Davidson on top in practice 2 - Spain
Honda third driver Anthony Davidson set the pace in the second free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix
The Briton topped the times with 1:16.553, after completing 38 laps of the Barcelona circuit.
Although the time was slower than Brazilian Felipe Massa's benchmark time from the morning session, it was still good enough to beat Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos by almost three tenths of a second.
World champion Fernando Alonso delighted his home crowd by taking to the track but could not find the pace to top the times. He was third quickest for Renault.
Williams test driver Alex Wurz was fourth ahead of his compatriot Christian Klien in a Red Bull. German Michael Schumacher completed the top six, but his Ferrari teammate Massa was a poor 17th.
The first incident of the hour-long session came when Doornbos spun off into the gravel trap at the tricky turn seven after half an hour.
Doornbos was pushed back on to the track by marshals, but was left on the apex of the corner and was nearly hit by BMW Sauber tester Robert Kubica, who was forced to take avoiding action.
Doornbos kept the engine running throughout and was able to re-join the track and set the second quickest time later on.
Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi suffered at the corner as well as he dropped two wheels of his Toro Rosso onto the grass.
And Franck Montagny also had an off-track moment with 15 minutes remaining as he understeered off at the 200 kilometres per hour Campsa corner, but kept his foot on the accelerator and made it back onto the circuit.
Juan Pablo Montoya suffered the most bizarre incident of the session as the left wing mirror fell off his McLaren with ten minutes remaining.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Davidson Honda (M) 1:16.533 38 2. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:16.824 + 0.291 29 3. Alonso Renault (M) 1:16.860 + 0.327 16 4. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:17.075 + 0.542 30 5. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:17.086 + 0.553 10 6. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:17.100 + 0.567 21 7. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:17.291 + 0.758 17 8. Button Honda (M) 1:17.414 + 0.881 12 9. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:17.417 + 0.884 16 10. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:17.506 + 0.973 25 11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:17.610 + 1.077 30 12. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:17.622 + 1.089 18 13. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:17.844 + 1.311 34 14. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:17.908 + 1.375 14 15. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:17.933 + 1.400 4 16. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:18.007 + 1.474 13 17. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:18.223 + 1.690 19 18. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.261 + 1.728 5 19. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:18.283 + 1.750 18 20. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:18.410 + 1.877 6 21. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:18.774 + 2.241 32 22. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:18.910 + 2.377 22 23. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:19.257 + 2.724 22 24. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:19.334 + 2.801 18 25. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:19.358 + 2.825 15 26. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:19.616 + 3.083 30 27. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:20.311 + 3.778 19 28. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:22.222 + 5.689 21 All Timing Unofficial
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