Kovalainen stars in session two

Heikki Kovalainen was by far the quickest man in Friday's second free practice session at Silverstone.

Ferrari take a backseat in afternoon

Heikki Kovalainen was by far the quickest man in Friday's second free practice session at Silverstone, the McLaren Mercedes driver outpacing Red Bull's Mark Webber by over half a second. With the track temperature 10 degrees hotter than it was in the morning, McLaren made the most of the conditions with Kovalainen setting a time of one minute19.989 seconds to finish top of the timesheets. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished in third place ahead of Webber's team-mate David Coulthard. Nico Rosberg placed his Williams in the top five, ahead of Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel and Honda's Jenson Button. After setting the quickest time of the day in session one, Felipe Massa was the best-placed Ferrari driver in eighth place. However, the Brazilian's running was limited as the team spent the better part of the session fixing his car which had been damaged in the morning. Team-mate and World Champion Kimi Raikkonen had an even more circumspect session, the Finn completing more laps than Massa and yet only setting the 12th quickest time, over 1.2 seconds slower than Kovalainen. Jarno Trulli had a big off in session two, the Italian losing control of his Toyota TF108 when its rear wing disintegrated on the approach to Stowe corner. Trulli's car went hurtling backwards into the tyre barrier, causing damage to its rear. The driver, however, climbed out unaided. However, the yellow flags were soon out again after Kazuki Nakajima slid into the wall approaching Bridge after spinning on the exit of Abbey. The Williams driver limped back to the pits, leaving debris in his wake. Kovalainen's best effort was four tenths slower than Massa's best of the morning - indicative that teams were concentrating on longer runs in the afternoon. British Grand Prix, Friday practice, session two: 1 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:19.989 35 laps
2 M. Webber Red Bull 1:20.520 32 laps
3 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:20.543 31 laps
4 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:20.589 36 laps
5 N. Rosberg Williams 1:20.748 43 laps
6 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:20.805 43 laps
7 J. Button Honda 1:20.929 39 laps
8 F. Massa Ferrari 1:20.943 18 laps
9 K. Nakajima Williams 1:20.985 18 laps
10 R. Barrichello Honda 1:21.002 34 laps
11 R. Kubica BMW 1:21.023 33 laps
12 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.275 31 laps
13 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:21.453 36 laps
14 T. Glock Toyota 1:21.472 18 laps
15 F. Alonso Renault 1:21.511 27 laps
16 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:21.520 42 laps
17 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.634 39 laps
18 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:21.642 45 laps
19 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:21.756 30 laps
20 J. Trulli Toyota 1:22.196 23 laps