Juan Pablo Montoya's Williams set the fastest time in Saturday morning's practice session, and with Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren second it appears that Ferrari's reigning World Champion Michael Schumacher may have a significant battle on his hands in the battle for pole position.  The DHL Jordan Honda team continued to have a trouble free practice, Giancarlo Fisichella professing himself delighted with the progress made since yesterday and hopeful of a solid top 10 qualifying position this afternoon.

"We have made a lot of progress since yesterday," said Fisi.  "The balance of the car today is so much better and I am really very happy with how things felt.  There's no doubt that Michelin are much stronger here, but I think we've done a very good job though of making a big step forward and I think we can have the chance of taking P8 again in qualifying - which would be a good achievement."

Team mate Takuma Sato had a slightly more difficult session, suffering a high speed off-track moment when his car snapped into a massive oversteer slide at the S's.  He was able to steer into the slide and regain control, but only at the cost of bouncing across the grass and over a kerb.

"This session was the first time I had tried qualifying trim at this circuit.  It was quite difficult and I had a big moment but managed to keep things together and not go off.  It's very hot again today so all in all the qualifying session is going to be a tough one."