FORMULA 1 Live

Spanish GP - Free Practice 3

Saturday May 9, 2009 | Finished

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Free practice: Live standing

P. Driver Team Time
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.553
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.082
3 Jenson Button Brawn 0:00.497
4 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.610
5 Robert Kubica BMW 0:00.686
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:00.703
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.793
8 Timo Glock Toyota 0:00.824
9 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:00.871
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:00.946
11 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:00.966
12 Nico Rosberg Williams 0:01.041
13 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:01.076
14 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:01.096
15 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:01.132
16 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0:01.136
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:01.356
18 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:01.490
19 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:01.679
20 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:02.904

Live Commentary

  1. - Join us at 13:00 UK time for full coverage of qualifying from the Circuit de Catalunya!

  2. 0' The chequered flag is out and that comfirms the Ferrari one-two. Things are looking up for the embattled prancing horse.

  3. 1' Raikkonen goes second and this represents something of a statement of intent from Ferrari.

  4. 2' 1:20.553 for Massa, as his soft tyres and light fuel load allow him to record the fastest lap of the weekend!

  5. 4' Just a few minutes to go. 1-Glock, 2-Button, 3-Massa, 4-Kovalainen, 5-Hamilton, 6-Raikkonen, 7-Webber, 8-Barrichello.

  6. 7' BMW have got Nick Heidfeld's car back in the garage and they have only two hours to fix it before qualifying. A race against time...

  7. 10' Ferrari are third and fifth at the moment and things could finally be looking up for the Scuderia, who are still pointless but have a superb record at Barcelona. Spanish GP stats and history

  8. 11' Very good from Button, who manages 1:21.466 on hard tyres.

  9. 12' 1:21.377 for Glock - even faster from the German who is enjoying the use of some soft tyres out there.

  10. 14' Timo Glock goes fastest! He clocks a 1:21.419 just after Lewis Hamilton posts his best lap of the day.

  11. 17' Rubens Barrichello's 1:21.906 is the best lap of the day. Then Raikkonen, Vettel and Massa.

  12. 20' A slightly sheepish Nick Heidfeld strides into the BMW garage. He won't be a popular man after his mistake.

  13. 22' As things stand: 1-Massa 2-Raikkonen 3-Buemi 4-Barrichello 5-Vettel 6-Hamilton 7-Webber 8-Alonso. Jenson Button is 14th.

  14. 26' Brawn are helping to promote the new Terminator film and havea massive robot in their garage. You can't help but feel the big fella is getting in the way slightly.

  15. 29' Yellow flag. Nick Heidfeld has gone off on turn 12 and ploughed into the advertising hoardings. An odd place to go off, but the driver is fine and the BMW does not look to be in particularly bad shape, wonky front wing and hanging wheel aside.

  16. 31' Impressive performance from Sebastien Buemi so far to go third. Lewis Hamilton is a decent sixth.

  17. 34' Giancarlo Fisichella spins his Force India! No damage done but the Italian will have to take it easy with all types of grass and mud on his tyres.

  18. 37' The drivers are reeling off a whole host of flying laps, with Felipe Massa setting the pace now - 1:22.638.

  19. 42' 1:23.741 for Kubica who is the fastest man. A lot of drivers are putting hard tyres through their paces. Interesting to see who gambles on them in qualifying.

  20. 46' We have plenty of photos from the Circuit de Catalunya - click the link to see them in lovely slideshow format. Spanish GP pictures

  21. 49' Timo Glock is the fastest man on the track with a 1:24.937, but that is three seconds slower than the fastestdrivers were clocking yesterday.

  22. 54' And these drivers have new gearboxes: Both McLarens, Massa, both BMWs, both Renaults, both Toro Rossos, Webber, Rosberg, both Force India, Rosberg and Nakajima. So nearly everyone, then.

  23. 56' Felipe Massa comes out of the garage for Ferrari. The following drivers have a new engine today: Kubica, Trulli, Glock, Bourdais, Buemi, Rosberg, Nakajima.

  24. 58' Plenty of cars out on track, including home favourite Fernando Alonso in the Renault.

  25. 60' Good morning! Welcome to the third Free Practice session at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the Spanish GP. This is a 60-minute session.

Circuit Map

Montmelo Circuit
 

About the Spanish GP

Length 4.655 km
Laps 66 (307.104 Km)
Last Year 1, 2, 3 1. K. Raikkonen 2. F. Massa 3. L. Hamilton
Record Lap K. Raikkonen - 1'21''670 (2008, Ferrari)
Record Pole F. Massa - 1'21''421 (2007, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole K. Raikkonen - 1'21''813 (Ferrari)

Previous winners

Year Driver
2008 K.Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2007 F.Massa (Ferrari)
2006 F. Alonso (Renault)
2005 K. Raikkonen (McLaren)
2004 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2002 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2001 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
1999 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
1998 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
1997 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1996 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1995 M. Schumacher (Benetton)
1994 D. Hill (Williams)
1993 A. Prost (Williams)
1992 N. Mansell (Williams)
1991 N. Mansell (Williams)
1990 A. Prost (Ferrari)
1989 A. Senna (McLaren)
1988 A. Prost (McLaren)

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  1. courage Felipe Massa, go ferrari

    From Bambot, on Sat 9 May 10:31AM
  2. Here's hoping for another Brawn/Jenson/Rubens­ success,makes the F1 championship more enjoyable.No­ doubt there will be further bouts of whingeing and­ whining of how unfair Brawns' diffuser is from the­ so called 'elite' teams with their bottomless­ financial pockets.

    Best wishes to all,have a safe and­ happy weekend.
    Crazy Horse.

    From johnohara41, on Sat 9 May 10:26AM
  3. Nice to see Ferrari are up front again, though it is­ only a free pracitice...

    From Wage, on Sat 9 May 11:09AM
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    Ferrari : losers...

    From Renan, on Sat 9 May 11:08AM
  5. win Kubica

    From klimaszewskipiotr, on Sat 9 May 10:24AM
  6. c'mon Williams !

    From Renan, on Sat 9 May 10:06AM
  7. I holp kimi or massa win not brawn GP

    From partelkevin, on Sat 9 May 9:18AM
  8. As much as I would like to see Ferrari win, it would be­ a wonderful miracle if Alonso won and all of Spain­ could celebrate.

    From sky, on Sat 9 May 5:55AM
  9. I dont care what anybody says if this is anything to go­ by, we are going to see some truely superb racing this­ weekend.

    From timity, on Sat 9 May 11:15AM
  10. ferrari have had there time let some one elses take the­ glory

    From GARY M, on Sat 9 May 11:01AM
  11. i want kimi to win

    From avineshsookan, on Sat 9 May 9:07AM
  12. Er, dont think so.

    From Biggles, on Sat 9 May 12:01PM
  13. RENAN - WILLIAMS LOSERS ............. twit

    From Slab, on Sat 9 May 11:29AM
  14. lewis is the best driver in F1 NOW AFTER SHUMMI

    From emeka a, on Sat 9 May 11:25AM
  15. Malcolm, Button proved it's more car than driver so­ that one's to rest, but you can compare team mates­ in the same car IMO. Hamilton proved he's better­ than Nando (considering he was a rookie). Kimi vs­ Massa? Kimi the better talent, Massa the hungrier­ driver IMO.

    From Innocent Devil, on Sat 9 May 11:16AM
  16. Free 301!!! Sounds as well as piccies!! Bye.

    From Biggles, on Sat 9 May 10:34AM
  17. seanbay. Dont watch it then. DOH!

    From Biggles, on Sat 9 May 10:32AM
  18. @no1topgearfan, thanks for heads up on freeview ! also­ on sky 101 red button, better watching it live. cheers

    From blueyandjjj, on Sat 9 May 10:19AM
  19. Ooh good! I was going to follow the practice on here­ but I've just checked and I can actually watch it­ on the BBC red button channel. (301 on freeview)

    From no1topgearfan, on Sat 9 May 10:04AM
  20. never underestimate ferrari

    From avineshsookan, on Sat 9 May 9:38AM
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