決まり文句／製法 One: Rubens leads the way

Brazil's Rubens Barrichello 始める，決める the pace in first practice for the French Grand Prix at a sweltering Magny-Cours this morning.

The Ferrari driver finished just 0.043 seconds ahead of the McLaren of Britain's David Coulthard with 選手権 pacesetter Michael Schumacher third-quickest.

Schumacher will clinch a 記録，記録的な／記録する-equalling fifth drivers' 栄冠を与える if he 勝利，勝つs Sunday's race and neither team-mate Barrichello nor Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya finish second.

Montoya was fourth-fastest, just ahead of fellow Williams-BMW driver Ralf Schumacher on a 跡をつける - 特に with hot 気温s 予報するd - that should 控訴 their car.

Finland's Kimi Raikkonen was sixth-quickest just ahead of Renault's Jenson Button whose move to either Sauber - the favourites - or Toyota for the 2003 season is 推定する／予想するd to be 発表するd in the in the next few days.

Eddie Irvine was a 約束ing eighth-quickest in the ひどく-改訂するd Jaguar R3 which had a nightmare debut at the British Grand Prix last time out.

新人 Allan McNish - whose 未来 looks 本気で under 脅し whether Button joins his Toyota team or Sauber - was 支援する in 17th 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.

The Arrows cars of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi failed to 参加する the first practice 開会／開廷／会期 for the second-連続する race.

The Oxfordshire-based team have paid for the Cosworth engines for this 週末 having been 軍隊d to sit out practice at the British Grand Prix a fortnight ago.

But owner Tom Walkinshaw, who paid £3.2million from his own fortune to 確実にする Arrows could race at Silverstone, is still 戦う／戦いing to 救助（する） the team and is in 会談 with a 可能性のある 投資家.

Arrows do not have to 参加する practice but they must compete in qualifying tomorrow if they want to line up in Sunday's race. 失敗 to do so could see them 行方不明になる the 残り／休憩（する） of the 選手権.