Three minutes into the session and everyone has been out except for Barrichello, Montoya and Frentzen.

Pizzonia posts the first time of the day but it's way off yesterday's pace, 1:24.942. Moments later Ralf Schumacher goes quicker only for brother to post the first serious time of the session, 1:22.929.

Next time around Michael posts best time of day in the first sector but doesn't do anything special in the next two, he did this quite a lot yesterday.

Jenson Button goes third with a 1:24.628 with team-mate Villeneuve slotting in right behind him, Nick Heidfeld (sixth) is the only other driver to post a time.

1:23.925 sees Button go second albeit almost a second off Schumacher's pace.

Pizzonia goes fifth as Toyota stars da Matta and Panis go ninth and tenth, the Frenchman was impressive yesterday.

1:23.401 sees Rubens Barrichello go second quickest only to be pipped moments later by fellow South American Juan Pablo Montoya.

Ten minutes into the session and everyone has been out though only eleven drivers have posted times. da Matta improves to sixth, the Toyotas really are looking good this weekend, are they finally going to live up to the early promise shown before the season began?

A flurry of activity sees Raikkonen go fourth only to see Trulli leapfrog him then Rubens Barrichello go quickest with a 1:22.397. Like his team-mate Rubens is fastest in the first sector, that includes the difficult Becketts section.

Coulthard goes fifth with a 1:23.888 as Fisichella goes fourteenth, the Italian seems to get more despondent with each race that passes.

With one third of the session over the order is Barrichello ahead of Michael, Montoya, Trulli, Coulthard, Button, Raikkonen, Ralf, da Matta and Villeneuve. Only Alonso and Webber have yet to post times, and we all know what they're capable of.

1:23.602, the Spaniard goes fourth as Webber can only manage (a relatively disappointing) fourteenth.

Villeneuve improves to fifth with a 1:23.591, BAR boss David Richards has said that he'll have decided his 2004 line-up by the end of this month, if Jacques wants to retain his seat (though not his salary), now is the time to show (once again) what he's made of.

The two Minardis are stone last, both over four seconds off the pace, with the two Jordans just ahead of them, the yellow cars are both over 2.7s off the pace.

Michael Schumacher improves his time but remains second, he's still 0.4s off his team-mate's pace.

Villeneuve has a massive moment, the BAR is oversteering like crazy but the former World Champions controls it.

The Toyotas are running twelfth and fifteenth not as good as yesterday, though Panis goes eleventh quickest with his next lap.

With fifteen minutes remaining the order is Barrichello ahead of Schumacher, Montoya, Alonso, Villeneuve, Ralf, Trulli, Coulthard, Button and Raikkonen.

The two Ferraris are on track, the Italian team clearly has no intention of allowing WilliamsF1 to continue its recent winning streak.

Nick Heidfeld improves to tenth, the Saubers really haven't been too impressive this year, though much is expected of the Swiss team in 2004.

1:25.044 sees Firman improve to seventeenth ahead of his team-mate but still 2.6s off the pace. Fellow Bridgestone user Michael Schumacher also improves but remains second, he's now got the gap down to 0.354.

Jarno Trulli appears to be on a good lap but it's Kimi Raikkonen that shoots to the top of the timesheets with a 1:22.263, beating Barrichello's best by 0.134s. Meanwhile Schumacher improves yet again, but now remains third.

Webber improves but remains tenth as Villeneuve has a major engine problem and stops in the first sector, bet he's looking forward to next season's 'one engine' rule, especially if he's with BAR-Honda.

In the dying moments everyone tries to find that little something extra, but it's not happening, Raikkonen ends the session quickest ahead of Barrichello, Michael, Montoya, Alonso, Villeneuve, Ralf, Trulli, Coulthard and Webber.

Not the most exciting of sessions though it's during the next forty-five minute 'work out' that drivers will attempt to find the perfect set up for this afternoon's 'golden hour'.