WilliamsF1 difficult first European practice

Davidson continue to show impressive form in his runs in recent Grand Prix. His time of 1m:29.447 would see him to set a new lap record at the German circuit. Closely following Davidson was Michael Schumacher.

Michael was to set the quickest times for most of the session only to be beaten by Davidson in the closing moments. Michael would have one moment when he  lost control of his Ferrari and spun sideways after going wide at turn three.

Michael was just 0.184 seconds behind the BAR, with Rubens Barrichello in third. Jaguar's Mark Webber was fourth in his Jaguar but completed just six laps to finish one place ahead of Toyota's test driver Ricardo Zonta.

McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen, who completed only four laps, would finish in sixth. On his first flying lap he would just miss the barriers. Sauber's driver Felipe Massa seventh.

Ralf Schumacher finished eighth ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso in ninth despite a small spin. BAR's Jenson Button completed the top ten. Giancarlo Fisichella would fail to set a time after he stopped on track in his Sauber. It would later be announced that he was to lose ten places on the grid as his car was to have suffered an engine failure requiring a change.