Final Order - Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya make the top 6.
Trulli, Irvine, Fisichella, Massa, Heidfeld, Sato, Button, Salo, de la Rosa, Panis, Villeneuve, McNish, Webber and Yoong make the rest of the field.

45 min: Final lap ... Massa improves in 10th with a 1:35.587. Villeneuve improves in 17th with a 1:36.830.

44 min: Fisichella improves his time but remains in 9th with a 1:35.541.

43 min: Michael Schumacher improves in 1st with a time of 1:322.978.

42 min: David Coulthard and Juan Pablo Montoya are on the track for their last run this session.

42 min: Rubens Barrichello moves into second with a 1:33.688. That is 0.6 seconds slower than Michael.

41 min: Panis takes 16th from Villeneuve with a 1:36.792.

40 min: And Michael Schumacher is also on the track. 5 minutes to go!

39 min: Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher are on track now!.

38 min: The top 6 have just completed a run of a few laps each. Not much action from them at the moment.

37 min: Takuma Sato moves into 11th. The Jordan Honda looks stronger than the BAR Honda here at Suzuka.

36 min: Jarno Trulli finally sets a time with a 1:35.330 and moves into 7th.

35 min: Alex Yoong improves his time in 19th but is over 6 seconds off the pace. He is within the 107% time of that fastest at this stage!

34 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Raikkonen, Montoya, Irvine, Fisichella, Massa and Button. Jarno Trulli has yet to set a time.

33 min: Ralf Schumacher moves into second with a 1:34.142. Over a second slower than his brother!

32 min: Michael Schumacher goes fastest with a 1:33.088. Stunning time!

31 min: Juan Pablo Montoya moves into 4th with a time of 1:34.751. Ralf Schumacher also on track!

30 min: Rubens Barrichello moves into 1st with a 1:34.261. Coulthard moves into second with a 1:34.540. Michael Schumacher on track.

29 min: Felipe Massa moves into 3rd with 1:36.007. Team-mate Nick Heidfeld moves into 4th with a 1:36.354.

28 min: Kimi Raikkonen moves to the top of the timesheets with a 1:34.552 and that is slower than his best yesterday. More drivers on the track now!

27 min: Allan McNish moves into 5th with a 1:37.306. Mark Webber into 6th with a 1:37.673. Montoya on track.

26 min: Takuma Sato moves into second with a 1:36.472. Panis improves with a 1:37.116 but remains in 4th.

25 min: Only 5 drivers have set times so far - Order - Irvine, Villeneuve, Sato, Panis and Yoong.

24 min: More cars join in the action with Raikkonen and Webber.

23 min: Takuma Sato moves into third with a time of 1:36.899. That is a bit faster than his time yesterday.

22 min: Eddie Irvine moves into the top spot with a time of 1:35.533. That is more than half a second faster than his best yesterday.

21 min: Panis moves into second with a time of 1:37.480. Irvine and Sato start their flyers!

20 min: Villeneuve improves with 1:36.872 while Yoong improves with a 1:39.366. Sato on track.

19 min: Eddie Irvine now joins in the action.

18 min: Jacques Villeneuve sets a 1:38.609 which is also around half a second slower than his best yesterday. Panis on track.

16 min: Alex Yoong sets a time of 1:39.773. That is half a second slower than his best yesterday.

15 min: Jacques Villeneuve is on the track as well.

14 min: Alex Yoong starts his flying lap!

12 min: Finally Alex Yoong is on the track.

10 min: Interesting that despite this being a 45 minute session we still have no action. It is becoming almost like a qualifying session!

8 min: Still no action on the track!

6 min: No action on the track at the moment.

4 min: Villeneuve and Panis are now on the track.

2 min: Barrichello is now on his installation lap. The other cars are now heading back into the pits.

1 min: All the cars are out on the track with the exception of the 2 BAR's and Rubens Barrichello

Session underway and a queue of cars exits the pits headed by Takuma Sato

In the practice sessions yesterday, Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time ahead of team-mate David Coulthard. Their pace was much faster than the rest that it is likely that they were running on low fuel loads. Rubens Barrichello was 3rd fastest with Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher in 4th and 5th. Michael Schumacher only managed 6th fastest after losing most of the second session due to a hydraulic problem. 
There were 2 big crashes yesterday involving Jacques Villeneuve in the first session and Juan Pablo Montoya in the second. Both drivers were unhurt. Session starting in 5 minutes.

Session starting at 9:00 AM local time. It is partly cloudy with an air temperature of 18 degrees.