Commentary below the results, and a link to an official Honda F1 inteview (available on their website).

1. COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'14"025 206.736 Km/h 37 laps
2. RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'14"097 + 0'00"072 39
3. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'14"240 + 0'00"215 50
4. BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'14"750 + 0'00"725 40
5. R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'14"970 + 0'00"945 37
6. IRVINE Jaguar Cosworth M 1'14"983 + 0'00"958 39
7. SALO Toyota M 1'15"161 + 0'01"136 28
8. DE LA ROSA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'15"179 + 0'01"154 46
9. BUTTON Renault M 1'15"218 + 0'01"193 42
10. MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'15"271 + 0'01"246 36
11. MCNISH Toyota M 1'15"411 + 0'01"386 44
12. FISICHELLA Jordan Honda B 1'15"422 + 0'01"397 38
13. MASSA Sauber Petronas B 1'16"030 + 0'02"005 50
14. PANIS BAR Honda B 1'16"163 + 0'02"138 43
15. 10 SATO Jordan Honda B 1'16"167 + 0'02"142 47
16. 7 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 1'16"209 + 0'02"184 45
17. 11 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'16"457 + 0'02"432 35
18. 23 WEBBER Minardi Asiatech M 1'16"496 + 0'02"471 38
19. 14 TRULLI Renault M 1'16"763 + 0'02"738 18
20. 22 YOONG Minardi Asiatech M 1'19"015 + 0'04"990 43

Frentzen Arrows Cosworth 0'00"000 DNS
Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth 0'00"000 DNS



Hello, everyone! Well, interesting day at Magny Cours. We saw that Michelin had the better of the Bridgestones in today's practice sessions. BAR and Jordan both seemed to have trouble getting their cars setup...in fact, Minardi-Asiatech rookie Mark Webber was within 4/100ths of a second of Jacques Villeneuve's BAR-Honda!

You can, perhaps, argue that some of the Michelin shod cars ran light at the end to set good times, but these positions pretty much demonstrated the general performance level from today's field.

We'll just have to cross our fingers and hope for some good luck tomorrow during qualifying; possibly a spot of rain, if possible??? :)

On an up note, head over to http://www.hondaf1.com/english/fans/audio_video.php to listen to Olivier Panis' pre-race interview, courtesy of Honda F1!