Alonso quickest at Monza

Fernando Alonso set the quickest time in Friday practice for the Italian Grand Prix.

McLaren one-two in afternoon as Ferrari slip down timesheet

World champion Fernando Alonso set the quickest overall time in Friday practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The Spaniard shrugged off both a misfire during the morning and his arrival centre stage in the 'Stepneygate' row to set a time of one 22.386 seconds in the afternoon session. The time was just over eight tenths of a second quicker than that of team-mate, and current championship leader, Lewis Hamilton, who was second quickest in the afternoon. Giancarlo Fisichella was third quickest for Renault, the Italian hoping for a strong result this weekend in order to try and retain a seat with the team next year. Fourth place went to BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, ahead of Williams driver Nico Rosberg. But, after being quickest in the morning session, Ferrari slipped back in the afternoon, with Felipe Massa in sixth place - some 1.33 secs off Alonso's pace. BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was seventh, ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who fell down from from top spot in the opening session to eighth. The only notable problem of the afternoon befell Super Aguri's Anthony Davidson, who stopped the session for nine minutes when his car broke down on the side of the track. He finished at the bottom of the timesheet. Italian Grand Prix, Friday practice, session two:
01 F. Alonso McLaren 1:22.386 30 laps
02 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:23.209 33 laps
03 G. Fisichella Renault 1:23.584 38 laps
04 R. Kubica BMW 1:23.599 44 laps
05 N. Rosberg Williams 1:23.679 33 laps
06 F. Massa Ferrari 1:23.722 27 laps
07 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:23.821 38 laps
08 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:23.833 12 laps
09 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:23.848 32 laps
10 A. Wurz Williams 1:23.881 32 laps
11 J. Trulli Toyota 1:23.919 39 laps
12 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:23.922 29 laps
13 J. Button Honda 1:24.137 36 laps
14 M. Webber Red Bull 1:24.328 31 laps
15 R. Barrichello Honda 1:24.462 40 laps
16 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:24.605 31 laps
17 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:25.328 27 laps
18 S. Vettel Toro Rosso 1:25.459 36 laps
19 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:25.531 24 laps
20 V. Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1:25.567 26 laps
21 S. Yamamoto Spyker F1 1:25.863 40 laps
22 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:26.021 6 laps