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| Australian GP 29th March-2nd April 2006 - Friday Free Practice 1.1 Report |
Length:
5.303 km |
| Mark Webber fans had to be content with watching countrymen in F18 fighter jets on Friday at Albert Park, after the local Australian was one of just three drivers who failed to even make a brief appearance in morning practice at 11am.
The 29-year-old, his Williams teammate Nico Rosberg and Honda's Jenson Button did not even do an installation lap, but were joined by some runners for Renault, Toyota, McLaren, BMW Sauber and Scuderia Toro Rosso in not setting a time. Instead, in cool temperatures, on a particularly dusty track and under cloudy skies, the focus was on bottom-six teams' 'Friday' drivers, with Honda man Anthony Davidson collecting the most laps (26) and the quickest time of 1.28.259. But race driver Jacques Villeneuve (BMW Sauber) also had an uncharacteristically long Friday programme of 16 laps - including a trip over the gravel - as he went third quickest, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren), Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), who fired in five laps late in the session. Toro Rossi's test driver, Swiss rookie Neel Jani, had a bad start to his Friday duties, skipping off the track and damaging his nose after four laps. His BMW Sauber counterpart, Robert Kubica, had a more mixed day; going quickest for most of the session before his V8 seemed to fail on the start finish straight. |
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