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Hamilton, who won his maiden grand prix at this race last year, posted a quickest lap of 1min 15.752sec on his 42nd and final lap of the second free practice session at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Fresh from his victory in Monaco two week ago, Hamilton, the current world championship leader, had completed only eight laps during Friday morning's first practice session, claiming the sixth fastest time in his McLaren Mercedes in 1:18.303, behind the session's quickest man, Ferrari's Felipe Massa (1:17.553).

Hamilton started the afternoon session moderately, and was lying fifth fastest before his rousing finish, first clocking 1:15.766 to knock world champion Kimi Raikkonen off the top spot and then improving on his final lap with the 1:15.752.

Raikkonen, second in the drivers' championship heading into Sunday's race, was relegated further by BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, the Monaco runner-up, who continued his good form with a fastest lap of 1:16.023 on a track that had dried out from the morning following overnight rain.

Raikonnen had been last out of the pits and vied with team-mate Massa for much of the session, with the Finn clocking a fastest 1:16.093 for what would be the third fastest time.

Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen was fourth fastest with 1:16.331 with Massa next (1:16.413) before he came to a stop out on the track with 20 minutes of the 90-minute session to go.

Nick Heidfeld rounded off the top six for BMW Sauber with a time of 1:16.589.