Sunday March 12th, 2000 Ferrari new boy Brazilian Rubens Barrichello clocked the fastest time ahead of Briton Jenson Button, in a Williams, in the warm-up for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Barrichello recorded a best lap time of one minute and 31.225 seconds which was half a second better than that of Button, whose dismal day on Saturday in qualifying was partly- erased by his encouraging performance. Button had suffered a slight oil-leak and fire in the pits before he clocked his best time to wind up ahead of third-placed defending world champion Finn Mika Hakkinen in his McLaren- Mercedes-Benz. Hakkinen will start the race from pole position with his team-mate Briton David Coulthard alongside him. Coulthard was fourth-fastest in the warm-up. German Michael Schumacher, who is hunting a good start to the season to raise his hopes of a third world title and Ferrari's first drivers' crown in 21 years, was eighth-fastest, but lost his best lap when the red flag fell at the end of the session.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Barrichello Ferrari 1:31.225 2. Button Williams BMW 1:32.798 + 1.573 3. Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes 1:32.918 + 1.693 4. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1:33.034 + 1.809 5. Verstappen Arrows Supertec 1:33.189 + 1.964 6. Fisichella Benetton Playlife 1:33.263 + 2.038 7. Alesi Prost Peugeot 1:33.491 + 2.266 8. M.Schumacher Ferrari 1:33.557 + 2.332 9. de la Rosa Arrows Supertec 1:33.928 + 2.703 10. Salo Sauber Petronas 1:33.967 + 2.742 11. Trulli Jordan Mugen-Honda 1:33.981 + 2.756 12. R.Schumacher Williams BMW 1:34.031 + 2.806 13. Zonta BAR Honda 1:34.200 + 2.975 14. Villeneuve BAR Honda 1:34.200 + 2.975 15. Wurz Benetton Playlife 1:34.214 + 2.989 16. Diniz Sauber Petronas 1:34.345 + 3.120 17. Gene Minardi Fondmetal 1:34.378 + 3.153 18. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 1:34.541 + 3.316 19. Frentzen Jordan Mugen-Honda 1:35.092 + 3.867 20. Mazzacane Minardi Fondmetal 1:35.840 + 4.615 21. Heidfeld Prost Peugeot 1:37.022 + 5.797 22. Herbert Jaguar Cosworth 1:48.934 + 17.709 All timing unofficial
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