Davidson edges Schumacher at Vallellunga

The Honda driver just edged Ferrari's Michael Schumacher and teammate Jenson Button.

It was another busy day for Davidson, who covered a total of 163 laps around the Italian circuit, beating Schumacher by less than a tenth of a second.

Ferrari driver Schumacher covered 102 laps as he tested new components fitted to his 248 F1 car. The German's day, however, was cut short when he stopped on track with a mechanical problem.

Schumacher's teammate Luca Badoer continued at the wheel of the F2004 fitted with a V10 engine, the Italian working on tyre testing for Bridgestone.

Williams' third driver Alex Wurz was slowest for the second day running, the Austrian finishing over 1.2 seconds off the pace following an accident in the morning session.

"This morning was overcast and grey with low track temperatures and Alex suffered a low speed accident," explained test team manager Mike Condliffe.

"Fortunately he was fine, but the car required some repairs which reduced our running time. In the afternoon session, with improved track conditions, we continued testing tyre compounds in preparation for Imola, while we also carried out brake cooling modifications."

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time     Laps
 1.  Davidson      Honda                (M)  1:14.499  163
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari              (B)  1:14.591  102
 3.  Button        Honda                (M)  1:14.657  114
 4.  Badoer        Ferrari              (B)  1:15.105   81
 5.  Wurz          Williams-Cosworth    (B)  1:16.270   90

All Timing Unofficial