Saturday First Free Practice - Hungarian GP

World Champion Michael Schumacher pushed Williams-BMW stand-in Antonio Pizzonia down to second with a late lap to claim the top spot in Saturday's opening practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, at an overcast Hungaroring circuit.

Brazilian Pizzonia, who is replacing the injured Ralf Schumacher, led the session with a time of 1:20.482 as the clock struck zero but Michael Schumacher then put in a lap 0.266 seconds faster.

Cloudy skies and brief spots of rain greeted the drivers when they arrived at the circuit and the 45-minute session started slowly as few ventured out onto the track until late on.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, in the second Williams, finished third, a little more than two tenths slower than his team-mate, as the team continued to work on setting up their modified car.

Briton Jenson Button finished fourth fastest, half a second off Schumacher's leading pace, to put himself ahead of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in the second Ferrari, who made it three South Americans in the top five.

Renault pair Jarno Trulli, of Italy, and Fernando Alonso, of Spain, finished sixth and seventh respectively with McLaren pair David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen sandwiching ninth-placed Felipe Massa to complete the top ten.

The session saw few incidents and Australian Mark Webber, of Jaguar, Frenchman Olivier Panis, of Toyota, and Takuma Sato - who failed to set a time for BAR-Honda - were the only drivers to go off track.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:20.216 10 2. Pizzonia Williams-BMW (M) 1:20.482 + 0.266 14 3. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:20.696 + 0.480 15 4. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.731 + 0.515 11 5. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:20.830 + 0.614 12 6. Trulli Renault (M) 1:21.257 + 1.041 10 7. Alonso Renault (M) 1:21.392 + 1.176 8 8. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:21.555 + 1.339 8 9. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:21.593 + 1.377 6 10. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:21.825 + 1.609 8 11. Panis Toyota (M) 1:21.838 + 1.622 15 12. Zonta Toyota (M) 1:21.927 + 1.711 17 13. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:22.013 + 1.797 9 14. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:22.068 + 1.852 9 15. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:22.421 + 2.205 6 16. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.709 + 2.493 11 17. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:23.112 + 2.896 14 18. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:23.242 + 3.026 13 19. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:24.233 + 4.017 14 20. Sato BAR-Honda (M) No Time 4 All timing unofficial