SILVERSTONE, England (AP) -- Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest in practice Saturday before qualifying for the British Grand Prix.

Raikkonen, who won last week's French GP, clocked 1 minute,19.751 seconds on the 5.1-kilometer (3.2-mile) Silverstone circuit.

Fernando Alonso, the two-time champion with Renault before moving to McLaren this season, was second in 1:19.920 after being sixth in Friday's afternoon practice. He won last year's race.

Felipe Massa was third for Ferrari in 1:19.969.

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was fourth in 1:20.344. Hamilton will try to extend his perfect eight-for-eight streak of top-three finishes in his rookie Formula One season.

He leads the driver standings with 64 points, 14 ahead of Alonso and 17 in front of Massa with nine races remaining. The top four drivers have won two races apiece this year.

There is qualifying Saturday afternoon. Sunday's race is 60 laps.

The battle for supremacy between Ferrari and McLaren has been overshadowed this week by sabotage allegations which implicated another team on Friday.

FIA, motor sport's governing body, plans to hold an investigation after Ferrari fired technician Nigel Stepney for allegedly sending a package of technical information to McLaren employee Mike Coughlan.

Honda released a statement stating that team boss Nick Fry had met Stepney and Coughlan, who has been suspended by McLaren, at their instigation in June to discuss job opportunities at Honda.

"Honda would like to stress that at no point during the meeting was any confidential information offered or received," the statement said. "Nick Fry informed (Ferrari boss) Jean Todt and Ron Dennis of the meeting and has offered to provide any information required by Ferrari and McLaren."

Police searched Stepney's home in Italy on June 21 and again on Thursday. He was also officially informed he was under investigation after returning to Italy from the Philippines late Thursday.