Raikkonen Fastest in Practice 3 - Hungary
McLaren's strong form continued as expected in Saturday's first practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, as Championship challenger Kimi Raikkonen led the way at the Hungaroring
Raikkonen finished top of the timesheets with a lap of 1:21.686 set late in the session while World Champion Michael Schumacher finished second fastest 0.156 seconds behind the Finn.
Juan Pablo Montoya made it two McLarens in the top three when he finished 0.294 seconds back but Schumacher bumped him down the order in the closing seconds to prevent a McLaren one-two.
Ralf Schumacher was fourth fastest for Toyota, who had three cars in the top five on Friday afternoon, and Championship leader Fernando Alonso finished fifth quickest.
Another clear sunny day greeted the teams at the Hungarorong but with sessions run in the early morning the temperatures were cooler than in the Friday sessions and only rose to 31 degrees Celsius with the track at 38 degrees.
Jarno Trulli finished sixth fastest in the second Toyota with Nick Heidfeld seventh fastest in his Williams and Rubens Barrichello eighth fastest in the second Ferrari.
Mark Webber made it two cars in the top ten for Williams when he slotted into ninth place and Felipe Massa completed the top ten runners in his Sauber as all 20 drivers completed a timed lap.
Robert Doornbos spun his Minardi at turn four halfway through the session, Trulli had an off at turn two just two minutes later and Mark Webber went off at turn five in his Williams.
Christian Klien went off at turn five and his Red Bull Racing teammate David Coulthard went off at turn one then Christijan Albers, in the second Minardi, made a mistake and went off at turn four.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:21.686 7 2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:21.842 + 0.156 10 3. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:21.980 + 0.294 7 4. R.Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:22.712 + 1.026 10 5. Alonso Renault (M) 1:22.798 + 1.112 8 6. Trulli Toyota (M) 1:22.888 + 1.202 10 7. Heidfeld Williams-BMW (M) 1:23.167 + 1.481 6 8. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:23.583 + 1.897 4 9. Webber Williams-BMW (M) 1:23.678 + 1.992 7 10. Massa Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:23.715 + 2.029 10 11. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:23.902 + 2.216 6 12. Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:23.932 + 2.246 7 13. Klien Red Bull-Cosworth (M) 1:24.006 + 2.320 7 14. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:24.070 + 2.384 11 15. Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas (M) 1:24.078 + 2.392 11 16. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:24.200 + 2.514 6 17. Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:25.691 + 4.005 11 18. Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:25.721 + 4.035 10 19. Albers Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:25.947 + 4.261 11 20. Monteiro Jordan-Toyota (B) 1:26.600 + 4.914 12 All timing unofficial
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