The final practice session for the French Grand Prix produced a disappointing result for the BMW WilliamsF1 team. Mark and Nick were both outside the top ten with Mark in twelfth and Nick in fifteenth. Their chances of doing well in this afternoon's qualifying, based on these times, does not look very good. what is even more frustrating is that the FW27 is running with further improvements that are meant to improve its speed.

With the drivers having to contend with damp conditions in the first Saturday practice session most drivers would limit their track time, the Ferrari team did not even send their cars out on an installation lap. The fourth practice session was run under similar temperatures.

The first driver to take to the track was McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen. He would set the first time of the session setting a time of 1m:16.308, with the conditions improved markedly over the earlier session. He would improve this with a 1m:16.251. Also coming out were Sato, Freisacher, Villeneuve, Button, Coulthard, and Montoya.

Sato would set a time of 1m:22.110 on his first lap. Others would also set times with Montoya in second with a 1m:18.605. Sato would improve with a 1m:18.521 to move into second. But Coulthard would take this spot with a time of 1m:18.224. Montoya would improve with a 1m:17.801 to take second. Button was in fifth with a 1m:18.229, while the Sauber's of Massa and Villeneuve were seventh and eighth.

Villeneuve would improve to now be in third while Mark Webber was in ninth. It was all happening as the drivers set times that would see the order change rapidly. Villeneuve was in second with a 1m:17.716 but Montoya would make it a McLaren 1-2 with a time of 1m:17.267. As the track improved the times would come down with Coulthard now in second with a 1m:17.182.

Mark was in eighth with a 1m:18.394. Both Ferrari's, Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher, had left their garages for the first time today. Montoya was back in second with Rubens and Michael now in fourth and fifth. Massa would split the two red cars with a time of 1m:17.476 to go fifth fastest. Klein was now in fifth with a 1m:17.387 while Alonso had moved into second with a 1m:16.826.

Barrichello would improve to now be in third with a 1m:16.964. Fernando would improve his time with a 1m:16.393 to close the gap to Kimi. Mark was now down in fifteenth, while Nick had yet to set a time. Trulli was now in fifth with twenty five minutes of the session remaining. Ralf Schumacher was in eighth. Trulli would move into third with a time of 1m:16.792. Michael was in sixth and Coulthard seventh. Fisichella was in tenth.

Nick would take to the track joined by Raikkonen. Giancarlo would improve to now be in fourth with a time of 1m:16.858. Nick's first lap would see him set a time of 1m:19.704 to be seventeenth. Kimi was out to keep his fastest lap time as he would lower his time with a 1m:15.483. Alonso and Fisichella were now in second and third with Trulli fourth.

Mark and Nick were down the order in sixteenth and seventeenth, with both drivers some 3.0 seconds slower than the quickest time. Both drivers had failed to set speeds that would see their names listed. Nick would reverse their order moving ahead of Mark in the times. Ralf was now in seventh, with brother Michael eighth. Nick was now in fifteenth with fifteen minutes remaining. Button was in thirteenth.

Trulli was able to get ahead of Fisichella to now be in third, with a time of 1m:16.498. Ralf would join his Toyota team-mate at the front moving into fourth with a time of 1m:16.715. Mark was now in fourteenth with both WilliamsF1 drivers struggling to set a competitive time. Montoya was now on a quick lap and would jump to the top of the times with a 1m:15.223. The McLaren's were looking very strong. Button was now in ninth. Michael was now in fifth with Fisichella sixth.

Giancarlo was able to improve to move into third with a 1m:16.102, with ten minutes remaining. Both WilliamsF1 drivers had only completed nine laps. With five minutes left their would be the usual flurry of activity as drivers went for a final quick lap prior to this afternoon's qualifying. The first to set a quick time was Barrichello who would go fastest with a time of 1m:15.218. Kimi was on a quick lap and would finish with a time of 1m:14.649 to take back the quickest spot.

But it would be Ralf who would move into first with a time of 1m:14.603. Alonso was now in third, followed by Rubens, Montoya, and Trulli. Sato was now in fourth with a time of 1m:15.177. Ralf's time at the top would be short as Fisichella would go fastest with a time of 1m:14.466. Both Mark and Nick were on quick laps. Michael was now in fifth. Nick would set a time of 1m:16.372 to be in fifteenth. Mark was now in twelfth with a time of 1m:16.080 as the session came to a close.