Webber seventh in final Turkish practice

For the BMW WilliamsF1 team after having seen both drivers set encouraging times in the third practice session things did not go as well in the final practice. Mark Webber was in seventh but Nick Heidfeld had dropped down the order to be in thirteenth.

The fourth practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix would see nearly ten minutes pass before a car would take to the track. Then we would see Monteiro, Trulli, Klein, both Ralf and Michael Schumacher, and Raikkonen all come out for their installation laps. Both Doornbos and Karthikeyan would also take to the track. Eventually we would also see both Renault's out, joined by both BAR's. The first driver to go fastest was Red Bull's Christian Klein with a 1m:28.835. Behind him was Ralf with a 1m:29.413. Next was Monteiro followed by Doornbos, Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher, and Trulli. Nick Heidfeld was also out on the circuit.

Ralf would go fastest with a time of 1m:28.281, with Michael next. But Kimi would go fastest with a time of 1m:26.978. Fisichella was now in third and Montoya fourth. Michael was down in fifth. Klein would jump into second with a time of 1m:27.919 and Trulli was now third with a 1m:28.062. But Alonso was now in second with a 1m:27.389. Michael was to have a spin in what is turning out to be a very difficult weekend for him.

But continuing his performance from the previous session Montoya would go fastest with a1m:26.748. Nick was in sixth with 1m:28.018. Button and Sato were in ninth and tenth. Fisichella was now in third with a 1m:27.240 just ahead of team-mate Alonso. Mark Webber's first lap would see him in fifth with a 1m:27.597.

With just over twenty five minutes remaining the top ten was Montoya,
Raikkonen, Fisichella, Button, Alonso, Sato, Webber, Coulthard, Klein, and Heidfeld. Button would move into second with a 1m:26.922, to be just 0.174 behind Juan Pablo. Barrichello was down in seventeenth with a 1m:33.402, 6.654 seconds off the pace. The Toyota's of Trulli and Ralf Schumacher were in
eleventh and twelfth. Michael was in thirteenth. Rubens would improve his time, a 1m:28.813, but was now only in fifteenth.

With twenty minutes left in the session there was only a handful of cars out on the track, including the Renault of Alonso. He would improve his time, 1m:27.317, but remained in sixth behind Sato. With just over fifteen minutes remaining Mark had inly completed three laps and Nick five. It was plain to see that they were limiting the mileage on their BMW engines which were seeing their second race weekend. Ralf was now in ninth with a 1m:27.864. He would improve to now be in seventh with a 1m:27.556. Mark and Nick were now in eighth and eleventh. Nick would spin off the track late in the session as he was attempting a quick lap.

It would be Jenson Button who would set a new fastest lap time, 1m:26.559, to move ahead of Montoya and Raikkonen. Massa was now in tenth with a 1m:27.829 pushing Nick down one place. Mark was back out on the track and he would improve his time to now be in seventh, 1m:27.335, with five minutes left in the session.

There would be the usual flood of cars returning to the track in the final minutes. On his first lap Kimi would move back to the top of the times with a 1m:26.286. Alonso was now in third with a 1m:26.627. Kimi would improve his time with a 1m:26.120, with just over a minute left. With the end of the session the top ten was Raikkonen from Button, Alonso, Montoya, Fisichella, Sato, Webber, Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard and Massa. Nick was down in thirteenth.