WilliamsF1 in 9th & 10th in 1st Saturday practice

For the first time this weekend both BMW WilliamsF1 drivers would take to the track with Nick and Mark finishing in ninth and tenth positions.

With BMW WilliamsF1's Nick Heidfeld the fastest of the race drivers from Friday
practice the teams would start their Saturday practice sessions. The Minardi PS05 of Christijan Albers was the first to leave the pitlane. Team-mate Patrick Friesacher and Red Bull Racing's Tonio Liuzzi also come out. Next would be the two Jordan's while both Minardi's would complete their installation lap.Liuzzi would set the first time of the session with a lap of 1m:21.345. He would improve with a 1m:19.416, while McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen would take to the track.

A further improvement from Luizzi with a lap of 1m:18.761. The second McLaren of Montoya would take to the track for his installation lap. Despite his car been wrecked in his Friday crash Juan Pablo was not hurt in the accident. Luizzi would also pit leaving the track empty.

Now it was the turn of BMW WilliamsF1's Mark Webber to head out. For Mark this was to be his first lap of the weekend having been forced to wait the arrival of new BMW engines. Mark would start his first flying lap and would set a time of 1m:18.751. He would improve with a time of 1m:18.064. The Minardi of Friesacher would set a time of 1m:22.698. Team-mate Albers would set a similar time of 1m:23.581. The Minardi's are the fastest cars in a straight line, been seven kilometres faster than the FW27 of Webber down the start finish straight. 319 for Friesacher compared to 312 for Webber.

Mark would pit while Ferrari's Michael Schumacher would take to the track. Michael's first lap would see him finish with a 1m:17.590, with the fastest first and second sectors. Luizzi would set his personal best with a time of 1m:18.305 followed by a 1m:18.121. Michael would pit while brother Ralf and David Coulthard would come out for their first laps.

With twenty five minutes of the session run only four drivers had set a time. But now other drivers would come out including Barrichello. Coulthard was in second with a lap of 1m:17.746 but he would be pushed down the times when Ralf would go fastest on his second lap with a time of 1m:17.439, with the fastest final sector. Rubens was now in fourth with a time of 1m:17.841. He would jump up the order to be in second with a time of 1m:16.748. Ralf had also improve his time to remain fastest with a lap of 1m:16.734.

Mark would improve his time with a 1m:18.038 but was down in fifth. Jordan's Tiago Monteiro was in seventh, team-mate Karthikeyan right behind him. With fifteen minutes left in the session only ten drivers had set times. Trulli would set his first time which would see him in seventh. Michael was now in third with a time of 1m:17.590. Nick Heidfeld would come out and his lap would see him set a time of 1m:18.052 to be in sixth. Team-mate Mark was now in fourth with a time of 1m:17.701.

Michael would have a small off but was able to continue. He would set the fastest
time of the session with a stunning 1m:15.735. Luizzi was now in second with a time of 1m:16.697. Nick was now in fifth with a 1m:17.615 while Mark was now in sixth. Coulthard and Raikkonen were in seventh and eighth. Massa was down in fourteenth. Team-mate Villeneuve would take this spot from the Brazilian with a time of 1m:21.640. But Felipe would improve with a time of 1m:18.546 to be twelfth.

Luizzi would improve with a time of 1m:16.241, while Kimi was now in fifth. The Renault of Fisichella would set his first time with a lap of 1m:17.559 to be in seventh. He would improve to now be in third. Neither Montoya or Alonso had set a time. Albers would put his car in the gravel bringing out the yellow flags.

Giancarlo would go fastest with a time of 1m:15.694. Michael and Rubens were in second and third. Nick and Mark wee now down in eighth and ninth, over two seconds slower than the fastest car. Giancarlo would improve with a time of 1m:15.605. With the session about to finish Ralf would move into third with a time of 1m:15.934.

Coulthard was now sixth with a 1m:16.323, while Montoya moved into seventh with a 1m:16.560. Michael would improve with a 1m:15.631 but was still in second. Alonso did not set a time during this session.