Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest time of the session ahead of team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya and David Coulthard. M Schumacher, Button, Trulli, Heidfeld, Hakkinen, Barrichello and Villeneuve make the top 10.

45 min: Villeneuve improves to 10th with a 1:35.457

45 min: Final run ...

44 min: Kimi Raikkonen takes 11th with a time of 1:35.672

42 min: It looks like we'll have a very close qualifying session between Williams, McLaren and Ferrari.

41 min: Ralf Schumacher goes fastest with a time of 1:33.969. The first to go under the 1:34 mark!

39 min: The top 9 are now within a second.

38 min: Jenson Button moves into 4th with a time of 1:34.735

37 min: There is more activity on the track now.

36 min: Villeneuve moves into 12th with a time of 1:36.028.

35 min: Top 10 - Montoya, Coulthard, M Schumacher, Trulli, Heidfeld, Hakkinen, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen and Alesi.

33 min: Jarno Trulli moves into 4th with a time of 1:34.909.

32 min: Eddie Irvine moves into 11th with a time of 1:36.060.

31 min: David Coulthard goes second with a time of 1:34.562

30 min: Kimi Raikkonen moves into 9th while Panis moves into 10th.

28 min: As the session nears the end, we'll see the times drop as the teams tests their qualifying trim for the last time.

26 min: Heinz Harald Frentzen moves into 7th with a time of 1:35.483

24 min: Top 10 - Montoya, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Alesi, Fisichella, Raikkonen and Trulli.

21 min: Jean Alesi takes 7th from Fisichella with a time of 1:35.745.

20 min: Tomas Enge and Enrique Bernoldi improve their times into 19th and 20th respectively.

19 min: This has to be one of the least active sessions this season!

17 min: Fernando Alonso moves to 16th!

15 min: No improvements in the top 10 as the drivers run on used tyres.

12 min: Michael Schumacher fails to improve and remains in second.

11 min: Top 10 - Montoya, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Fisichella, Alesi, Raikkonen and Trulli.

10 min: Montoya goes fastest with a time of 1:34.301.

8 min: Jean Alesi moves into 8th place with a time of 1:36.584

6 min: Giancarlo Fisichella moves into 7th place with a time of 1:36.144

4 min: Ralf Schumacher improves to 3rd with a time of 1:35.089

2 min: Ralf Schumacher is also on the track

Session underway and Alex Yoong is the first on the track

Session starting at 10:15 AM local time. It is mainly sunny with the air temperature at 21 degrees.