The second free practice session at Magny-Cours has seen the Renault of Fernando Alonso finish on top. The Spanish driver finished a fraction ahead of the Ferrari of Felipe Massa, who was once again quicker than his team-mate, Raikkonen. The McLaren of Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top four.
Sebastien Vettel had an impressive run during the afternoon and managed to finish the session with the fifth quickest time, just ahead of the BMW-Sauber of Robert Kubica.
The second session of the day was more exciting than the first with more drama throughout. Hamilton, Trulli and Massa all took high-speed excursions across the gravel at Estoril. Trulli escaped with no visible damage to the car; Hamilton s mistake meant a pit-stop to change his front wing; Massa s mistake left no damage to the car but ruined his soft tyre run.
Trulli, Piquet and Sutil all had trips on the exit of Imola although all three drivers managed to escape the barriers and were able to continue on with their sessions unscathed.
Unofficial Times for Practice Session 2 at Magny-Cours:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso Renault 1:15.778 37 2. Massa Ferrari 1:15.854 + 0.076 24 3. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.999 + 0.221 42 4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.232 + 0.454 29 5. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.298 + 0.520 42 6. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.317 + 0.539 35 7. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.340 + 0.562 36 8. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.458 + 0.680 43 9. Piquet Renault 1:16.543 + 0.765 39 10. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:16.572 + 0.794 36 11. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.682 + 0.904 42 12. Trulli Toyota 1:16.743 + 0.965 43 13. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.758 + 0.980 42 14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.002 + 1.224 32 15. Glock Toyota 1:17.092 + 1.314 39 16. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.106 + 1.328 38 17. Button Honda 1:17.244 + 1.466 37 18. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.394 + 1.616 42 19. Barrichello Honda 1:17.591 + 1.813 27 20. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:17.868 + 2.090 33
