Ralf improves to fifth in 2nd Saturday practice

For the WillaimsF1 team Ralf Schumacher did improve on his earlier time finishing an encouraging fifth but for Juan Pablo his weekend still is one of not finding a setup that can produce quick times. He was down in sixteenth.

But again the Ferrari's were at the front with Michael Schumacher leading team-mate Barrichello. Such was their superiority that they were over 1.5 seconds faster than third placed Fisichella.

The only major incident of the session, which saw it stopped briefly, was when da Matta crashed his Toyota and the marshals cleared away the debris. BAR's Jacques Villeneuve and Jenson Button continued to show some form with the pair sixth and eighth respectively.

Renault's Fernando maintained his fourth place, but team-mate Trulli was down in ninth. Minardi's Justin Wilson was a very impressive fourteenth while for McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen he was down in thirteenth. Coulthard would finish in seventh place.