Renault		1:15.521	19
3	J. Villeneuve		BMW		1:15.554	13
4	N. Heidfeld		BMW		1:15.616	12
5	K. Räikkönen		McLaren		1:15.902	12
6	M. Schumacher		Ferrari		1:15.959	13
7	JP. Montoya		McLaren		1:15.975	12
8	R. Barrichello		Honda		1:16.334	17
9	F. Massa		Ferrari		1:16.348	18
10	S. Speed		Scuderia Toro Rosso		1:16.493	18
11	C. Klien		Red Bull		1:16.660	17
12	J. Button		Honda		1:16.673	15
13	M. Webber		Williams		1:16.710	13
14	D. Coulthard		Red Bull		1:16.765	11
15	N. Rosberg		Williams		1:16.829	19
16	V. Liuzzi		Scuderia Toro Rosso		1:16.928	19
17	J. Trulli		Toyota		1:17.503	24
18	T. Monteiro		Midland F1		1:17.747	18
19	R. Schumacher		Toyota		1:18.212	18
20	T. Sato		Super Aguri		1:18.926	18
21	F. Montagny		Super Aguri		1:19.160	19
22	C. Albers		Midland F1		1:19.531	16