Saturday Second Free Practice - European GP
Jenson Button led World Champion Michael Schumacher at the head of the field in practice for the European Grand Prix, as the teams completed their final preparations for Saturday's qualifying session at Germany's Nurburgring.
Jenson Button led World Champion Michael Schumacher at the head of the field in practice for the European Grand Prix, as the teams completed their final preparations for Saturday's qualifying session at Germany's Nurburgring.
Briton Button set the fastest time of the weekend with a lap of 1:28.827 to beat German Schumacher's Ferrari by 0.237 seconds with his BAR-Honda teammate Takuma Sato 0.3 seconds behind in third.
Finn Kimi Raikkonen continued McLaren's surprisingly strong form with a fourth fastest time, a little more than half a second off the pace of Button, with Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello claiming fifth.
Spaniard Fernando Alonso finished sixth for Renault, but his teammate Jarno Trulli ended up down in 13th place. Scot David Coulthard was seventh in the second McLaren.
Ralf Schumacher was eighth in the lead Williams-BMW but his Colombian teammate Juan Pablo Montoya had a disappointing session and failed to set a time after a spin at turn 10.
Germany-based Toyota completed the top ten runners with Frenchman Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta finishing ninth and tenth respectively while Australian Mark Webber was 12th after losing a bargeboard at the chicane.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:28.827 13 2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:29.064 + 0.237 15 3. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:29.127 + 0.300 15 4. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.354 + 0.527 12 5. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:29.545 + 0.718 13 6. Alonso Renault (M) 1:29.555 + 0.728 13 7. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.955 + 1.128 14 8. R.Schumacher Williams-BMW (M) 1:30.176 + 1.349 9 9. Panis Toyota (M) 1:30.277 + 1.450 14 10. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:30.316 + 1.489 16 11. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:30.519 + 1.692 13 12. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:30.867 + 2.040 18 13. Trulli Renault (M) 1:30.986 + 2.159 11 14. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:31.061 + 2.234 15 15. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:31.504 + 2.677 11 16. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:31.956 + 3.129 12 17. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:32.753 + 3.926 15 18. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:32.894 + 4.067 15 19. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:33.383 + 4.556 13 20. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) No Time 10 All timing unofficial
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