First free practice Laguna Seca, Jos 3rd

Published on 13 March 2006 by Thorsten Hendriks

Jos Verstappen managed to grab third place during the first free practice on Laguna Seca. Only Team USA and Team Mexico were faster.

Team USA's Bryan Herta has driven here many times, so it was not a surprise to find him at the top.

Team France finished fifth with a gap of 1.5 seconds to Team USA. Team Switzerland had a very difficult start. Giorgio Mondini, Neel Jani's replacement, is having his first race weekend and got stuck on 18th.

The results:

   Country          Driver                Lap time   Laps
1  USA              Bryan HERTA            1'18.620   15
2  MEXICO           Salvador DURAN         1'18.948   24
3  NETHERLANDS      Jos VERSTAPPEN         1'19.085   28
4  PORTUGAL         Alvaro PARENTE         1'19.169   20
5  FRANCE           Nicolas LAPIERRE       1'19.176   18
6  LEBANON          Graham RAHAL           1'19.318   24
7  CZECH REPUBLIC   Tomas ENGE             1'19.445   17
8  IRELAND          Ralph FIRMAN           1'19.458   32
9  NEW ZEALAND      Matt HALLIDAY          1'19.501   21
10 BRAZIL           Christian FITTIPALDI   1'19.565   27
11 GERMANY          Timo SCHEIDER          1'19.603   29
12 MALAYSIA         Alex YOONG             1'19.624   26
13 INDONESIA        Ananda MIKOLA          1'19.731   20
14 GREAT BRITAIN    Robbie KERR            1'19.905   25
15 SOUTH AFRICA     Stephen SIMPSON        1'20.189   28
16 ITALY            Max PAPIS              1'20.190   26
17 AUSTRALIA        Ryan BRISCOE           1'20.585   29
18 SWITZERLAND      Giorgio MONDINI        1'20.758   28
19 PAKISTAN         Adam KHAN              1'21.667   30
20 CHINA            Tengyi JIANG           1'21.823   24
21 AUSTRIA          Mathias LAUDA          1'22.074   27
22 CANADA           Patrick CARPENTIER     1'22.464   19

Thorsten Hendriks