Fisichella finally gets hands on trophy

Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella finally got his hands on the Brazilian Grand winner's trophy in a special ceremony at Imola today…

Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella finally got his hands on the Brazilian Grand winner's trophy in a special ceremony at Imola today.

Fisichella finally gets hands on trophy

Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella finally got his hands on the Brazilian Grand winner's trophy in a special ceremony at Imola today.

The Italian was awarded his maiden Grand Prix victory a week ago after the sport's governing body the FIA deemed the original results, which declared McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen the winner, to be incorrect due to a timing error.

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The Italian received the winner's trophy from Finn Raikkonen on the start-finish straight at Imola following the opening testing session for Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix.

"I am very happy," Fisichella said, who waved an Italian flag in front of his home supporters after receiving the trophy. "It was very important for me to win my first Grand Prix."

The ceremony on the grid saw Raikkonen hand over the trophy to Fisichella, with both drivers accompanied by their respective team bosses Ron Dennis and Eddie Jordan.

Dennis also handed over the team trophy to Jordan, whose Silverstone-based outfit celebrated their 200th Grand Prix in Brazil.

Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher's early-season woes continued in front of his Ferrari fans as younger brother Ralf Schumacher set the pace for the San Marino Grand Prix.

The five-times world champion, who has endured his worst start to a campaign, spun off the Imola track early in the first practice session.

Schumacher managed to keep his Ferrari going but was stuck in the garage until the dying seconds of the session and managed just nine laps laps as he finished back in 10th place more than 1.7 seconds off the pace.

Schumacher was not the only driver to hit trouble in the opening session with Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello also skidding into the gravel.

Britain's David Coulthard and Ralph Firman were also caught out by the same sweeping left-hand corner on the Italian track as they slid into the grass but both managed to get back onto the circuit.

Coulthard recovered enough to set the fourth fastest time in the hour-long session in the spring sunshine, conditions far different to the monsoon-like weather in Brazil a fortnight ago.

The 32-year-old - second in the drivers' standings just nine points behind fellow McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen - was less than 0.8secs adrift of the Williams-BMW of Schumacher junior.

Schumacher scored his maiden win at Imola two years ago and needs a good performance this weekend with speculation rife over his future with the team following an indifferent start to the championship.

The German finished just 0.074secs ahead of Williams team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya with Jaguar's Mark Webber fractions ahead of Coulthard in third place after posting his best time late in the session.

Jenson Button was sixth quickest for BAR-Honda, Firman was 15th while Minardi's Justin Wilson finished bottom of the time-sheets.