Saturday Second Free Practice - Monaco GP

Scot David Coulthard topped the times in the final practice session for this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix but the session was overshadowed by a heavy crash for Briton Jenson Button.

Button lost control of his BAR-Honda on the exit of the tunnel and was taken to hospital after he crashed into the barriers opposite the entry to the chicane and the session was stopped while the accident was cleared.

Once it restarted, Coulthard claimed McLaren-Mercedes' second top time of the day after Finnish teammate Kimi Raikkonen topped the first session earlier in the day.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya was second in the Williams-BMW, 0.351 seconds behind Coulthard's time of 1:14.747, and his teammate Ralf Schumacher was fourth behind Ferrari's World Champion Michael Schumacher.

Jarno Trulli finished fifth in the lead Renault as his teammate Fernando Alonso finished down in 14th place after crashing out at the exit of the swimming pool in the earlier practice session.

Finn Raikkonen ended the session in sixth place, with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello seventh in the second Ferrari and Australian Mark Webber eighth in the Jaguar.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, of Jordan, and Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, of BAR-Honda, completed the tip ten but the latter was two seconds off the pace after crashing coming out of the swimming pool.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:14.747 160.863 km/h 24 2. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:15.098 + 0.351 29 3. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:15.255 + 0.508 25 4. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:15.303 + 0.556 35 5. Trulli Renault (M) 1:15.517 + 0.770 31 6. Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:15.604 + 0.857 32 7. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:15.861 + 1.114 30 8. Webber Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:15.886 + 1.139 39 9. Fisichella Jordan Ford (B) 1:16.311 + 1.564 27 10. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:16.810 + 2.063 34 11. Button BAR Honda (B) 1:16.895 + 2.148 27 12. Pizzonia Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:17.113 + 2.366 39 13. Frentzen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:17.232 + 2.485 38 14. Alonso Renault (M) 1:17.290 + 2.543 21 15. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:17.686 + 2.939 38 16. Firman Jordan Ford (B) 1:17.986 + 3.239 28 17. Panis Toyota (M) 1:18.101 + 3.354 25 18. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:18.167 + 3.420 29 19. Verstappen Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:18.425 + 3.678 32 20. Wilson Minardi Cosworth (B) 1:18.606 + 3.859 29 All Timing Unofficial