Friday Second Free Practice - German GP

World Champion Michael Schumacher set the pace for Ferrari in Friday's second practice session for the German Grand Prix as he shaded his rivals in hot conditions at Hockenheim.

German Schumacher, racing in front of his home fans for the second time this year, finished with a time of 1:15.001 to put himself 0.044 ahead of the second-placed McLaren-Mercedes of Finn Kimi Raikkonen.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya put his Williams-BMW third despite an off-track excursion at turn 12 early in the session while Briton Jenson Button finished fourth for BAR-Honda.

Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia, making his debut for Williams as a replacement for the injured Ralf Schumacher, finished around three tenths of a second slower than his teammate in fifth but also had a spin.

Briton Anthony Davidson finished sixth in the second BAR-Honda with his Japanese teammate Takuma Sato ensured all three cars made it into the top ten by finishing seventh. Spaniard Fernando Alonso was eighth in the lead Renault.

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello finished ninth in the second Ferrari with Ricardo Zonta putting the old Toyota in the top ten, 1.199 seconds slower than Schumacher.

Scot David Coulthard had a difficult session, leaving the track at turns one and six and spinning twice at turn two as he tried to push his new McLaren MP4-19B machine to the limits.

Italian Jordan driver Giorgio Pantano was forced to pull into the pits late in the session after losing part of his car on track while Button parked on the start-finish straight at the end of the session.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:15.001 27 2. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:15.045 + 0.044 18 3. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:15.167 + 0.166 25 4. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:15.379 + 0.378 23 5. Pizzonia Williams-BMW (M) 1:15.470 + 0.469 25 6. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:15.576 + 0.575 33 7. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:15.657 + 0.656 21 8. Alonso Renault (M) 1:15.677 + 0.676 30 9. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:15.738 + 0.737 19 10. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:16.200 + 1.199 38 11. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:16.265 + 1.264 18 12. Wirdheim Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:16.342 + 1.341 28 13. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:16.514 + 1.513 27 14. Trulli Renault (M) 1:16.660 + 1.659 32 15. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:16.854 + 1.853 31 16. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:16.865 + 1.929 30 17. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:17.026 + 2.025 26 18. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:17.300 + 2.299 26 19. Panis Toyota (M) 1:17.419 + 2.418 23 20. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:17.724 + 2.723 25 21. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:17.869 + 2.867 24 22. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:18.098 + 3.097 21 23. Leinders Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:18.224 + 3.223 17 24. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:18.243 + 3.242 23 25. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:18.309 + 3.308 25 All timing unofficial