Length: 4.381 km
Number of Laps: 70 (306.663 Km)
Best Lap: M. Schumacher - 1'19''071 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole: M. Schumacher - 1'19''146 (2004, Ferrari)
2005 Pole: M. Schumacher - 1'19''882 (Ferrari)
2005 Podium: K. Raikkonen - M. Schumacher - R. Schumacher

They were without sparring partner Robert Kubica, the BMW driver in a race seat this weekend in place of the injured Jacques Villeneuve, and one of ten drivers not to set a time.

In the end, though, it was Kimi Raikkonen in the improving Mclaren Mercedes who set the fastest time, a 1;21.624 that will be easily eclipsed as the rubber lays onto this notorious dustbowl, comfortably ahead of Davidson’s Honda (1;22.396).

Michael Schumacher put in a couple of late efforts to clock third fastest time (1:22.499) with Pedro de la Rosa fourth quickest in the second McLaren.

The remainder were the usual mix of test drivers – Wurz, Robert Doornbos (Red Bull) and Marcus Winkelhock for Midland all in the top ten, with Neel Jani’s Toro Rosso in eleventh place – and race drivers getting a feel for the circuit, with both Honda’s (Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button) and Toyota’s (Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher) having a look later on.

Neither Williams, Renault, BMW-Sauber or the Red Bull race drivers attempted to venture out.

This afternoon’s session may give us a better idea of the status quo here in Hungary.