Saturday First Free Practice

Finn Kimi Raikkonen topped the times for McLaren-Mercedes in the first Saturday morning practice session ahead of final qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix as Fernando Alonso clattered into the barriers in his Renault.

Raikkonen, who finished well down the order in Thursday's qualifying session, finished with a time of 1:15.752 to lead the field by eight tenths of a second as Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya finished second for Williams-BMW.

Australian Mark Webber finished third for Jaguar, just three thousandths of a second behind Montoya, with world champion Michael Schumacher, of Ferrari, almost one second down in fourth.

Italian Jarno Trulli was the best of the Renault pair in fifth and he was the only other man to finish within a second of Raikkonen as his team-mate Alonso finished down in 17th place.

Spaniard Alonso had a difficult session and almost hit the barriers at the Rascasse but braked just in time to avoid them. He then hit the Armco on the exit of the swimming pool and lost his front wing and front right suspension.

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello finished sixth in the second Ferrari, with Briton Jenson Button seventh for BAR-Honda, just ahead of his team-mate Jacques Villeneuve by four hundredths of a second.

Scot David Coulthard finished ninth in the second McLaren-Mercedes, with Ralf Schumacher completing the top ten in his Williams-BMW.

Briton Ralph Firman, of Jordan, had a brief off at Sainte Devote when he missed his braking point once again and Barrichello, Coutlhard, Justin Wilson, Ralf Schumacher and Webber all missed the chicane during the session.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:15.752 158.728 km/h 18 2. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:16.612 + 0.860 14 3. Webber Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:16.615 + 0.863 23 4. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:16.687 + 0.935 10 5. Trulli Renault (M) 1:16.724 + 0.972 15 6. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:16.886 + 1.134 14 7. Button BAR Honda (B) 1:16.895 + 1.143 25 8. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:16.938 + 1.186 20 9. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:16.988 + 1.236 14 10. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:16.991 + 1.239 18 11. Frentzen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:17.232 + 1.480 21 12. Fisichella Jordan Ford (B) 1:17.490 + 1.738 13 13. Pizzonia Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:17.747 + 1.995 21 14. Firman Jordan Ford (B) 1:18.010 + 2.258 16 15. Panis Toyota (M) 1:18.101 + 2.349 14 16. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:18.308 + 2.556 21 17. Alonso Renault (M) 1:18.370 + 2.618 9 18. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:19.342 + 3.590 21 19. Verstappen Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:19.529 + 3.777 17 20. Wilson Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:20.574 + 4.822 12 All Timing Unofficial