Schumacher on top in practice 3 - Britain
Michael Schumacher topped an incident-filled final free practice session for Sunday's British Grand Prix by setting the fastest lap of the weekend so far
Schumacher lapped the Silverstone circuit in 1:20.919 in his Ferrari - beating BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld by just under half a second. Felipe Massa was third in the other Ferrari.
Kimi Raikkonen had his and McLaren's most competitive session of the weekend, ending up fourth quickest, but suffered a spin after clipping the grass under braking for the Club chicane on his final lap.
Giancarlo Fisichella was the best Renault for the second day running - beating his world champion teammate Fernando Alonso into fifth place.
Rubens Barrichello was seventh for Honda, ahead of BMW Sauber's Jacques Villeneuve.
But there was disappointment for the early-morning British crowd as Jenson Button and David Coulthard were only 11th and 12th fastest for Honda and Red Bull Racing.
Juan Pablo Montoya, who won at Silverstone last year, found his McLaren to be as unforgiving as Raikkonen's as he also went off at Club, but without spinning.
Suffering extreme vibrations from a flat-spotted right-front tyre, the Colombian also put all four wheels off the track when starting his next lap, forcing him into the pits for new rubber.
Christijan Albers stopped his Midland car on the concrete run-off area on the outside of the flat-out Copse corner after ten minutes has passed - the third time one of the Russian-owned cars had to be removed during the three sessions.
But fellow tail-enders Super Aguri fared even worse as their weekend turned to disaster in the space of two minutes near the middle of the session.
First, Takuma Sato crashed into the Armco barriers at Becketts, ripping off the right-hand side of his car.
And just two minutes later, his teammate Franck Montagny spun off into the gravel trap at Priory - ending his session.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:20.919 13 2. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:21.361 + 0.442 13 3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:21.633 + 0.714 15 4. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:21.771 + 0.852 12 5. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:21.859 + 0.940 12 6. Alonso Renault (M) 1:21.870 + 0.951 13 7. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:22.023 + 1.104 12 8. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:22.229 + 1.310 14 9. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:22.456 + 1.537 18 10. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:22.532 + 1.613 14 11. Button Honda (M) 1:22.596 + 1.677 15 12. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:22.681 + 1.762 15 13. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:22.812 + 1.893 19 14. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:22.921 + 2.002 14 15. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:23.412 + 2.493 7 16. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.459 + 2.540 13 17. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:23.964 + 3.045 12 18. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:24.010 + 3.091 11 19. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:24.386 + 3.467 12 20. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:27.229 + 6.310 10 21. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:27.525 + 6.606 12 22. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) No time 3 All timing unofficial
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