Alonso still on top in practice 2 - Canada
Fernando Alonso remained on top in the second Friday practice session at Montreal, but Felipe Massa interrupted the McLaren-Mercedes symmetry by splitting Alonso and teammate Lewis Hamilton on his final lap
However, the Ferrari was still 0.518 seconds slower than Alonso, whose margin over the competition had been over a second for much of the afternoon.
Mark Webber had used the super-soft tyres to lead the way in the opening half-hour - the Australian staying on top of the timing screens even after the McLarens and Ferraris had emerged, and even extending his advantage to half a second on his second run.
But after 35 minutes, the McLarens resumed the dominant form that they had displayed in the morning, with Alonso beating Webber's time by 0.8 seconds and Hamilton lapping 0.3 seconds slower than his teammate.
Alonso then extended that margin to 1.063 seconds when he tried the super-softs 20 minutes later, and although Hamilton made fractional improvements on his final two runs, he remained 0.757 seconds adrift and was then pushed down to third when Massa produced a 1:17.090 on his last lap.
Kimi Raikkonen took fourth in the second Ferrari, ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg.
Honda showed improved form with Rubens Barrichello taking seventh. Giancarlo Fisichella, Webber and Takuma Sato completed the top ten.
The afternoon session saw significantly more incident than the morning had done, with many drivers exploring the grass and run-off areas, particularly at the Turn 7/8 chicane.
Heikki Kovalainen had the most dramatic incident, slamming his Renault into the Turn 8 wall in a spectacular shower of sparks. The crippled Renault was retrieved under a local yellow, and Kovalainen would end the session slowest of all.
Robert Kubica's trouble day continued. After missing the whole of the morning with mechanical problems, he had to abandon his first run after spinning and lightly tapping the Turn 8 wall.
His BMW teammate Heidfeld also had a lucky escape, brushing the Turn 4 wall but continuing without notable damage.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:16.550 37 2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:17.090 + 0.540 34 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:17.307 + 0.757 36 4. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:17.515 + 0.965 37 5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:17.827 + 1.277 42 6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:17.992 + 1.442 25 7. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:18.108 + 1.558 38 8. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:18.130 + 1.580 40 9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:18.181 + 1.631 40 10. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:18.309 + 1.759 38 11. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:18.316 + 1.766 40 12. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:18.399 + 1.849 29 13. Button Honda (B) 1:18.474 + 1.924 36 14. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:18.493 + 1.943 33 15. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:18.545 + 1.995 35 16. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:18.602 + 2.052 37 17. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:18.871 + 2.321 25 18. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:18.895 + 2.345 16 19. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:19.331 + 2.781 16 20. Albers Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:19.453 + 2.903 38 21. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:19.662 + 3.112 25 22. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:20.519 + 3.969 13
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