Wurz fastest in practice 2 - Monaco
Alexander Wurz, the reserve driver for the Williams team, rose above the chaos around him to clock the fastest time on a day of accidents and mayhem in practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix
The 32-year-old Austrian clocked a best time of 1:15.907 to outpace nearest rival Briton Anthony Davidson, in a Honda, by more than one tenth of a second.
Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya was third fastest for McLaren-Mercedes and defending World Champion Fernando Alonso, in a Renault, was fourth.
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, in his Ferrari, was only 15th fastest, but it was hardly an indication of his potential - or a signal of what may lie ahead - after so many red flags and stoppages.
Finn Kimi Raikkonen, who suffered an engine-related problem during the morning session when his blazing car required attention from the fire marshals as it exited the tunnel, wound up sixth fastest in the afternoon when the track was much faster than it had been in the morning.
In hazy and warm conditions, in which the track temperature was 41 Celsius and the air temperature 22, the day's action was dominated by the various incidents and accidents.
There were three major ones all of which resulted in a red flag and the stopping of the session - a signal that if such actions continue on Saturday, the qualifying session may run on far beyond its allocated hour.
In the first incident, Davidson ran over a traffic cone and left debris behind on the track, causing a red flag. This meant a delay of three minutes.
Davidson then crashed and caused a second red flag again and no sooner had the session been re-started by the officials than it was stopped again for a third time.
This came when Poland's Robert Kubica, in a BMW, crashed on the exit of the Rascasse hairpin.
Davidson, in a Honda, had lost control of his car on the exit of the Ste Devote corner, where he slid into a tyre barrier. The impact removed his front left wheel, which bounced off the barriers and into the circuit before coming to a rest.
The red flags were waved immediately, for the second time, and the session was halted, as it was to be a few minutes later for a third time.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:15.907 27 2. Davidson Honda (M) 1:16.075 + 0.168 15 3. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:16.138 + 0.231 24 4. Alonso Renault (M) 1:16.221 + 0.314 18 5. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:16.292 + 0.385 36 6. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:16.707 + 0.800 18 7. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:16.721 + 0.814 23 8. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:16.870 + 0.963 19 9. Button Honda (M) 1:16.903 + 0.996 20 10. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:17.251 + 1.344 25 11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:17.325 + 1.418 25 12. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:17.439 + 1.532 30 13. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:17.456 + 1.549 24 14. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:17.497 + 1.590 30 15. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:17.603 + 1.696 25 16. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:17.638 + 1.731 31 17. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:17.744 + 1.837 19 18. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:17.793 + 1.886 26 19. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:17.845 + 1.938 15 20. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:17.874 + 1.967 13 21. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:18.123 + 2.216 22 22. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:18.257 + 2.350 10 23. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:18.420 + 2.513 29 24. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:18.430 + 2.523 24 25. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:18.731 + 2.824 19 26. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:19.273 + 3.366 12 27. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:19.445 + 3.538 27 28. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:19.803 + 3.896 31 All Timing Unofficial
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