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Williams duo lead second practice

Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima gave Williams a one-two in the second free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya

The team held on to its commanding position despite pace-setter Rosberg pulling off the road with a mechanical problem on his final lap of the afternoon.

Local hero Fernando Alonso buoyed the Barcelona crowd with third place, with Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button taking fourth and sixth for Brawn, split by Mark Webber's Red Bull.

Williams led the way for the majority of the session.

After the early flurry of quick times had ended with Renault's Nelson Piquet at the head of the field following a soft tyre run, Nakajima established himself in first place at the 25-minute mark.

He was briefly deposed by Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull, but only for a few minutes before returning to first place.

When Nakajima was finally beaten with a quarter of an hour remaining, it was his team-mate Rosberg who took the position with a time of 1m21.588s - 0.152s quicker than his Japanese team-mate.

Rosberg looked set to improve further on his last flying lap, only for the car to grind to a halt on the approach to Turn 10.

Alonso grabbed third late on, ahead of the Red Bulls and Brawns.

Following his initial strong form, Piquet had a difficult session. He slid through the gravel at Campsa and brushed the tyre wall, requiring assistance from the marshals to rejoin. Luckily his Renault was undamaged, but he paid a second visit to the gravel on his return to the track - this time spinning at Turn 3.

Despite these incidents, the Brazilian still ended the session in eighth.

Force India's Adrian Sutil missed the entire session due to a fuel cell problem, while Sebastien Buemi had to park his Toro Rosso with smoke coming from its brakes on its out-lap at the start of the afternoon, but was able to rejoin after repairs and take ninth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari.

After its strong challenge for the top spot in the morning, Toyota appeared to run a more conservative programme this afternoon. Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli were slowest of those running in the session, but completed nearly 50 laps each.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps
 1.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:21.588            43
 2.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:21.740  + 0.152   40
 3.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:21.781  + 0.193   36
 4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:21.843  + 0.255   39
 5.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:22.027  + 0.439   37
 6.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:22.052  + 0.464   35
 7.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:22.082  + 0.494   45
 8.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:22.349  + 0.761   26
 9.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:22.571  + 0.983   17
10.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:22.599  + 1.011   40
11.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:22.615  + 1.027   30
12.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:22.670  + 1.082   32
13.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:22.809  + 1.221   31
14.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:22.876  + 1.288   29
15.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:22.878  + 1.290   35
16.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:22.948  + 1.360   40
17.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:23.173  + 1.585   39
18.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:23.360  + 1.772   46
19.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:23.623  + 2.035   47
20.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)

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