Wurz fastest in second Friday European practice

WilliamsF1's Alex Wurz would finish fastest in first Friday practice session for the European Grand Prix. Neither team-mates Nico Rosberg or Mark Webber would take to the track during the session, again supporting the view that the team is protecting their Cosworth engines from excessive use.

With the start of the session it would be Monteiro first out followed by Robert Doornbos, Alex Wurz, Sato, Jani, Sutil and Kubica. They would be joined by Jacques Villeneuve and Nick Heidfeld. Scott Speed was also out followed by Anthony Davidson. Adrian Sutil would set the early fastest time while the BMW Sauber's would pit after their installation lap. They would be joined by Wurz and Kubica. With Massa taking to the track Davidson would go fastest from Sutil and Albers.

Liuzzi was now second while Raikkonen and Ralf Schumacher came out for their first runs. Massa was now quickest as both Montoya and Nico Rosberg took to the circuit. It looks like the WilliamsF1 team are ready to give their drivers more time on the track in this second session. Raikkonen was now third while Kubica moved into second with Davidson now third ahead of Raikkonen. For WilliamsF1's Alex Wurz he was now in second. team-mate Rosberg would move into the top spot making it a WilliamsF1 one-two.

Montoya was now in eighth, but on his next lap he would be fifth. So with fifteen minutes of the session run we would see both Alonso and Fisichella come out for what should be their first timed laps. They were joined by Montagny. Nico would lower his time by a tenth while Fisichella's first lap would see him in ninth.

The second Renault of Alonso was now in second behind Rosberg. Michael Schumacher was out on the circuit. On his next lap Alonso would go fastest while Fisichella was now in sixth. Nico would pit while Michael would move into fifth. Barrichello was now out on the circuit. Michael's first lap would see him second fastest, a tenth behind Alonso. Fisichella was now in fourth. Mark Webber would come out to make his first appearance of the day. Alonso would return to his pit. Rubens would return to his pit while Mark's first lap would see him in ninth. Button was on the circuit.

With thirty minutes of the session remaining Nico would come back out while Trulli would pit without setting a time. Kubica was now fourth fastest while Button's first laps would see him in twelfth. His next lap would see him in fifth behind Kubica, Davidson, Schumacher and Alonso. Alex would move into third while Kimi was back out while Montoya would pit. Alonso and Michael Schumacher would return to the circuit. Fisichella was in eighth. Kimi would move into twelfth but would improve to be ninth. Alonso would return to his pits.

With just over fifteen minutes remaining Ralf Schumacher would move into fourth while Trulli would head back out. But he would quickly return to his garage. Doornbos moved into fourth. Alex would pit after making some longer runs. Albers was now in eleventh while Alonso and Schumacher headed back out. With just over five minutes Alonso would go fastest with a 1m:33.579. Michael was second with a 1m:33.619. But with the final minutes counting down Alex would come out and start his final lap to finish fastest with a time of 1m:32.675. Despite been fastest this was slower than his earlier time of 1m:32.079.

With the end of the session Alex was fastest from Alonso, Michael Schumacher, Doornbos, Davidson, Ralf Schumacher and Button. WilliamsF1 team-mates Nico Rosberg and mark Webber were in eleventh and sixteenth positions. But both drivers had certainly completed more laps than in previous Friday practice sessions with Nico and Mark completing nineteen and fourteen laps respectively.