McLaren Dominate Practice 2 - Germany
McLaren proved their status as pre-race favourites for this weekend's German Grand Prix when they continued their dominant form to top the second practice session at Hockenheim on Friday
Test driver Alexander Wurz, who finished fastest in the first session after 21 laps, put in another 37 laps of the 2.842-mile track in the afternoon run as he sped to a session-topping time of 1:13.973 under darkening skies.
Championship challenger Kimi Raikkonen, determined to shake off his bad luck and make his obvious pace count this weekend, was the fastest race driver as he finished second just 0.603 seconds off his teammate's pace.
But title race leader Fernando Alonso, who has already admitted McLaren are ahead this weekend, remained in contention despite running no laps in the morning as he finished 1.587 seconds back in third.
Juan Pablo Montoya was fourth fastest, narrowly missing out on securing McLaren perfection with a one-two-three finish, while Ricardo Zonta, the Toyota test driver, finished fifth fastest.
Giancarlo Fisichella, in the second Renault, chose not to set a time in the first session but was sixth quickest in the afternoon with Felipe Massa, of Sauber, in seventh place.
Red Bull Racing test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi survived a spin to set the eight fastest lap but his teammate David Coulthard was not so lucky as he spun out early in the session.
Jarno Trulli secured ninth place for Toyota while home hero Michael Schumacher failed to shine in the cool conditions and could only manage the tenth fastest time more than two-and-a-half seconds off the pace.
Raikkonen led the early times but Wurz pushed the benchmark into the 1:13s with 25 minutes gone as David Coulthard spun his Red Bull Racing machine backwards into the gravel at turn 17 without setting a time.
Montoya also went off track, at turn one, and Liuzzi then followed his team's more experienced team leader Coulthard by spinning at turn two but he was able to recover and return to the pits.
Christian Klien ensured all three Red Bull machines had off-track excursions when he made a mistake at turn six and Narain Karthikeyan went off briefly at turn eight as he struggled again for Jordan.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Wurz McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:13.973 37
2. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:14.576 + 0.603 20
3. Alonso Renault (M) 1:15.560 + 1.587 34
4. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:15.772 + 1.799 18
5. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:16.091 + 2.118 34
6. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:16.146 + 2.173 28
7. Massa Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:16.161 + 2.188 24
8. Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth(M) 1:16.297 + 2.324 38
9. Trulli Toyota (M) 1:16.411 + 2.438 23
10. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:16.474 + 2.501 15
11. R.Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:16.575 + 2.602 19
12. Klien Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:16.658 + 2.685 14
13. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:16.752 + 2.779 26
14. Webber Williams-BMW (M) 1:16.879 + 2.906 17
15. Heidfeld Williams-BMW (M) 1:16.893 + 2.920 18
16. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:16.913 + 2.940 17
17. Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:16.938 + 2.965 20
18. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:16.992 + 3.019 27
19. Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:17.506 + 3.533 25
20. Albers Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:17.830 + 3.857 17
21. Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:17.978 + 4.005 28
22. Monteiro Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:18.227 + 4.254 28
23. Kiesa Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:19.484 + 5.511 19
24. Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth (M) No Time 2
All timing unofficial
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