Davidson quickest in practice 2 - Bahrain
Anthony Davidson showed that Honda intend to put up a fierce challenge for victory by setting the fastest time in the second free practice session for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix
Briton Davidson, 27, set a time of 1:31.353, which was the fastest of the day and was due largely to a cooler track temperature than in the morning session and a light fuel load in the test driver's car.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher was the top race driver in second and was just 0.4 seconds slower than Davidson.
Williams' Austrian test driver Alex Wurz ended up third ahead of Schumacher's Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa, and world champion Fernando Alonso in a Renault. Toro Rosso's Italian driver Vitantonio Liuzzi completed the top six.
McLaren's flying Finn Kimi Raikkonen, who led the timesheets for eight minutes early on in the session, endured a nightmare start to the season when his McLaren stuttered to a halt with an electrical failure.
He was not the only expected front-runner to hit trouble as Italian Jarno Trulli also stopped out on the circuit a minute later when his gearbox broke.
BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica, who starred this morning by topping the times in first practice, was again right on the pace in the first half of the session.
But Poland's Kubica endured a hairy incident with half the session gone as his suffered a right-front puncture while entering the 115 kilometres per hour turn six.
He did well to control the car and was able to drive over the asphalt run-off area and back to the pitlane. He did continue.
There were plenty of incidents at turn 10 during the session - although none of them serious as the tricky double-apex turn caught out no less than six drivers during the hour.
Among the culprits were Michael Schumacher, Colombian McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya and Liuzzi.
Super Aguri's Yuji Ide finished the session at the side of the track following an apparent mechanical failure.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Davidson Honda (M) 1:31.353 28 2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:31.751 + 0.398 15 3. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:31.764 + 0.411 27 4. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:32.175 + 0.822 13 5. Alonso Renault (M) 1:32.538 + 1.185 13 6. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:32.703 + 1.350 24 7. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:32.926 + 1.573 24 8. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:33.215 + 1.862 14 9. Button Honda (M) 1:33.226 + 1.873 12 10. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:33.244 + 1.891 26 11. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:33.557 + 2.204 8 12. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:33.577 + 2.224 11 13. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:33.726 + 2.373 15 14. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:33.848 + 2.495 9 15. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:33.900 + 2.547 24 16. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:34.284 + 2.931 22 17. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:34.333 + 2.980 5 18. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:34.384 + 3.031 9 19. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:34.432 + 3.079 7 20. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:34.459 + 3.106 14 21. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:34.953 + 3.600 5 22. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:35.170 + 3.817 18 23. Winkelhock MF1-Toyota (B) 1:35.686 + 4.333 24 24. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:35.898 + 4.545 11 25. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:36.264 + 4.911 8 26. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:36.314 + 4.961 16 27. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:37.588 + 6.235 19 28. Ide Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:39.021 + 7.668 21 All timing unofficial
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