Alonso still ahead in practice 2 - US GP
Fernando Alonso remained on top in the second free practice session at Indianapolis, this time leading a McLaren one-two ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton
Felipe Massa had led the way for Ferrari for much of the session after an early run on soft tyres, but he was pushed down to third in the final quarter of an hour as the McLarens switched to the softer tyres for their final runs.
Hamilton was first to usurp Massa, beating the Ferrari by a tenth of a second, before Alonso grabbed the top spot with a 1:12.156, 0.153 seconds faster than his teammate.
Massa and Hamilton were among several drivers to have an excursion at Turn 11 during the session, with the same corner also catching out Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld in quick succession.
Webber then stopped at track with mechanical problems just after the hour mark, while his Red Bull teammate David Coulthard was fortunate to avoid contact with Jarno Trulli in a near-miss at Turn 1 late in the session.
Kimi Raikkonen was fourth for Ferrari, ahead of Heidfeld, Coulthard and Nico Rosberg - who showed promising practice form for Williams for the third successive race.
Heikki Kovalainen and the two Hondas completed the top ten.
After his impressive performance in the morning, Robert Kubica's stand-in Sebastian Vettel could only manage 11th for BMW in the second session.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:12.156 35 2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:12.309 + 0.153 34 3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:12.435 + 0.279 36 4. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:12.587 + 0.431 38 5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:13.026 + 0.870 43 6. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:13.042 + 0.886 41 7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:13.057 + 0.901 35 8. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:13.110 + 0.954 48 9. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:13.144 + 0.988 40 10. Button Honda (B) 1:13.202 + 1.046 46 11. Vettel BMW Sauber (B) 1:13.217 + 1.061 50 12. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:13.263 + 1.107 21 13. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:13.332 + 1.176 41 14. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:13.364 + 1.208 46 15. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:13.394 + 1.238 44 16. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:13.539 + 1.383 29 17. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:13.692 + 1.536 42 18. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:13.712 + 1.556 34 19. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:13.753 + 1.597 46 20. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:13.765 + 1.609 39 21. Albers Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:14.225 + 2.069 30 22. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:14.513 + 2.357 33
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