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Japanese GP Friday 1st practice

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:38.474 2. Mika Hakkinen ...

Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM

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Pos  Driver                  Nat  Constructor            Time     Gap  To 1st
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1.  Michael Schumacher      D    Ferrari            1:38.474
 2.  Mika Hakkinen           FIN  McLaren-Mercedes   1:38.893   0.419   0.419
 3.  David Coulthard         GB   McLaren-Mercedes   1:39.669   0.776   1.195
 4.  Rubens Barrichello      BR   Ferrari            1:40.000   0.331   1.526
 5.  Ralf Schumacher         D    Williams-BMW       1:40.429   0.429   1.955
 6.  Giancarlo Fisichella    I    Benetton-Playlife  1:40.699   0.270   2.225
 7.  Heinz-Harald Frentzen   D    Jordan-Honda       1:40.756   0.057   2.282
 8.  Eddie Irvine            GB   Jaguar             1:41.054   0.298   2.580
 9.  Jarno Trulli            I    Jordan-Honda       1:41.426   0.372   2.952
10.  Jacques Villeneuve      CDN  BAR-Honda          1:41.481   0.055   3.007
11.  Jean Alesi              F    Prost-Peugeot      1:41.651   0.170   3.177
12.  Jenson Button           GB   Williams-BMW       1:41.730   0.079   3.256
13.  Johnny Herbert          GB   Jaguar             1:41.929   0.199   3.455
14.  Jos Verstappen          NL   Arrows-Supertec    1:41.972   0.043   3.498
15.  Nick Heidfeld           D    Prost-Peugeot      1:42.024   0.052   3.550
16.  Ricardo Zonta           BR   BAR-Honda          1:42.036   0.012   3.562
17.  Pedro Diniz             BR   Sauber-Petronas    1:42.086   0.050   3.612
18.  Pedro de la Rosa        E    Arrows-Supertec    1:42.141   0.055   3.667
19.  Mika Salo               FIN  Sauber-Petronas    1:42.844   0.703   4.370
20.  Marc Gene               E    Minardi-Ford       1:43.836   0.992   5.362
21.  Gaston Mazzacane        RA   Minardi-Ford       1:45.238   1.402   6.764
22.  Alexander Wurz          A    Benetton-Playlife  1:51.492   6.254  13.018

107% of fastest time: 1:45.367

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