Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya finished the first two free practice sessions of the 2006 Formula One season with the 12th and 13th fastest times of the afternoon respectively. Kimi completed 16 laps with a fastest time of 1m33.577 and Juan completed 21 laps with a fastest time of 1m33.726. Kimi suffered an electrical problem with 20 minutes to go in the second session.

KIMI RAIKKONEN “We didn't do too much in the first session, and then this afternoon we were carrying out Michelin tyre comparisons. Unfortunately I stopped on track due to a suspected electrical problem towards the end of the last session, which meant that we did not manage to complete our programme, so we will have to wait and see where we are tomorrow.”

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA“The normal Friday tyre evaluation work. I am still not satisfied with the outcome of the first practice day, so we will have to continue our work in tomorrow's free practice session to improve our package in order to be in with a chance of a good qualifying result. The race should be a different story."

RON DENNIS“We prioritised on track time which saw us evaluating tyres on a less than perfect circuit. Anyone running new tyres in the afternoon improved on lap times, which supplemented by different fuel loads made for a very mixed and confusing order. We suffered an electrical problem on Kimi's car which disrupted the end of his second practice. We are now looking forward to tomorrow's new format qualifying.”

NORBERT HAUG“We went through our race set up programme. Kimi experienced an electrical problem after 40 minutes into the second free practice. Our lap times looked consistent. Tomorrow's qualifying with a new format will be interesting and give us a first indication of where we really stand compared to our competition.”

Session 2 Driver  Constructor  Time  Anthony Davidson  Honda Racing  1m31.353   Michael Schumacher  Scuderia Ferrari  1m31.751   Alex Wurz  Williams F1  1m31.764   Felipe Massa  Scuderia Ferrari  1m32.175   Fernando Alonso  Renault  1m32.538   Tonio Luizzi  Toro Rosso  1m32.703   Robert Doornbos  Red Bull Racing  1m32.926   Giancarlo Fisichella  Renault  1m33.215   Jenson Button  Honda Racing  1m33.226   Robert Kubica  BMW Sauber  1m33.244   Christian Klien  Red Bull Racing  1m33.557   Kimi Raikkonen  Team McLaren Mercedes  1m33.577   Juan Pablo Montoya  Team McLaren Mercedes  1m33.726   Nick Heidfeld  BMW Sauber  1m33.848   Neel Jani  Toro Rosso  1m33.900   Scott Speed  Toro Rosso  1m34.284   Mark Webber  Williams F1  1m34.333   Rubens Barrichello  Honda Racing  1m34.384   David Coulthard  Red Bull Racing  1m34.432   Tiago Monteiro  MF1 Racing  1m34.459   Nico Rosberg  Williams F1  1m34.953   Ralf Schumacher  Toyota  1m35.170   Markus Winkelhock  MF1 Racing  1m35.686   Jarno Trulli  Toyota  1m35.898   Jacques Villeneuve  BMW Sauber  1m36.264   Christijan Albers  MF1 Racing  1m36.314   Takuma Sato  Super Aguri  1m37.588   Yuji Ide  Super Aguri  1m39.021

Session 1

 Driver  Constructor  Time  Robert Kubica  BMW Sauber  1m32.183   Alex Wurz  Williams F1  1m32.219   Kimi Raikkonen  Team McLaren Mercedes  1m33.401   Michael Schumacher  Scuderia Ferrari  1m33.422   Christian Klien  Red Bull Racing  1m34.858   Neel Jani  Toro Rosso  1m34.875   Juan Pablo Montoya  Team McLaren Mercedes  1m34.902   Felipe Massa  Scuderia Ferrari  1m34.922   David Coulthard  Red Bull Racing  1m35.016   Tonio Luizzi  Toro Rosso  1m35.078   Robert Doornbos  Red Bull Racing  1m35.290   Scott Speed  Toro Rosso  1m35.369   Tiago Monteiro  MF1 Racing  1m36.560   Christijan Albers  MF1 Racing  1m36.922   Markus Winkelhock  MF1 Racing  1m37.909   Takuma Sato  Super Aguri  1m38.141   Yuji Ide  Super Aguri  1m40.766