Trulli ups the pace in Canadian practice

Renault stepped up the pace in final practice for Tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix with Italian Jarno Trulli well ahead of Ferrari…

Renault stepped up the pace in final practice for Tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix with Italian Jarno Trulli well ahead of Ferrari's world champion Michael Schumacher.

Trulli, winner of last month's Monaco Grand Prix, lapped the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in one minute 12.629 seconds - beating Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya's 2002 pole position record time of 1:12.836.

Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso was second quickest in 1:12.901. BAR's Jenson Button and Takuma Sato followed on the timesheets ahead of Montoya and Schumacher, who is chasing his seventh win in eight races to become the first driver to win the same race seven times.

Schumacher had been fastest in the morning session today, ahead of Alonso and Button. Germany's Timo Glock, set for his race debut in a Jordan as a replacement for Italian Giorgio Pantano, was 18th quickest.

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Times in today's free practice for Sunday's Canadian Formula One Grand Prix:

First session:

 1. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari one minute 13.865
seconds.
2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault        1:13.946
3. Jenson Button (Britain) BAR            1:14.047
4. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari    1:14.284
5. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Renault           1:14.421
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) McLaren       1:14.584
7. David Coulthard (Britain) McLaren      1:14.747
8. Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) Williams 1:15.067
9. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Williams     1:15.191
10.Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Sauber    1:15.290
11.Cristiano da Matta (Brazil) Toyota     1:15.573
12.Felipe Massa (Brazil) Sauber           1:15.764
13.Olivier Panis (France) Toyota          1:15.843
14.Mark Webber (Australia) Jaguar         1:15.854
15.Christian Klien (Austria) Jaguar       1:16.124
16.Nick Heidfeld (Germany) Jordan         1:16.305
17.Timo Glock (Germany) Jordan            1:16.928
18.Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) Minardi        1:18.409
19.Zsolt Baumgartner (Hungary) Minardi    1:18.711
20.Takuma Sato (Japan) BAR                no time

Second session:
1. Trulli                                1:12.629
2. Alonso                                1:12.901
3. Button                                1:13.026
4. Sato                                  1:13.235
5. Montoya                               1:13.320
6. Michael Schumacher                    1:13.420
7. Raikkonen                             1:13.566
8. Coulthard                             1:13.686
9. Barrichello                           1:13.904
10. Klien                                 1:14.340
11. Da Matta                              1:14.521
12. Ralf Schumacher                       1:14.697
13. Webber                                1:14.835
14. Fisichella                            1:14.902
15. Panis                                 1:14.916
16. Massa                                 1:15.332
17. Heidfeld                              1:15.987
18. Glock                                 1:16.417
19. Baumgartner                           1:16.579
20. Bruni                                 1:16.825