Webber hopeful for Saturday

At one point in the second practice session the Jaguar ace was the second quickest driver on track before he was knocked down to 13th by the big hitters. But it is a vast improvement from a week ago in Monaco when all three Jaguar's were sidelined on the first practice day.

"I spent most of today working on tyres. The car is well balanced around here and it feels pretty good," Webber said. "The guys have done a good job turning everything around in time since last weekend so I will be looking to reward them with a competitive qualifying position tomorrow. The weather plays a huge role here at this track so anything could happen tomorrow, I am looking forward to it."

Team-mate Christian Klien finished the day 19th but not before the Austrian suffered a huge spin which cut short his running time.

"I had a productive session first thing when I was working on a few performance tests but this afternoon I was braking hard when the rear of the car went and I could do little to stop it going off-track," he explained. "I was fortunate that I was near a good run-off area and the car was fine. The mechanics checked it over and I was back out for the end of the second session."