French GP Practice 2: Massa over Raikkonen

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen again topped the session speed charts in second practice Friday for the French Grand Prix at Magny Cours.

Massa's time of 1:15.453 was only 0.035 seconds quicker than Raikkonen, who had topped the times in the morning. The Ferrari squad appears to be back on form but the real surprises of the day were Scott Speed and Antonito Liuzzi who were and uncharacteristically 3rd and 5th fastest as both fight to save their jobs.

American Scott Speed was a surprise third quickest for the Toro Rosso team, with his teammate Tonio Liuzzi posting the fifth fastest time of the day as the Italian squad completed their strongest performance of the year.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Massa Ferrari 1:15.453 38
2. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.488 + 0.035 28
3. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.773 + 0.320 21
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.780 + 0.327 36
5. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.952 + 0.499 40
6. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:15.958 + 0.505 36
7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.003 + 0.550 39
8. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.049 + 0.596 32
9. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:16.162 + 0.709 25
10. R.Schumacher Toyota 1:16.184 + 0.731 41
11. Fisichella Renault 1:16.205 + 0.752 43
12. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.236 + 0.783 42
13. Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:16.260 + 0.807 38
14. Trulli Toyota 1:16.285 + 0.832 46
15. Button Honda 1:16.395 + 0.942 43
16. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:16.562 + 1.109 17
17. Kovalainen Renault 1:16.735 + 1.282 40
18. Barrichello Honda 1:16.950 + 1.497 47
19. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.968 + 1.515 18
20. Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:17.165 + 1.712 49
21. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:18.213 + 2.760 32
22. Albers Spyker-Ferrari 1:18.708 + 3.255 9