Wurz stays on top in practice 2

Test driver Wurz had already set the pace in the morning's faster session and signalled Williams' intent to challenge for honours at a track where they last won in 2003.

The Austrian's fastest time was over nine tenths of a second faster than World Champion Fernando Alonso, who was second quickest for Renault.

Behind Alonso, Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, who comes from nearby Kerpen,
was third ahead of Red Bull's Robert Doornbos and Honda tester Anthony
Davidson.

Williams' German rookie Nico Rosberg caused the first moment of interest when he went off the track after 19 minutes of the session, while on top of the timesheets.

Rosberg cut across the run-off area at the NGK chicane near the end of the lap after missing the corner's apex, but suffered no damage to his car.

Red Bull's Christian Klien also went off when he locked up his right-front wheel under braking for the tight first-corner hairpin. He ran over the concrete-run-off area and continued.

The team's Dutch test driver Robert Doornbos added to Red Bull's frustrations when he spun in the Mercedes arena midway through the session.

Ralf Schumacher, who will make his 150th start in Sunday's race, proved that the track surface had limited grip by running wide at the 100 miles per hour turn 10 in his Toyota.

Midland's new German test driver Adrian Sutil continued to impress at a track where he won in last year's Formula Three Euroseries, ending up tenth.

Super Aguri's French debutant Franck Montagny continued to settle into his new car, despite having never driven it before today, and was the biggest improver of the afternoon session.

He knocked over 2.7 seconds off his morning time.

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time              Laps
 1.  Wurz          Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:32.675           27
 2.  Alonso        Renault             (M)  1:33.579 + 0.904   14
 3.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             (B)  1:33.619 + 0.944   14
 4.  Doornbos      Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:33.799 + 1.124   25
 5.  Davidson      Honda               (M)  1:33.870 + 1.195   29
 6.  R.Schumacher  Toyota              (B)  1:33.883 + 1.208   19
 7.  Button        Honda               (M)  1:33.920 + 1.245   12
 8.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:33.991 + 1.316   30
 9.  Fisichella    Renault             (M)  1:34.030 + 1.355   19
10.  Sutil         MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:34.179 + 1.504   23
11.  Rosberg       Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:34.215 + 1.540   19
12.  Albers        MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:34.472 + 1.797   23
13.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:34.536 + 1.861   13
14.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:34.546 + 1.871   18
15.  Barrichello   Honda               (M)  1:34.631 + 1.956   11
16.  Webber        Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:34.825 + 2.150   14
17.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:34.968 + 2.293   14
18.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:35.066 + 2.391   19
19.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:35.241 + 2.566   14
20.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:35.308 + 2.633   12
21.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:35.406 + 2.731   19
22.  Jani          Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:35.479 + 2.804   26
23.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:35.669 + 2.994   21
24.  Villeneuve    BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:35.688 + 3.013   12
25.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:35.902 + 3.227   18
26.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:36.255 + 3.580   25
27.  Montagny      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:36.665 + 3.990   16
28.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)                      5

All Timing Unofficial