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Kimi Raikkonen topped the times for McLaren-Mercedes in second practice for the European Grand Prix on Friday as World Champion Michael Schumacher finished ninth after completing just nine laps in his Ferrari.

Kimi Raikkonen topped the times for McLaren-Mercedes in second practice for the European Grand Prix on Friday as World Champion Michael Schumacher finished ninth after completing just nine laps in his Ferrari.

Finn Raikkonen set a time of 1:29.355 to finish 0.263 seconds faster than second-placed Briton Jenson Button with German Ralf Schumacher third and Scot David Coulthard, in the second McLaren, in fourth.

Italian Jarno Trulli, who won the last race in Monaco, finished fifth for Renault, with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello the leading Bridgestone runner in sixth in the lead Ferrari.

BAR-Honda test driver Anthony Davidson, who had topped the times in the first session, finished seventh with Spaniard Fernando Alonso eighth for Renault and Takuma Sato, in the third BAR, completing the top ten.

Sauber's difficult weekend continued when Brazilian Felipe Massa stopped out on the circuit. The team had been forced to change Italian Giancarlo Fisichella's engine after he had stopped in the first session.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.355 18 2. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:29.618 + 0.263 16 3. R.Schumacher Williams-BMW (M) 1:29.677 + 0.322 28 4. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:29.700 + 0.345 17 5. Trulli Renault (M) 1:29.919 + 0.564 23 6. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:29.943 + 0.588 24 7. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:30.028 + 0.673 32 8. Alonso Renault (M) 1:30.163 + 0.808 22 9. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:30.227 + 0.872 9 10. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:30.283 + 0.928 17 11. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:30.337 + 0.982 20 12. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:30.466 + 1.111 29 13. Panis Toyota (M) 1:30.497 + 1.142 24 14. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:30.531 + 1.176 25 15. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:30.949 + 1.594 33 16. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:30.974 + 1.619 26 17. Wirdheim Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:31.780 + 2.425 26 18. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:32.080 + 2.725 29 19. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:32.217 + 2.862 15 20. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:32.310 + 2.955 12 21. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:32.643 + 3.288 19 22. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:32.986 + 3.631 18 23. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:33.175 + 3.820 20 24. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:33.393 + 4.038 17 25. Leinders Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:34.538 + 5.183 19 All timing unofficial

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