Jenson Button will start Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix from pole position having clocked the fastest time in qualifying 2. The Brit posted a 1:19.753 during his qualiyfing run - the first driver to break into the 1:19s this weekend. Although there were four other drivers still to qualify none were able to beat the Brit's time. Michael Schumacher came the closest with a 1:20.011 however that was still 0.25 seconds of the pace. Juan Pablo Montoya could only manage third place, a further 0.2 seconds behind Michael. He was quickest in the opening qualifying session. Rubens Barrichello slotted in at fourth place a further 0.24 seconds behind. The Brazilian will line up alongside Montoya and ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. Takuma Sato slotted his BAR in at seventh place ahead of Mark Webber who made a remarkable improvement in the second qualifying session. Jarno Trulli and Cristiano da Matta completed the top ten for the San Marino Grand Prix qualifying session.
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1h26'19"670 212.406 Km/h 3 2. 9 BUTTON BAR Honda M + 0'09"702 212.009 Km/h 3 3. 3 MONTOYA Williams BMW M + 0'21"617 211.523 Km/h 3 4. 8 ALONSO Renault M + 0'23"654 211.440 Km/h 3 5. 7 TRULLI Renault M + 0'36"216 210.931 Km/h 3 6. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B + 0'36"683 210.912 Km/h 3 7. 4 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M + 0'55"730 210.145 Km/h 3 8. 6 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1 lap(s) 2 9. 11 FISICHELLA Sauber Petronas B 1 lap(s) 2 10. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas B 1 lap(s) 3
11. 17 PANIS Toyota M 1 lap(s) 3 12. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1 lap(s) 3 13. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth M 1 lap(s) 3 14. 15 KLIEN Jaguar Cosworth M 2 lap(s) 3 15. 21 BAUMGARTNER Minardi Cosworth B 4 lap(s) 3 16. 10 SATO BAR Honda M 6 lap(s) 3 17. 18 HEIDFELD Jordan Ford B 14 lap(s) 3 18. 16 DA MATTA Toyota M 30 lap(s) 3 19. 20 BRUNI Minardi Cosworth B 40 lap(s) 2 20. 19 PANTANO Jordan Ford B 56 lap(s) 0