Alonso Fastest in Practice 4 - Britain
Kimi Raikkonen's hopes of victory in the British Grand Prix were thrown into disarray on Saturday morning when the team confirmed he suffered an engine failure in the final practice session before qualifying
Raikkonen, who suffered an engine failure in Friday practice for last weekend's French Grand Prix, ground to a halt at the side of the track just seven minutes into the session and he will now have to change his engine.
Championship leader Fernando Alonso made the most of his opportunity when he finished fastest in the final session, with a time of 1:20.077 putting him just 0.051 ahead of lead McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
Toyota pair Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher showed that the team's pace on Friday may not be a flash in the pan as they secured third and fourth fastest times with Briton Jenson Button finishing fifth fastest for BAR-Honda.
Giancarlo Fisichella, in the second Renault, finished sixth fastest with Michael Schumacher seventh in his Ferrari and Williams duo Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld an encouraging eighth and ninth fastest respectively.
Christian Klien completed the top ten runners while Rubens Barrichello, in the second Ferrari, was down in 11th place and Raikkonen failed to complete a lap before his failure.
Montoya went off track at Stowe and Red Bull driver Christian Klien went off in the complex but both recovered, unlike David Coulthard, who stopped his Red Bull machine out on the circuit at Abbey.
Tiago Monteiro suffered an engine failure in his Jordan as the seconds ticked down to the end of the session, leaving the team to change the engine before the qualifying session.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso Renault (M) 1:20.077 14 2. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:20.128 + 0.051 13 3. Trulli Toyota (M) 1:20.449 + 0.372 13 4. R.Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:20.524 + 0.447 12 5. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.763 + 0.686 14 6. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:20.798 + 0.721 11 7. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:20.893 + 0.816 12 8. Webber Williams-BMW (M) 1:21.004 + 0.927 11 9. Heidfeld Williams-BMW (M) 1:21.052 + 0.975 8 10. Klien Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:21.064 + 0.987 9 11. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:21.371 + 1.294 10 12. Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:21.476 + 1.399 14 13. Massa Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:21.704 + 1.627 11 14. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:21.931 + 1.854 16 15. Monteiro Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:22.036 + 1.959 18 16. Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:22.634 + 2.557 8 17. Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:23.165 + 3.088 5 18. Albers Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:23.444 + 3.367 16 19. Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:23.586 + 3.509 17 20. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) No Time 2 All timing unofficial
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