McLaren-Mercedes team mate David Coulthard remained
second fastest with his time from the first session, while Fernando
Alonso found some more time in the Renault and ended up third quickest.
Coulthard had minor excursion at Turn 6 and then Turn 7, but without
damaging his MP4-17D.
Michael Schumacher was still clearly concentrating
on his race set-up, as witnessed by a fourth quickest time fully
two second slower than he managed in Friday's opening qualifying
session.
Cristiano da Matta continued to impress for Toyota
with fifth fastest time overall, while team mate Olivier Panis languished
down in 12th place on from the first session after being stranded
with what looked like a blown engine.
Jarno Trulli also failed to improve on his morning
time, while the first Williams-BMW was seventh fastest in the hands
of Juan Pablo Montoya. Jenson Button's BAR-Honda was next up, ahead
of Rubens Barrichello's Ferrari. Ralf Schumacher in the second Williams
completed the top 10.