Davidson stays on top in practice 2 - US
Anthony Davidson completed a double success by topping the timesheets in the second free practice session for the United States Grand Prix
The 27-year-old Honda test driver lapped the Indianapolis track in 1:12.013 to add to his fastest time from the morning session.
BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica was second, despite a gravely excursion early on, and was nearly eight tenths of a second behind Davidson.
Behind them, Giancarlo Fisichella was third for Renault with Felipe Massa fourth in a Ferrari.
Test driver Giorgio Mondini produced the best practice performance of the season for a Midland in fifth - ahead of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, who was sixth for Ferrari - and Tiago Monteiro added to Midland's joy in seventh.
Defending world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso was a disappointing ninth in his Renault, almost 1.5 seconds off the pace.
Frenchman Franck Montagny ruined his session within the first ten minutes after spinning his Super Aguri off backwards into the same gravel trap that claimed Michael Schumacher in the opening session.
That was not the only moment though, as turns one and 11 continued to catch drivers out as they had done earlier.
Red Bull's David Coulthard out-braked himself at turn one and went straight on over the grass, just as BMW Sauber's Jacques Villeneuve had done earlier.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Davidson Honda (M) 1:12.013 38 2. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:12.809 + 0.796 39 3. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:12.933 + 0.920 14 4. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:13.264 + 1.251 26 5. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:13.327 + 1.314 33 6. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:13.346 + 1.333 18 7. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:13.387 + 1.374 21 8. Button Honda (M) 1:13.397 + 1.384 16 9. Alonso Renault (M) 1:13.474 + 1.461 14 10. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:13.554 + 1.541 9 11. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:13.688 + 1.675 26 12. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:13.691 + 1.678 15 13. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:13.725 + 1.712 14 14. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:13.735 + 1.722 24 15. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:13.825 + 1.812 10 16. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:13.857 + 1.844 17 17. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:13.946 + 1.933 31 18. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:14.011 + 1.998 20 19. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:14.050 + 2.037 39 20. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:14.084 + 2.071 15 21. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:14.169 + 2.156 19 22. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:14.391 + 2.378 24 23. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:14.449 + 2.436 16 24. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:14.562 + 2.549 17 25. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:14.676 + 2.663 18 26. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:14.839 + 2.826 13 27. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:15.063 + 3.050 10 28. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:15.120 + 3.107 33 29. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) No time 2 All Timing Unofficial
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