2009 GERMAN GP: HAMILTON AGAIN FASTEST

Lewis Hamilton raised hopes that McLaren's resurgence might be under way by topping practice for a second consecutive session at the Nurburgring. Hamilton emerged on top at the end of the early long runs - leading the field by a full second at one point - and then went quicker still when everyone switched to soft tyres for the final runs. The world champion was even able to sit out the final minutes in the pits, and watch his 1m31.121s time remain unbeaten.

Fernando Alonso took second place for Renault, 0.219s behind Hamilton, despite a quick spin in the arena section on his last lap. Felipe Massa repeated his Friday morning third place in the Ferrari, ahead of Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, and his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. Championship leader Brawn had a troubled session. Jenson Button was only 11th, and complained over the radio of difficulty with low tyre temperatures and locking front brakes. His team-mate Rubens Barrichello spent the first half of the hour in the pits while an electrical problem was attended to, before emerging to take 14th.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time              Laps
1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:31.121           16
2.  Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:31.340 + 0.219   18
3.  Massa         Ferrari              (B)  1:31.351 + 0.230   20
4.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:31.542 + 0.421   17
5.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:31.610 + 0.489   16
6.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:31.615 + 0.494   19
7.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:31.620 + 0.499   23
8.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:31.690 + 0.569   20
9.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:31.731 + 0.610   20
10. Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:31.928 + 0.807   21
11. Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:32.009 + 0.888   22
12. Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:32.022 + 0.901   20
13. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:32.104 + 0.983   20
14. Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:32.124 + 1.003   13
15. Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:32.135 + 1.014   21
16. Piquet        Renault              (B)  1:32.223 + 1.102   15
17. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:32.239 + 1.118   23
18. Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:32.269 + 1.148   20
19. Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:32.742 + 1.621   18
20. Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:32.883 + 1.762   21