Second Friday Belgian practice washed out

With Kimi Raikkonen fastest in the first practice session at Spa the second
session would get under way. The session would again be affected by heavy rain. As for McLaren team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya the reason why he did not come out in the first session was due to an engine problem. Juan Pablo's engine was changed without penalty as he had not gone out onto the track. It was also announced that Fisichella would also require an engine change but his would be done on Friday evening prior to Saturday practice.

The first driver to come out would be Red Bull's Vitantonio Liuzzi. But it would go all wrong for him when he would lose control of his car going down the long straight putting it into the barrier. The session would be red flagged as they removed his damaged car. Liuzzi was to lose control of his car about 50 metres before the Les Combes corner.

The car would turn right sending him into the barrier. Luizzi was not injured in the crash. The session would restart but no driver would take to the track. The only other driver to have come out was Minardi's Robert Doornbos. Alonso, after not having set a time in the earlier session, would come out to complete an installation lap. But it was a lap that was completed at a snails pace such were the conditions. With forty minutes of the session remaining no times had been set.

Such were the conditions it was not very surprising that the drivers would not come out in the session. As session wound down, twenty minutes remaining, there would still not be any further activity on the track. It was understandable why the drivers were so cautious as Spa is a demanding circuit in the dry, add in a rain shower and it can become very unforgiving just as Liuzzi.

With just fifteen minutes left and the heavy rain still falling there was still no indication that any times would be set in the session. There would be activity in the pits with engines been tested by mechanics but the session would come to an end with no times been set.