Bruised Heidfeld Quickest at Paul Ricard - Day Two

German Nick Heidfeld topped the timesheets at the Paul Ricard circuit, where the Sauber team were joined by McLaren and Toyota after working alone on Tuesday.

Heidfeld, who suffered a heavy crash during Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, was still bruised from the accident but that didn't stop him from being more than a second quicker than Scot David Coulthard in the first of the two McLarens on track today.

"My knee has still a big blue bruise after the accident," said Heidfeld at the end of the day. "The physio work I have been doing with Josef Leberer has been very helpful. Now it is just a little bit sore when I am walking but it did not give me any trouble when I was driving.

"Good to be back in the car again and to get back to work and I am pleased with what we have achieved today."

The McLaren team were the only ones working with two cars today, with Coulthard being joined by test driver Alexander Wurz, who was third fastest ahead of Finn Mika Salo, who carried out the testing duties for the Toyota team at the wheel of the Michelin-shod TF102.

"We ran a specific aerodynamics programme today in preparation for Canada," said Salo. "We were interrupted by some technical problems during the session, but we managed to complete the programme and tomorrow we will focus our efforts on tyre testing and mechanical work for next week's Monaco Grand Prix."

Testing continues tomorrow.

Today's times:

Pos Driver Team-Engine Tyres Time Laps 1. Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:35.884 84 2. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:36.997 68 3. Wurz McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:37.360 71 4. Salo Toyota (M) 1:38.975 29 All Timing Unofficial

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