Alonso Fastest In Practice 3 - Europe
Championship leader Fernando Alonso finished fastest for Renault in the first Saturday morning practice session for the European Grand Prix after out-pacing McLaren pair Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen
Alonso, who struggled at the last race in Monaco, set a time of 1:30.615 to finish 0.663 seconds ahead of second-placed Montoya with Raikkonen almost a second slower in third.
Giancarlo Fisichella, Alonso's teammate, finished fourth fastest with Ferrari pair Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher still in the mix with the fifth and sixth fastest times respectively.
Williams duo Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld finished seventh and eighth, separated by three hundredths of a second, with Ralf Schumacher ninth for Toyota and Takuma Sato posting BAR-Honda's first top-ten time of the weekend.
The weather was hot again and blue skies and burning sunshine pushed the early morning temperatures up to 25 degrees Celsius with expectations of further increases throughout the day.
Tiago Monteiro was in trouble again in his Jordan when he spun off at turn 14 but recovered, while Felipe Massa, of Sauber, and Fisichella both clattered the kerbs at the chicane in the only other incident of the session.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso Renault (M) 1:30.615 10 2. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:31.278 + 0.663 10 3. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:31.573 + 0.958 10 4. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:31.778 + 1.163 9 5. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:31.794 + 1.179 8 6. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:32.097 + 1.482 15 7. Webber Williams-BMW (M) 1:32.266 + 1.651 9 8. Heidfeld Williams-BMW (M) 1:32.304 + 1.689 7 9. R.Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:32.432 + 1.817 13 10. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:32.483 + 1.868 7 11. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:32.501 + 1.886 4 12. Trulli Toyota (M) 1:32.719 + 2.104 5 13. Massa Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:33.212 + 2.597 7 14. Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:33.365 + 2.750 9 15. Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:33.414 + 2.799 5 16. Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:33.681 + 3.066 12 17. Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:33.731 + 3.116 6 18. Monteiro Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:34.407 + 3.792 7 19. Albers Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:34.871 + 4.256 15 20. Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:35.067 + 4.452 11 All timing unofficial
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