Michael Schumacher remains the fastest man on the track ahead of Mika Hakkinen and Nick Heidfeld. R Schumacher, Barrichello, Montoya, Fisichella, Coulthard, Button and Raikkonen make the top 10.

45 min: Raikkonen takes 10th with a time of 1:13.186

45 min: Final lap ...

44 min: Tomas Enge in the Prost takes 18th from Villeneuve!

43 min: Fernando Alonso takes 20th from Verstappen.

43 min: Fisichella moves up into 7th place with as time of 1:12.672. Benetton are mixing it with the big boys here!

42 min: Hakkinen has an off but recovers.

42 min: Jarno Trulli takes 9th from Fisichella with a time of 1:13.205. The best Honda runner remains over a second off the pace.

41 min: Despite Michael's problem, it seems unlikely that anyone will beat his time. He still has over a 0.25 second gap over his nearest rival.

40 min: Michael Schumacher parks his car on the side of the track. Unusual to see the Ferrari parked on the side with a problem!

39 min: Juan Pablo Montoya takes 6th from Coulthard with a 1:12.668

39 min: Mika Hakkinen improves his time but remains in second. His time was a 1:12.330.

38 min: Certainly more activity now with Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher on the track

37 min: Alex Yoong improves in 22 place. He is 3.5 seconds off the pace.

36 min: Ralf was fast but no improvements. Montoya on track as well. 

35 min: Ralf Schumacher on a fast lap 

32 min: The gaps have closed a bit with 0.4 seconds separating the top 5, 1 second separating the top 8 and 2 seconds separating the top 17. 

30 min: 15 minutes to go is this fairly static session.

28 min: This session Montoya (in 7th) has covered the least number of laps with 6!

26 min: The Top 10 remains - M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Heidfeld, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Montoya, Button, Fisichella and Trulli.

24 min: Pedro de la Rosa takes 14th from Frentzen!

23 min: Heinz Harald Frentzen improves to 14th place.

18 min: The times are not improving and this is mainly due to the drivers using used tyres to save the new ones for the important qualifying session and the race.

16 min: Jean Alesi improves his time but remains in 13th place.

15 min: Alex Yoong spins but recovers. He is trying to learn this circuit as he never raced here before.

14 min: No improvement so far from Michael Schumacher.

12 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Heidfeld, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Montoya, Button, Fisichella and Trulli.

11 min: Nick Heidfeld moves into 3rd with a time of 1:12.407. Michael Schumacher goes out on the track.

9 min: A number of drivers are on the track but have not improved on their times since the first session.

7 min: Eddie Irvine improves into 15th place.

5 min: Mika Hakkinen moves into 2 place with a time of 1:12.382. So far no one is threatening Michael's time of 1:12.078

4 min: Enrique Bernoldi improves to 14th place (from 17th)

3 min: Hakkinen and Montoya also go out onto the track.

2 min: Coulthard in 5th follows him onto the track.

1 min: Jos Verstappen goes out on the track. He is currently in 20th place.

Session underway but no cars have gone out yet.

This is the final practice session before Qualifying. The 45-minute session is usually used for find the optimum set-up for qualifying so expect the times to drop further.

Session starting at 10:15 AM  local time. It is partly cloudy with the air temperature at 14 degrees.