McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen first out onto the and he would quickly set a competitive time, a lap of 1m:23.183. He was joined by Jaguar's mark Webber and Toyota's Olivier Panis. Webber would move into second.

Renault's Jarno Trulli would pass Raikkonen and move to the top of the times, while team-mate Alonso was an early third. Panis had already covered five laps after being forced to sit out most of the earlier practice session. Both WilliamsF1 drivers would take to the track, joined by both Ferrari's.

Sauber's Frentzen would be fifth while Toyota's Christiano da Matta was now in an excellent fourth. McLaren's David Coulthard was in fifth with about twenty minutes of the session run.

Michael Schumacher would continues his excellent form by claiming the fastest time on his first flying lap. Barrichello would move into fourth on his first run in the second Ferrari. For Olivier Panis he would have a moment in his Toyota as he would leave the track and fly across the grass before returning to the pits.

Marc Gene would begin his first quick lap finishing in ninth. Michael Schumacher would return to the pits while team-mate Rubens would move in to second. For Juan Pablo he was still in the pits after completing just three laps. He would return to the track and move into seventh.

With just over fifteen minutes of the session run Kimi Raikkonen would set the fastest time, improving in the first and last sectors. Panis would move into sixth behind BAR's Jenson Button.

But it would be Juan Pablo who would take the lead by over half a second. Marc gene would also improve moving up to fifth. Juan Pablo was the only one under 1m:22. McLaren's David Coulthard had only covered three laps and was only fourteenth.

Barrichello would go out on a quick lap but would be 0.3 behind after sector one, losing another 0.4 in sector two. Team-mate Michael would return to the track ending just one tenth behind Juan Pablo. Raikkonen was now in third but Coulthard would improve to be fifth just one tenth ahead of Gene. With just over three minutes to run in the session Juan Pablo was on a very quick lap with a 26.0 at sector one, but he would abort the lap and return to his garage.

After an encouraging start to the session Toyota's Olivier Panis would stop his car on the track with engine failure. Panis's car would be in a difficult position bringing out the red flag. The marshals would have a job cleaning up the oil from the blown Toyota V10. Panis was in seventh prior to his engine failure. Barrichello would improve but would remain in fourth. Renault's Trulli and Alonso were eighth and tenth.

The session was restarted with just three minutes left to run, but only a few drivers would take to the track. One such driver was Marc Gene and in the final minutes he would cross the line in third, and excellent job done by the Spaniard.

So with the session ending it would be BMW WilliamsF1's Juan Pablo Montoya who would be fastest prior to this afternoons qualifying, backed up very well by his team-mate Gene.