All the action from the Nurburgring in Germany. (All times BST)Final positions:
1 R Schumacher (Williams)
2 JP Montoya (Williams)
3 R Barrichello (Ferrari)
4 F Alonso (Renault)
5 M Schumacher (Ferrari)
6 M Webber (Jaguar)
7 J Button (Jaguar)
8 N Heidfeld (Sauber)
Lap 60: Ralf Schumacher wins his first race since Malaysia in March 2002, leading Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams-BMW one-two. Michael Schumacher closes right up to the Renault of Fernando Alonso on the last lap but can only manage fifth place.
Lap 59: Ralf Schumacher heads into his final lap 18 seconds ahead of team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya.
Lap 58: The drivers are now just counting off the laps to a Williams one-two, with just two laps to go.
Lap 57: Coulthard loses it under braking for the final chicane after trying to pass Alonso on the outside. The Scot is out of the race.
Lap 55: With five laps to go, Michael Schumacher is less than 10 seconds behind the battle between Alonso and Coulthard but does not have enough time to catch them.
Lap 54: The incident between Schumacher and Montoya is under investigation by the race stewards. The two cars did touch after Schumacher, on the inside line, slid slightly wide while trying to hold off Montoya.
Lap 53: Stalemate with seven laps to go as Villeneuve retires to bring a sorry end to a trying afternoon for the 1997 world champion.
Lap 52: The Williams drivers and third-placed Rubens Barrichello are cruising to the finish while Coulthard continues to pressure Alonso to no avail and Michael Schumacher closes in on the pair of them - but without enough time to catch them.
Lap 49: Alonso brakes too late for the final chicane and runs wide, but he still manages to hold off Coulthard.
Lap 48: Barring a car failure or driver error, Williams will take a comfortable one-two after a strong performance by both drivers.
Lap 47: Schumacher slices more than a second from the gap between himself and Coulthard.
Lap 46: Michael Schumacher, in sixth place after his spin, is 17.1secs behind Coulthard's McLaren.
Lap 45: Ralf Schumacher has a 16-second lead over team-mate Montoya and Williams are on course for a one-two on the weekend they extended their engine contract with BMW until 2009.
Lap 44: Coulthard is pushing Alonso hard for fourth place - Renault's choice of the softer Michelin appears not to have paid off.
Lap 43: Montoya makes a passing attempt around the outside of Michael Schumacher at the bottom hairpin and the Ferrari star spins trying to hold him off. However, he manages to get going again, but may well face a penalty for a push start.
Lap 42: Montoya sets the fastest second and third sector times of the afternoon on his out lap, as he aims to close in on and pass Michael Schumacher for second place.
Coulthard pits in the McLaren but he tries to pull away too early and has to stop again, and fails to beat Alonso out of the pits.
Lap 41: Ralf comes in for his stop and comfortably retains his lead. He is more than the length of the pit straight ahead of his brother.
Lap 40: Montoya, 14secs behind his team-mate, comes into the pits at the end of lap 39 and slots in ahead of Barrichello. The Colombian is now on course for third place.
Lap 39: Michael Schumacher, stuck behind David Coulthard, is losing a second a lap to Ralf Schumacher and the race for victory appears to be over.
Lap 38: Trulli pulls off and is out of the race. Alonso pits at the end of the lap. This is Coulthard's chance to pass the Renault - he must make up the ground he needs now.
Lap 37: Michael Schumacher rejoins just behind the battle between the two Renaults and David Coulthard - not what the world champion would have wanted. Barrichello comes in for his stop.
Lap 36: Michael Schumacher comes in for his second pit stop.
Lap 35: The two Renaults have given themselves a little breathing space ahead of the challenging Coulthard as Ralf Schumacher extends his lead to 4.6secs.
Lap 34: Ralf Schumacher hits one of the cones at the final chicane but his car seems to have escaped unharmed as the lead remains stable.
Lap 33: Ralf Schumacher adds some more time to his lead and is now 4.2secs ahead.
Lap 32: Coulthard has moved up to be close behind the two Renaults.
Lap 31: Ralf Schumacher gains himself an extra couple of 10ths and is now 3.8secs ahead of his brother.
Lap 30: Stalemate at the front as the two Schumacher brothers lap at the same pace. Montoya has closed in on Barrichello but is now in the "dirty air" behind the Ferrari.
Lap 29: The gap between Ralf and Michael Schumacher is stable at 3.6secs.
Lap 28: Ralf grabs back some of his lead and is now 3.6secs behind his brother. Montoya is closing in on third placed Barrichello. Fisichella stops in the Jordan.
Lap 27: Michael Schumacher is eating ominously into Ralf's lead and is now 3.4secs behind. Firman comes in for the second of thee stops for the very slow Jordan cars.
Lap 26: Raikkonen's engine blows up and a likely victory goes up in smoke. Ralf Schumacher now has a 3.5secs lead over brother Michael.
Lap 25: Raikkonen extends his lead by 0.5secs.
Lap 24: Raikkonen is marginally faster this time and his lead over Ralf Schumacher is 4.3secs - but Michael Schumacher has dropped back to 4.7secs behind his brother.
Lap 23: It is nip and tuck between Raikkonen and Ralf Schumacher at the front, but Ralf gains another 0.1secs and is now 4.2secs behind the leader with Michael Schumacher 4.4secs back in third place.
Lap 22: Ralf is baulked by the Minardi of Justin Wilson at the beginning of his first lap out of his pits. The German is 4.5secs behind Raikkonen - much closer than when the pit stops started.
Lap 21: Ralf Schumacher makes his pit stop and slots back into second place behind Raikkonen but ahead of his brother Michael.
Lap 20: Ralf does not pit - but Williams are out in the pit lane and he will be in at the end of lap 21.
Lap 19: Ralf Schumacher is still not coming in for his stop, but he is only 21.3secs ahead of Raikkonen and therefore is unlikely to retain the lead when he stops.
Lap 18: Montoya pits in the Williams, along with Alonso and Coulthard.
Lap 17: Raikkonen comes into the pits at the end of lap 16 as third placed Michael Schumacher also comes in. Ralf Schumacher is now in the lead in the Williams. Barrichello comes in at the end of the lap.
Lap 16: Trulli pits at the start of the lap in the Renault as Villeneuve comes in for his new front wing. Panis also makes a pit stop for fuel and tyres.
Lap 15: Mark Webber pits in the Jaguar and the Renault crew are also out in the pit lane as Frentzen pits in the Sauber.
Lap 14: Villeneuve loses his front wing going down the pit straight after hitting a bollard in the chicane, adding to a very fraught race for the Canadian.
Lap 13: Raikkonen's lead goes out to over eight seconds for hte first time.
Lap 12: Fisichella pits in the Jordan as Raikkonen stretches the lead to 7.3secs. Villeneuve passes Verstappen and is now no longer last after his spin.
Lap 11: After a wobble at turn two on lap 10, Raikkonen is back into his stride, edging his lead out to 6.6secs.
Lap 10: Raikkonen has now set four consecutive fastest laps and is 6.4secs clear of the battling Schumacher brothers.
Ralph Firman makes a pit stop in the Jordan - very early.
Lap nine: Heidfeld passes Verstappen into the first corner as Villeneuve spins in turn two, losing places to Heidfeld, Verstappen and the other Minardi of Justin Wilson.
Lap eight: Jacques Villeneuve in the BAR is facing the embarrassment of battling with the Minardi of Jos Verstappen after a poor start. Villeneuve passes into the chicane at the end of the lap.
Lap seven: Ralf Schumacher's lack of pace is playing into the hands of Raikkonen, who sets fastest lap and is moving into a race of his own at the front. In fifth place, Montoya in the second Williams continues to hold up the two Renaults.
Lap six: Barrichello is closing in on the battle between the two Schumacher brothers as Raikkonen's lead moves over five seconds.
Lap five: MIdway through the lap and Raikkonen has added another half a second to his lead over Ralf Schumacher.
Lap four: Ralf Schumacher is being challenged hard by brother Michael as Raikkonen continues to build his lead to 3.9secs. It remains to be seen if the Williams cars are on a heavy fuel load, as has been speculated.
Lap three: Trulli is challenging Montoya hard for fifth place, with Renault team-mate Alonso right behind him. Raikkonen is now 2.6secs clear in the lead.
Lap two: Raikkonen finishes the first lap 1.1secs ahead and appears to be making a break with Ralf Schumacher in second place. Raikkonen sets the fastest lap and is now 1.8secs ahead.
Lap one: The race is underway and Raikkonen wins the drag race to the first corner. Ralf Schumacher beats Michael away from the line into second place. Barrichello moves into fourth ahead of Montoya.
1300: Kimi Raikkonen leads the Formula One field away on its formation lap for the first time in his career. Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld is to start from the pit lane after failing to set a time in qualifying.
1255: The sun is shining and no rain is forecast during the race at this track that is famous for its inclement weather.
McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen will launch his bid to reclaim the world championship lead from Michael Schumacher from the first pole position of the Finn's career. Raikkonen bounced back from a series of errors in qualifying in recent races to snatch the fastest lap from the Ferrari driver, who moved into the lead of the world championship for the first time with victory in Canada two weeks ago.
But the race at the Nurburgring in Germany's Eifel mountains is unlikely to be a two-car affair.
Williams drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya qualified third and fourth and both believe they will be strong in the race.
David Coulthard faces another difficult afternoon after a sixth consecutive poor performance in qualifying.
The Scot will start ninth, knowing that his world title chances are already effectively over for another season.
The race starts at 1300 BST.
MMIX
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