Saturday Second Free Practice

McLaren-Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen sent an ominous warning to his rivals after setting the pace in Saturday's final practice session ahead of qualifying for the British Grand Prix.

Raikkonen, quickest on Friday and in Saturday's first 45-minute session, set a best time of 1:18.280 to finish 0.134 seconds ahead of Jenson Button as the pace of McLaren's new MP4-19B continued to impress.

BAR-Honda driver Button, backed by a large home crowd at Silverstone, headed Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello with Renault's Jarno Trulli ending the session in fourth place.

Williams-BMW pair Marc Gene and Juan Pablo Montoya were fifth and sixth quickest respectively with David Coulthard seventh for McLaren and Ferrari's World Champion Michael Schumacher eighth.

Schumacher's session was brought to a temporary halt with 20 minutes remaining when he made another mistake heading into Priory and hurtled across the gravel, before he came back out on track in the final minutes.

Renault driver Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella completed the top-ten.

Minardi drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner were first on track after sitting out the first 45-minute session following the news that the team's sporting director John Walton passed away late on Friday night.

Italian Bruni pulled onto the grass at the side of the track at Stowe with five minutes remaining after encountering a problem.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.280 14 2. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:18.414 + 0.134 12 3. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:18.623 + 0.343 13 4. Trulli Renault (M) 1:18.694 + 0.414 14 5. Gene Williams-BMW (M) 1:18.832 + 0.552 10 6. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:18.912 + 0.632 11 7. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.919 + 0.639 11 8. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:18.951 + 0.671 8 9. Alonso Renault (M) 1:19.169 + 0.889 12 10. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:19.895 + 1.615 10 11. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:20.183 + 1.903 19 12. Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:20.281 + 2.001 6 13. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:20.310 + 2.030 23 14. Panis Toyota (M) 1:20.531 + 2.251 16 15. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:20.726 + 2.446 12 16. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:20.837 + 2.557 8 17. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:20.913 + 2.633 18 18. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:21.980 + 3.700 15 19. Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:22.014 + 3.734 11 20. Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:23.941 + 5.661 12 All timing unofficial