Button gets closest to Schumacher
 |  Schumacher is seeking his sixth Spanish Grand Prix victory. |
BARCELONA, Spain -- Six-times world champion Michael Schumacher set the pace in practice for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
The Ferrari driver lapped the 4.627-kilometer circuit in one minute 15.658 seconds during the morning session -- more than two seconds quicker than his pole position time last year.
But Schumacher was out-paced in the afternoon by BAR's Jenson Button -- the only other driver to clock under one minute 16 seconds.
A win for Schumacher on Sunday would see him equal Nigel Mansell's record run of five wins at the start of the 1992 season.
Button, the surprise of the season so far, is seeking his fourth straight podium appearance.
BAR put in another strong session with test driver Anthony Davidson taking second place in the afternoon session 0.253 seconds behind Button.
Schumacher could manage just seventh in the second session, while teammate Rubens Barrichello also set his best time of 1:16.033 during the morning.
Button played down the significance of his afternoon success.
Tire comparison
"Today means nothing really," said the Briton.
"We have just been running through our program, we do a tire comparison on Fridays normally and it has gone very smoothly.
"I had a few problems this morning with the set up of the car because it was quite windy and obviously the circuit was quite dusty, but this afternoon we sorted out some of the problems.
"But we still have a long way to go. The car is not perfect yet. We have got a lot of things to do tonight and hopefully we will get up there.
"The Ferraris always seem to be very quick in the first session and in the second it seems to be a lot closer. Nothing unusual there. The car is strong but we are still nowhere near where we want to be."
Spanish favorite Fernando Alonso of Renault, who finished second in front of his home crowd last season, was seventh quickest during the morning and fifth in the afternoon.
Schumacher has won the last three Spanish Grands Prix and is seeking his sixth career win in the race.
