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Raikkonen improves into 5th

Drivers with most laps at the moment at Heidfeld and Piquet with 35 laps each

Big spin for Glock, he recovers

15 minutes remain and the top 8 are: Massa, Trulli, Vettel, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Nakajima, Coulthard and Hamilton

Hamilton improves into 5th with a 1:12.827

Under 10 minutes remain and most driver are on the track.

Massa on the track on the softer compound

It doesn't look like many are improving at this stage. Although Sutil has just gone 17th ahead of Alonso who is down in 18th!

Raikkonen up into 3rd with a 1:12.600

Alonso goes fastest from 18th!! A 1:12.296 on the softer compound

Hamilton has another big lockup, this time at the end of the main straight

Session over and the top 8 are: Alonso, Massa, Trulli, Raikkonen, Webber, Vettel, Piquet and Rosberg

Full results

Position Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Total Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.296 43
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.057 41
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0.139 44
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.304 32
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 0.354 45
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0.391 47
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0.407 44
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.465 42
9 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.531 33
10 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0.590 42
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0.600 38
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.675 48
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 0.742 49
14 Timo Glock Toyota 0.745 39
15 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.917 37
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 0.925 39
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 0.977 41
18 Jenson Button Honda 1.045 49
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1.132 32
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1.395 33

Saturday practice session underway. All the drivers are out on installation laps except for the Ferrari pair

Air temperature is 20 degrees and track temperature is 29 degrees

Fisichella is back on the track