Rosberg only 11th in final European practice

With Alex Wurz setting the fastest times in both of the Friday practice sessions the WilliamsF1 team would have the final Saturday practice session in which to make any final decisions regarding setup. Both Nico and Mark had a lot to do in regard to tyre choice after their rather inconclusive Friday practice.

With the start of the session it would be the Super Aguri's of Sato and Montagny first out. They were joined by Monteiro. Jarno Trulli would also come out, trying to make up for the time he lost on Friday with a vibration problem. The second MF1 of Albers was also out. Sato and Monteiro would pit. Ralf Schumacher was also out on the circuit. Montagny would set the first time with a 1m:39.382. Trulli would go quicker with a 1m:36.783, with five minutes of the session run. Coulthard was now out on the circuit. Ralf would go fastest with a 1m:35.886.

Trulli would improve his time moving ahead of Ralf with a 1m:35.083. Montagny would improve his time but was a massive 2.625 seconds behind Trulli. Ralf would move into the 1m:35 seconds, with a 1m:35.254 while Coulthard was third with a 1m:35.404. Trulli would pit while Heidfeld came out for his first run of the session. He was joined by team-mate Villeneuve. Scott Speed and Montoya were also out on the circuit. Coulthard would pit but team-mate Klien would head out.

Nico was now out on the circuit, joined by Liuzzi. With fifteen minutes of the session run only four drivers had set a time. Heidfeld was now fourth with a 1m:35.592. Villeneuve was in sixth. Speed was now in fifth, 1m:37.129, while Montoya was seventh. Klien was now in fourth with a 1m:35.477. On his next lap Heidfeld would move into second, 1m:35.173. Trulli was back out on the circuit. Mark was now out on the circuit joining Nico. Nico was in tenth with a 1m:37.335. The second McLaren of Raikkonen was now out.

Villeneuve would move ahead of team-mate Heidfeld taking second fastest, 1m:35.094. Montoya would pit. Michael Schumacher would make his first appearance of the morning. Klien was now fastest with a 1m:34.722. Nico was now in eighth, 1m:36.091, while Mark was in tenth, 1m:36.701. Both of the Renault's were now out on the circuit, joined by Barrichello. Kimi was now in second with a 1m:34.737. Trulli would improve his time, 1m:34.750, but remained in third. But it would be the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher who would go fastest with a 1M;33.605 to be 1.1 seconds ahead of Klien. Raikkonen had a spin at Turn two but was able to continue.

Alonso was now in second, 1m:34.206. Team-mate Fisichella was in ninth. Nico was now in twelfth while Mark was two places further back. Ralf would move into third with a 1m:34.592. But the second Ferrari of Massa would move ahead of his more experienced team-mate with a time of 1m:32.823. Coulthard was now second with a 1m:32.986, making it three Ferrari powered cars at the front. Nico and Mark had fallen further down the order with Nico fifteenth and Mark seventeenth. Button was now out while Fisichella would spin his car into the gravel but kept going. Both Nico and Mark had returned to their pits. They were joined by Fisichella who would have his car looked at after his spin.

Alonso was fourth followed by Trulli, Ralf, Klien, Raikkonen, Fisichella, and Villeneuve. Trulli had moved from eighth to fifth. With half the session remaining only a handful of cars were on the track. Newcomer Montagny was in fifteenth, ahead of both of the WilliamsF1 cars. Heidfeld had improved to now be in ninth. At the front it would be Klien who would move ahead of Massa to be fastest with a 1m:32.596. Mark was now heading back out. Button and Barrichello were in twelfth and fifteenth. Montoya was back out and on his first alp would move into fourth with a 1m:32.989. But the McLaren driver would be pushed down one spot when Mark would put in a really quick lap to move into second, 1m:32.711. Nico was now back out while Mark would pit. No one had yet gone faster than Wurz's Friday time of 1m:32.079.

Both of the Ferrari's were back out, joined by Alonso. On his first lap Nico would put in a very quick lap to move ahead of Klien, 1m:32.459. But is the pace of the WilliamsF1 cars coming from running a low fuel load? mark was now in third followed by Massa, Heidfeld, and Michael. Raikkonen would put in a quick lap moving into second, 1m:32.480. Both Nico and Mark had now pitted. Only Raikkonen, Michael, Coulthard, Alonso, and Fisichella were out on the circuit with under twenty minutes remaining. Mark was now in fifth.

Nico's time at the top would end with Alonso moving ahead of the WilliamsF1 driver, 1m:32.438, after been down in eighth. mark was back out on the circuit. But Liuzzi would move ahead of the Renault with a 1m:32.290. The Honda's of Barrichello and Button were down in seventeenth and eighteenth with just over ten minutes remaining. Rubens would improve this situation moving in sixth with a 1m:32.534. Button was now also heading out. Jenson would start a quick lap and a quick lap it would be putting him fastest with a 1m:32.104.

Nico and mark were both out with Nico in fourth and Mark ninth. Michael was on a quick lap, fastest in first two sectors. He would finish his lap moving ahead of Button with a time of 1m:30.788. This was 1.316 seconds ahead of the Honda. Massa was now in second, 1m:31.093, in a strong showing from the Ferrari team. With only minutes remaining both Nico and Mark were back in their pits. Klien was in fourth followed by Liuzzi, Alonso, Nico, Raikkonen, Barrichello, and mark making the top ten. Villeneuve would put his BMW Sauber into third, 1m:31.531. Fisichella was now in fourth, 1mm:31.584. But Ralf would move ahead of them with a 1m:31.395 to now be in third.

With the end of the session Nico would finish down in eleventh and Mark fourteenth. The top ten would be Michael followed by Massa, Ralf, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alonso, Button, Klien, Liuzzi, and Raikkonen.