Williams on pole, Jos 19th

Published on 05 July 2003 by Huub Rothengatter

The people at Minardi have calmed down. After the unexpected success of yesterday Jos and Justin have to face reality; in normal circumstances the Minardi's can only be found at the back of the grid. That's what happened in today's qualification. Justin was first driver out and he set a time of 1.19.619. Jos, who went out last, was almost a full second faster. Unfortunately not fast enough to prevent both Minardi's to start from last row.

The Williams team had a good day. It showed the others that they are back at the top by going fastest. Ralf Schumacher on pole for the third time in four races. Montoya will join him on front row. Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen are 3rd and 4th. BAR did good work; they are starting from 12th and 14th position. Excellent work considering they only had their first drive out during the prequalifying session. Villeneuve on 12th is the third driver on Bridgestone tyres which means that Michelin have improved a lot.