Friday Second Free Practice - British GP

Finn Kimi Raikkonen put a shine on the day for McLaren-Mercedes on Friday when he topped the times in second practice for the British Grand Prix at the overcast Silverstone circuit.

Raikkonen finished 0.507 seconds ahead of third-placed Michael Schumacher with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, in his Sauber, sandwiched in between having finished just five hundredths of a second slower than Raikkonen.

Finn Raikkonen, who used the team's new MP4-19B machine for the first time in France last weekend, set a time of 1:18.655 to clock the fastest lap of the day as McLaren's resurgence continued.

Scot David Coulthard gave McLaren even more cause to smile when he finished fourth, 0.632 seconds behind Raikkonen and just ahead of his British rival Jenson Button's BAR-Honda.

Button, who has been tipped as the biggest hope for local success this weekend after six podiums in the first ten races, finished 0.746 seconds behind Raikkonen.

Last year's winner Rubens Barrichello, in the second Ferrari, finished sixth just ahead of Ralf Schumacher's replacement at Williams-BMW, Marc Gene, who comfortably outpaced 11th-placed teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.

Italian Jarno Trulli finished eighth in the lead Renault with Japanese driver Takuma Sato ninth in the second BAR-Honda. Brazilian Felipe Massa's Sauber completed the top ten.

Jordan driver Nick Heidfeld and Jaguar driver Christian Klien had offs at Stowe and Club respectively had Jordan test driver Timo Glock had the gravel trap to thank as he escaped a high-speed off after his car lost a wheel.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.655 16 2. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:18.660 + 0.005 20 3. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:19.162 + 0.507 14 4. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:19.287 + 0.632 17 5. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:19.401 + 0.746 19 6. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:19.470 + 0.815 22 7. Gene Williams-BMW (M) 1:19.540 + 0.885 20 8. Trulli Renault (M) 1:19.601 + 0.946 21 9. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:19.611 + 0.956 13 10. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:19.676 + 1.021 23 11. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:19.746 + 1.091 20 12. Alonso Renault (M) 1:19.874 + 1.219 30 13. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:20.095 + 1.440 35 14. Panis Toyota (M) 1:20.489 + 1.834 25 15. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:20.829 + 2.174 19 16. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.861 + 2.206 14 17. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.073 + 2.418 30 18. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.352 + 2.697 27 19. Wirdheim Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:21.353 + 2.698 33 20. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.365 + 3.710 13 21. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.500 + 3.845 24 22. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:22.516 + 3.861 25 23. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.586 + 3.931 14 24. Leinders Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:22.792 + 4.137 20 25. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:24.011 + 5.356 23 All timing unofficial