Saturday Second Free Practice - US GP

World Champion Michael Schumacher topped the times in Saturday's practice sessions despite failing to improve on his time in the opening session at Indianapolis.

The Ferrari driver's best lap time stood from the first session still stood at the end of the second as only Mika Hakkinen and Nick Heidfeld managed to make any inroads into his dominance. McLaren driver Hakkinen ended second ahead of Sauber's Nick Heidfeld with Ralf Schumacher fourth and Rubens Barrichello fifth.

Hakkinen moved up to second in the times early in the session as Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Alex Yoong both had spins. Moments earlier before the two spins the impressive Heidfeld moved up to third after a quick lap in his Sauber as Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello and Coulthard struggled to improve on their times.

Yoong had his second spin of the session at turn two late on, before Hakkinen improved his time further only to remain second in the timesheets behind Schumacher. Juan Pablo Montoya snatched sixth place from David Coulthard in the closing stages while Prost driver Tomas Enge joined the list of spins when he lost control of his AP04.

Pos Driver Team Times 1. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:12.078 209.373 km/h 2. Hakkinen Mclaren Mercedes (B) 1:12.330 + 0.252 3. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:12.407 + 0.329 4. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:12.454 + 0.376 5. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:12.463 + 0.385 6. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:12.668 + 0.590 7. Fisichella Benetton Renault (M) 1:12.672 + 0.594 8. Coulthard Mclaren Mercedes (B) 1:12.724 + 0.646 9. Button Benetton Renault (M) 1:12.955 + 0.877 10. Raikkonen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:13.186 + 1.108 11. Trulli Jordan Honda (B) 1:13.205 + 1.127 12. Panis BAR Honda (B) 1:13.521 + 1.443 13. Alesi Jordan Honda (B) 1:13.675 + 1.597 14. de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:13.753 + 1.675 15. Frentzen Prost Acer (M) 1:13.870 + 1.792 16. Bernoldi Arrows Asiatech (B) 1:13.978 + 1.900 17. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:14.052 + 1.974 18. Enge Prost Acer (M) 1:14.205 + 2.127 19. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:14.346 + 2.268 20. Alonso Minardi European (M) 1:14.867 + 2.789 21. Verstappen Arrows Asiatech (B) 1:14.902 + 2.824 22. Yoong Minardi European (M) 1:15.604 + 3.526 All Timing Unofficial