WilliamsF1 5th & 9th in 2nd Brazilian practice

For Juan Pablo his practice was uneventful but for Ralf he would have a spin at turn 7 but was able to continue and return to the pits. Ralf was to lose the back end of his FW25.

In somewhat of a surprise it would be Toyota's Olivier Panis who would finish the session with the fastest time. Panis would set a best lap time of 1m:13.457. The conditions appeared to be favouring the Michelin runners as the temperatures climbed, with eight of the top ten supplied by the French company.

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher was second quickest, almost nine-hundredths behind Panis, while Renault's Jarno Trulli claimed the third fastest time. McLaren's David Coulthard moved up to fourth, with WilliamF1's Montoya fifth and Kimi Raikkonen sixth.

For Rubens Barrichello he would drop down the times after only been able to slightly increase his earlier lap time. He would finish seventh fastest with Jaguar's Mark Webber continuing to perform well finishing eighth. Ralf and Renault's Fernando Alonso completed the top ten.

 Raikkonen then moved to top spot as he bettered Barrichello's time from the opening session by more than a tenth of a second. Michael Schumacher then lowered the mark along with Renault's Trulli.

Not only was Ralf the only driver to spin but he was joined by Toyota's Cristiano da Matta, who spun at turn 1, Mark Webber who spun out at turn 7 and Sauber's Heinz-Harald Frentzen went off track at turn 10 in the final seconds.

With both Juan Pablo and Ralf having to run early in the second qualifying session their task of putting their cars at the front of the grid is going to be difficult. But there is always the weather to consider if it rains again during the session.

1. 20 PANIS Toyota M 1'13"457 211.177 Km/h 36
2. 1 M. SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'13"546 + 0'00"089 32
3. 7 TRULLI Renault M 1'13"621 + 0'00"164 30
4. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'13"893 + 0'00"436 33
5. 3 MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'13"929 + 0'00"472 34
6. 6 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'13"946 + 0'00"489 31
7. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'13"993 + 0'00"536 34
8. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth M 1'14"102 + 0'00"645 42
9. 4 R. SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'14"192 + 0'00"735 35
10. 8 ALONSO Renault M 1'14"209 + 0'00"752 41
11. 11 FISICHELLA Jordan Ford B 1'14"224 + 0'00"767 33
12. 17 BUTTON BAR Honda B 1'14"464 + 0'01"007 44
13. 15 PIZZONIA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'14"511 + 0'01"054 42
14. 16 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'14"523 + 0'01"066 43
15. 9 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 1'14"744 + 0'01"287 35
16. 21 DA MATTA Toyota M 1'14"819 + 0'01"362 37
17. 10 FRENTZEN Sauber Petronas B 1'14"921 + 0'01"464 36
18. 12 FIRMAN Jordan Ford B 1'15"475 + 0'02"018 31
19. 19 VERSTAPPEN Minardi Cosworth B 1'15"610 + 0'02"153 33
20. 18 WILSON Minardi Cosworth B 1'16"067 + 0'02"610 25