Barrichello leads Imola warm-up

Rubens Barrichello led the way for Ferrari in the warm-up for today’s San Marino Grand Prix after being pipped to pole yeaterday…

Rubens Barrichello led the way for Ferrari in the warm-up for today’s San Marino Grand Prix after being pipped to pole yeaterday by team mate Michael Schumacher.

Four times world champion Schumacher was second quickest, 0.423 of a second behind Barrichello's time of one minute 25.906 seconds.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who starts from the second row with his Williams team mate Ralf Schumacher after two races in succession on the front with Michael, was third quickest in 1:26.116.

Ferrari fans, ready for a celebration at the circuit that bears the names of team founder Enzo and son Dino, could take pride in four of the top five with the Ferrari-powered Saubers fourth and fifth.

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McLaren's young Finn Kimi Raikkonen, who outqualified team mate David Coulthard on Saturday at one of the Briton's favourite circuits, was again fractionally faster than the Scot.

However times in the warm-up mean little and were slow compared to Saturday's qualifying.

Michael Schumacher leads the championship after three races, eight points clear of Ralf who took the first victory of his Formula One career at Imola last year.