Ahead of the first part of today's qualifying session the ambient temperature is 20 degrees while the track temperature has risen to 40 degrees.

First out is European GP winner Michael Schumacher, who will be followed by Rubens Barrichello then Jenson Button.

The German begins his out lap, although quickest in today's first session, he was totally overshadowed in the second. At the first split it's 20.5 followed by a 23.6 at the second. At the line it's 1:13.463, as Rubens Barrichello begins his flying lap.

The Brazilian completes the first sector in 20.7, he's down on his teammate. At the second split it's 23.6, followed by a 1:13.782 at the line.

Many are predicting that BAR could pull off a surprise win this weekend, and Jenson Button is the man tipped to do it. At the first split it's 20.5, he's slower than Schumacher but it's marginal. At the second split it's 23.3, he's quickest in that sector. At the line it's 1:13.333, the Englishman goes quickest.

Jarno Trulli is the fastest man here so far this weekend, what can he do now when it really matters? At the first split the Renault star posts 20.6, followed by a 23.5 at the second. At the line it's 1:13.149, as he goes quickest of all in the final sector.

Next out is Jarno's Spanish teammate Fernando Alonso. At the first split the Renault driver posts 20.6, he's only marginally off the pace. He's quickest of all in the second sector, posting 23.3. At the line it's 1:12.826, as he goes quickest in the final sector also. He's quicker than his second-placed teammate by 0.323s.

Giancarlo Fisichella posts 20.8 at the first split, and goes on to post 23.5s at the second, not at all bad, considering. At the line the Sauber driver posts 1:13.663, which puts him ahead of Barrichello.

Mark Webber's had a disappointing weekend thus far, can it get any better now? At the first split the Australian posts 21s, he already quite a bit off the pace. At the second split it's 23.7, he makes up a little ground. At the line the Jaguar driver posts 1:14.715, he goes seventh of seven.

Juan Pablo Montoya is next out, the Colombian performed well in today's second free practice session. At the first split it's 20.7, while in the second he goes quickest of all, posting 23.2s. At the line it's 1:12.746, as the WilliamsF1 driver takes provisional pole.

Felipe Massa is on track, the Sauber driver completing the first sector in 21s. He loses ground in the second sector, crossing the timing beam at 23.9. At the line the Brazilian posts 1:14.392, which puts him ahead of Webber.

Nick Heidfeld is next out, the German has a new, fellow-German, teammate this weekend. At the first split it's 21.2, that's slowest so far. He's slow again in the second sector, posting a disappointing 24.2. At the line it's 1:15.657, almost 3s off the pace. He'll be very disappointed.