Massa flies in practice 2 - Hungary
Brazilian Felipe Massa clocked the fastest time in Friday's second free practice session ahead of Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix
The young Ferrari driver clocked a best time of 1:21.778 seconds to outpace nearest rival and defending world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso in his Renault by 1.3 seconds.
But his time was no improvement on the best time of the morning session and confirmed that on a dull, grey and dreary day at the slow Hungaroring circuit the weather was the real winner.
Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was third for Renault, while seven-time champion German Michael Schumacher was only seventh in the second Ferrari after an hour of activity that revealed precious little about Saturday's qualifying or Sunday's race prospects.
After only four minutes of the afternoon session, Japan's Sakon Yamamoto, driving a Super Aguri Honda, went off the track at turn four, but regained control. He was followed swiftly by German Markus Winkelhock, in his Midland-Toyota, performing the same feat at turn 11.
Then, after 13 minutes of the hour, Dutchman Robert Doornbos explored the off-line flora turn seven, in his Red Bull.
This resulted in some clearing up and no sooner was the track clean again, as the drivers attempted to improve their pace in the drying conditions under an overcast sky, than Fisichella, who had gone off in the morning, went off again. This time, it was turn seven that claimed him and his Renault.
Vitantonio Liuzzi, in his Toro Rosso Cosworth, joined Fisichella in the list of over-enthusiastic drivers to have enjoyed an excursion after 39 minutes at turn one as visibility improved and the temperature rose.
Austrian Christian Klien in a Red Bull Ferrari and then Christijan Albers, in a Midland Toyota, also went off.
By this stage, the air temperature was a modest 20 degrees Celsius, the track measured at 28 and the humidity was 75 per cent. It was no wonder that many in the paddock were mourning, without irony, the recent English heatwave.
Earlier in the day, during the morning's free practice hour, Kimi Raikkonen had topped the times, the Finn in his McLaren Mercedes-Benz winding up ahead of Briton Anthony Davidson in a Honda at the end of a dull and overcast session.Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:21.778 12
2. Alonso Renault (M) 1:23.097 + 1.319 15
3. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:23.189 + 1.411 14
4. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:23.195 + 1.417 30
5. Davidson Honda (M) 1:23.498 + 1.720 31
6. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:23.747 + 1.969 19
7. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.771 + 1.993 18
8. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:23.931 + 2.153 19
9. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:23.934 + 2.156 11
10. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:24.106 + 2.328 11
11. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:24.252 + 2.474 11
12. Winkelhock MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.381 + 2.603 28
13. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:24.445 + 2.667 17
14. Button Honda (M) 1:24.465 + 2.687 15
15. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.508 + 2.730 8
16. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:24.609 + 2.831 31
17. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.623 + 2.845 23
18. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:24.793 + 3.015 12
19. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.854 + 3.076 33
20. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:25.038 + 3.260 7
21. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:25.152 + 3.374 16
22. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:25.393 + 3.615 8
23. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:25.647 + 3.869 14
24. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:25.843 + 4.065 12
25. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:25.968 + 4.190 11
26. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:26.198 + 4.420 16
27. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:26.877 + 5.099 20
All Timing Unofficial
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