Formula 1
San Marino GP: McLaren Friday practice notes
West McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen was fourth fastest after today's two practice sessions for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit. Kimi set a time of 1:21.586 whilst team mate David Coulthard's time of 1:21.795 put him ...
Published: Apr 23, 2004, 6:04 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
West McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen was fourth fastest after today's two practice sessions for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit. Kimi set a time of 1:21.586 whilst team mate David Coulthard's time of 1:21.795 put him ninth.
Kimi Raikkonen:
"I only managed a small amount of running in the first practice today as there was a small problem with the brakes. However we had a troublefree second session where I did a number of laps and whilst the car is still not perfect, we seem to be reasonably quick. We will make further improvements for tomorrow, so we will see where we really are then, but a decent start to the weekend."
David Coulthard:
"We completed our planned programme for Friday, and we will now look at the data and establish where we can make further improvements. The important thing is tomorrow's qualifying as this is when we will find out exactly how much progress we have made."
Ron Dennis:
"A relatively uneventful practice which provided us with data from which to make our tyre choice for the rest of the weekend."
Norbert Haug:
"We went through our planned programme. The gap between Kimi's fourth position and position 12 is only six tenths, so it would not be right to read anything into today's order."
David Coulthard
Chassis: MP4-19 03
Practice session 1: 11th, 1:23.197
Practice session 2: 9th, 1:21.795
Kimi Raikkonen
Chassis: MP4-19 04
T-car: MP4-19 01
Practice session 1: 8th, 1:23.054
Practice session 2: 4th, 1:21.586
-mclaren-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article San Marino GP: Renault Friday practice notes
Next article San Marino GP: BAR Friday practice notes
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Kimi Raikkonen
David Coulthard explains why Robin Raikkonen's rise resembles Max Verstappen's
Formula 1
Formula 1
Spanish GP
David Coulthard explains why Robin Raikkonen's rise resembles Max Verstappen's
On this day: Michael Schumacher wins… and stuns tifosi with F1 retirement
Formula 1
Formula 1
Italian GP
On this day: Michael Schumacher wins… and stuns tifosi with F1 retirement
Red Bull signs Kimi Raikkonen’s son as junior driver
Formula 1
Formula 1
Italian GP
Red Bull signs Kimi Raikkonen’s son as junior driver
More from
Mercedes
The figures that show Mercedes has lost its supremacy in F1 2026
Formula 1
Formula 1
United States GP
15 h
The figures that show Mercedes has lost its supremacy in F1 2026
Mercedes: “We had people who hadn’t done a live pitstop for 15 years” in Singapore GP
Formula 1
Formula 1
Singapore GP
Mercedes: “We had people who hadn’t done a live pitstop for 15 years” in Singapore GP
Latest news
NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Phoenix II
10 h
NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar
Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026
IMSA
IMSA IMSA 10 h
Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026
Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
11 h
Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP
KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP 12 h
KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe