Fastest time during the 2nd Friday practice in 2000 - Michael Schumacher - 1:21.982

Spanish GP - 2nd Friday Practice Session

Session over with David Coulthard fastest ahead of Eddie Irvine and Rubens Barrichello. Olivier Panis, Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen make the top 6.

60 min: Panis moves to 4th!

60 min: Mika Hakkinen stops on the track then resumes?.

59 min: Michael Schumacher moves into 4th place still 0.77 seconds behind Coulthard.

59 min: Final run  as Coulthard goes out on the track.

58 min: Ralf Schumacher misses a corner!

57 min: Michael Schumacher is back on the track while Hakkinen goes into the gravel but recovers.

56 min: Eddie Irvine is up in 2nd place with a time of 1:20.615. Villeneuve improves to 8th.

55 min: With 5 minutes to go, all the top 10 runners are on the track with the exception of Coulthard and Michael Schumacher.

52 min: Top 10 - Coulthard (1:20.107), Barrichello, Hakkinen, M Schumacher, de la Rosa, R Schumacher, Panis, Irvine, Villeneuve and Trulli.

50 min: Michael Schumacher has covered 20 laps already during this session alone compared to 14 for Coulthard and 10 for Hakkinen.

48 min: Rubens Barrichello has only covered 6 laps this session. He is still in 2nd place but lost valuable set-up time.

46 min: Eddie Irvine finally replies to de la Rosa's time and moves up into 8th place splitting the BAR's.

45 min: David Coulthard is almost 2 seconds faster than the best time on Friday of last year. Qualifying will be in the low 1:19's or even in the 1:18's.

43 min: Eddie Irvine is still in 19th place obviously struggling while his new team-mate is in 5th place..

42 min: Top 10 - Coulthard (1:20.107), Barrichello, Hakkinen, M Schumacher, de la Rosa, R Schumacher, Panis, Villeneuve, Trulli and Raikkonen.

39 min: Jacques Villeneuve moves into 8th just behind Panis. Both BAR's are ahead of the 2 Jordan's

37 min: Ralf Schumacher does a few laps but fails to improve.

35 min: Top 10 - Coulthard (1:20.107), Barrichello, Hakkinen, M Schumacher, de la Rosa, R Schumacher, Panis, Trulli, Raikkonen and Heidfeld.

34 min: Luciano Burti on his debut with Prost is back in 21st place between the 2 Minardis. 

33 min: Engine failure for Montoya. Another unlucky day for the Colombian. 

32 min: Olivier Panis improves to 7th and is now the fastest Honda runner.

31 min: Enrique Bernoldi improves to 13th ahead of his team-mate. Eddie Irvine is struggling in 18th while de la Rosa on his debut is 5th fastest!

30 min: Top 10 - Coulthard (1:20.107), Barrichello, Hakkinen, M Schumacher, de la Rosa, R Schumacher, Trulli, Raikkonen,  Heidfeld and Panis.

28 min: Pedro de la Rosa goes 5th fastest in the Jaguar! He is now the fastest Michelin runner.

27 min: Kimi Raikkonen takes 8th place from his team-mate Nick Heidfeld. Those two are very close.

26 min: Mika Hakkinen takes third spot from Michael Schumacher.

25 min: Villeneuve improves to 14th, 2.9 seconds off the pace.

24 min: Jenson Button improves to 15th from 21st.

23 min: Jacques Villeneuve finally goes out on the track this session and so does Irvine.

22 min: Fernando Alonso improves into 20th ahead of Jenson Button.

21 min: Top 10 - Coulthard (1:20.107), Barrichello, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, de la Rosa, Trulli, Heidfeld, Panis and Montoya.

20 min: Tarso Marques goes off into the gravel. Session over for him. He is in 22nd place.

20 min: David Coulthard improves on his first place with a time of 1:20.107.

19 min: Pedro de la Rosa moves into the top 6 in the Jaguar!

18 min: Jos Verstappen finally get in a quick lap and moves to 12th place with a time of 1:22.962

17 min: Nick Heidfeld improves into 7th place just behind Trulli.

16 min: Jarno Trulli takes 6th place from Panis. His time is over 1.2 seconds slower than Coulthard's time.

15 min: Still no change in the top 10. Order - Coulthard (1:20.388), Barrichello, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Panis, Montoya, Trulli, Frentzen and Heidfeld.

12 min: Jean Alesi improves into 16th place. Villeneuve and Irvine have yet to go out. Both suffered mechanical problems in the morning session.

10 min: Jenson Button improves to 19th while Luciano Burti improves in 18th place.

7 min: There are no improvements in the top 10 so far. Order - Coulthard (1:20.388), Barrichello, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Panis, Montoya, Trulli, Frentzen and Heidfeld.

6 min: Jenson Button also improves to 20th place ahead of both Minardis now.

5 min: Giancarlo Fisichella is the first to improve as he moves to 11th place with a time of 1:22.971

4 min: No improvements on the times yet.

3 min: Mika Hakkinen and Ralf Schumacher go out on the track as well.

2 min: More drivers are out on the track including Montoya and Coulthard.

1 min: Both Jordans and Olivier Panis from BAR go out. All three didn't cover many laps in the first session.

Session underway. 

The first session saw David Coulthard put in a stunning time on the very first lap. We'll see if the times will drop further during this session. Session starting in 5 minutes.

The temperature has gone up to 17 degrees and there are less clouds in the sky. Session starting in 10 minutes.

Session starting at 1:00 PM local time. That is 11:00 AM GMT, click here for the local time at Barcelona now