Schumacher tops final practice - Turkey
Michael Schumacher dominated Saturday morning's relatively quiet final free practice session for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit
The Ferrari driver set the morning's fastest time of 1:27.203 with just one minute of the session remaining.
Fernando Alonso was second fastest for Renault, seven tenths of a second slower than his championship rival.
Alonso's Renault teammate Giancarlo Fisichella was third fastest, after lapping the 5.338-kms Turkish track in 1:27.963.
BMW's Robert Kubica was fourth quickest, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button for Honda.
Schumacher's earlier time of 1:28.318 stood as the quickest time for the majority of the session, before setting his fastest in the 59th minute.
The German was one of the drivers to run wide at the dauntingly quick Turn 8 left-hander - but emerged unscathed.
Twenty minutes before the end of the session, Red Bull Racing's Christian Klien suffered a high-speed spin at the same corner, when he hit the kerbs on the exit.
He was able to continue with no damage to the RB2 chassis. But both Midland's Tiago Monteiro and Toyota's Jarno Trulli also fell foul of Turn 8.
Unlike Friday's action-packed sessions, Saturday morning's third hour was much quieter.
In the first ten minutes, the only track action saw Midland drivers Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro both complete an installation lap but not set a time.
It was only after 20 minutes that the first of the front runners came to the track, as Kimi Raikkonen set the pace for McLaren, with a 1:30.179.
It was soon bettered by Michael Schumacher nearly half way into the hour, and he wasn't bettered after that.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:27.203 12 2. Alonso Renault (M) 1:27.924 + 0.721 16 3. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:27.963 + 0.760 17 4. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:27.964 + 0.761 15 5. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:28.151 + 0.948 14 6. Button Honda (M) 1:28.190 + 0.987 17 7. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:28.266 + 1.063 14 8. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:28.359 + 1.156 15 9. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:28.368 + 1.165 11 10. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:28.830 + 1.627 9 11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:28.861 + 1.658 17 12. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:28.861 + 1.658 14 13. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.034 + 1.831 12 14. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:29.069 + 1.866 10 15. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:29.176 + 1.973 13 16. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:29.357 + 2.154 12 17. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:29.374 + 2.171 18 18. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:29.426 + 2.223 19 19. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:29.668 + 2.465 19 20. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:29.881 + 2.678 17 21. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:29.915 + 2.712 17 22. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:30.151 + 2.948 21 All timing unofficial
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