Practice: Alesi once more

The Frenchman bettered his time of Friday by 0.006secs, but the opposition was much closer to his 48.764s lap this time. AMG Mercedes team-mate Christijan Albers was just 0.027s in arrears, while Bernd Schneider wasn't far behind in third.

Audi's one-lap specialist Martin Tomczyk finally showed some form, the young German fourth fastest on 48.860s. He was backed up by the other Abt-Audis of Tom Kristensen and series leader Mattias Ekstrom. Timo Scheider was the fastest Opel in seventh, ahead of Christian Abt (Audi), Manuel Reuter (Opel) and a strangely off the pace Gary Paffett (AMG Mercedes).

Fifth fastest yesterday, Peter Dumbreck was only 14th fastest this time, the Scot less three-tenths off Alesi's fastest time. He spun during the session, as did team-mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Merc's Markus Winkelhock.

Jean Alesi, Mercedes C-Class, 48.764s
Christijan Albers, Mercedes C-Class, 48.791s
Bernd Schneider, Mercedes C-Class, 48.816s
Martin Tomczyk, Audi A4, 48.860s
Tom Kristensen, Audi A4, 48.896s
Mattias Ekstrom, Audi A4, 48.902s