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Pos Driver Nat Team Qualifying time Notes --- ---------------------- ---- ------------------- ---------------- ------------ 1. Felipe Massa BR Ferrari 1:29.599 2. Michael Schumacher ...

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Pos Driver                 Nat  Team                 Qualifying time Notes
--- ---------------------- ---- ------------------- ---------------- ------------
 1. Felipe Massa           BR   Ferrari                     1:29.599
 2. Michael Schumacher     D    Ferrari                     1:29.711
 3. Ralf Schumacher        D    Toyota                      1:29.989
 4. Jarno Trulli           I    Toyota                      1:30.039
 5. Fernando Alonso        E    Renault                     1:30.371
 6. Giancarlo Fisichella   I    Renault                     1:30.599
 7. Jenson Button          GB   Honda                       1:30.992
 8. Rubens Barrichello     BR   Honda                       1:31.478
 9. Nick Heidfeld          D    BMW                         1:31.513
10. Nico Rosberg           D    Williams-Cosworth           1:31.856
11. Kimi Raikkonen         FIN  McLaren-Mercedes            1:30.827
12. Robert Kubica          PL   BMW                         1:31.094
13. Pedro de la Rosa       E    McLaren-Mercedes            1:31.254
14. Mark Webber            AUS  Williams-Cosworth           1:31.276
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi      I    Toro Rosso-Cosworth         1:31.943
16. Christijan Albers      NL   Spyker MF1-Toyota           1:33.750
17. David Coulthard        GB   Red Bull-Ferrari            1:32.252
18. Robert Doornbos        NL   Red Bull-Ferrari            1:32.402
19. Scott Speed            USA  Toro Rosso-Cosworth         1:32.867
20. Takuma Sato            J    Super Aguri-Honda           1:33.666
21. Tiago Monteiro         P    Spyker MF1-Toyota           1:33.709
22. Sakon Yamamoto         J    Super Aguri-Honda            no time

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