| 10:50:23
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the Turkish Grand Prix weekend. The final 60-minute practice session ahead of the all-important qualifying session starts shortly. |
| 10:52:05
| Kimi Raikkonen set the Friday pace for Ferrari yesterday. The Finn, third in the championship standings, recorded a best time of 1:27.988s ahead of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa. It was a bit of a confusing day as Ferrari dominated the morning session, and then Lewis Hamilton led the way in the afternoon. |
| 10:53:56
| Hamilton set the pace in the afternoon session with a 1:28.469s best in his McLaren from Raikkonen and Ralf Schumacher who is going well again in his Toyota. Jarno Trulli echoed Schumacher’s pace with the fourth fastest time. It seems that the TF107 will be a player again after a relatively strong showing last time out in Hungary. |
| 10:56:02
| Felipe Massa set the fifth fastest time in the afternoon session, but it clear that the 2006 race winner still has some more speed to show. Fernando Alonso was sixth fastest in the second McLaren ahead of Nico Rosberg who unmarked soft tyres – an error from Bridgestone. |
| 10:57:59
| Heikki Kovalainen has been running well in the disappointing R27 as he set the eighth fastest time ahead of Alex Wurz and Robert Kubica. BMW Sauber have yet to show much pace, but it is early days for the team who will probably pick up the pace today. |
| 10:59:58
| Another sunny day at Istanbul Park. The third practice session is now underway. |
| 11:00:23
| Sakon Yamamoto and Adrian Sutil head out for Spyker. |
| 11:01:02
| Most will complete an installtion lap and pit. They now have race engines on board whereas yesterday was a free practice day. |
| 11:01:18
| Most of the field heading out now. |
| 11:02:00
| Hamilton has come to a halt at the end of the pit lane. |
| 11:02:23
| It seems he has a mechanical problem as he is being pushed back into the pit lane. |
| 11:02:57
| A bad start for Hamilton. |
| 11:03:33
| The early runners have completed the installtion lap. Massa, Raikkonen, Webber, Coulthard and Barrichello yet to go out. |
| 11:05:21
| The Red Bull duo are now on their installtion laps. |
| 11:06:20
| No one on track now. Just Massa and Raikkonen yet to go out. |
| 11:08:54
| Adrian Sutil heads back out in his Spyker. He and Yamamoto seem closely matched which is a bit of a surprise. Yamamoto back out as well. |
| 11:10:00
| Ralf Schumacher now on track. He was a strong third fastest yesterday. |
| 11:10:34
| Giancarlo Fisichella (11th yesterday) is on track. |
| 11:10:54
| Davidson and Trulli join the action. |
| 11:11:49
| Sutil leads the way from Yamamoto at this early stage. |
| 11:12:32
| Vettel and Liuzzi head out now. |
| 11:13:05
| Ralf Schumacher moves fastest in his Toyota. He is just over a second off his time from yesterday at the moment. |
| 11:14:03
| Trulli takes over P1 in his TF107 as some others set their first lap times. |
| 11:14:32
| Vettel runs wide and kicks up dust. He continues. |
| 11:15:03
| Vettel slows and allows Trulli to pass him |
| 11:15:44
| Liuzzi has moved third fastest ahead of Davidson and Sutil. |
| 11:16:46
| The Toyota duo trade best times at the head of the timesheets. |
| 11:17:34
| Hamilton is still in his car in the pit. He should be out soon following his earlier problem. |
| 11:17:46
| Raikkonen is now on track. |
| 11:18:12
| Sato moves fourth fastest in his Super Aguri Honda. |
| 11:18:40
| Hamilton heads out for his installtion lap. He only lost a few minutes in reality. |
| 11:18:52
| Alonso heads out as well. |
| 11:19:06
| Nico Rosberg is on a fast first lap. |
| 11:19:18
| The Toyota duo have both now pitted. |
| 11:19:37
| Wurz moves second fastest. |
| 11:20:17
| Rosberg moves fastest in his Williams. Four Toyota powered cars at the front so far. |
| 11:20:40
| The McLaren duo run nose to tail on the track. |
| 11:21:04
| Heidfeld moves fourth for BMW. |
| 11:21:27
| Hamilton pits, Alonso starts a timed lap. |
| 11:22:07
| Alonso moves fastest. He is already a second up on his Friday time. |
| 11:22:34
| Raikkonen ran off the track at the start of the lap and that is why his time is poor at the moment. |
| 11:22:52
| Kubica moves third ahead of Heidfeld and Schumacher. |
| 11:23:07
| Massa is on track in the second Ferrari. |
| 11:23:41
| Alonso improves his own best time by a fraction. |
| 11:24:04
| Massa moves second behind Alonso. |
| 11:25:17
| Heidfeld improves and is now third. |
| 11:25:50
| Massa also improves and takes P1 in his Ferrari. A bad first run for Raikkonen as he is at the bottom of the timesheets. |
| 11:26:09
| Button seems to be coasting into the pit. |
| 11:26:37
| Button had just moved into the top ten as he gets a push into the pit. |
| 11:27:07
| Massa finds another half a second and is now fastest by six tenths. |
| 11:27:34
| Hamilton is back out. He has yet to set a lap time. |
| 11:30:11
| Hamilton moves second fastest. Raikkonen is now slowest. |
| 11:30:49
| Most of the front runners are now in the pit. No one has gone on soft tyres yet. |
| 11:31:21
| Hamilton is on another good lap. |
| 11:31:35
| He doesn't improve and remains second fastest. |
| 11:32:37
| Vettel improves his own best and gets closer to Toro Rosso team-mate Liuzzi. |
| 11:33:22
| Davidson improves a few positions. |
| 11:33:57
| Hamilton pits and there is a real scrum of photographers around his pit. |
| 11:34:33
| Rosberg heads back out in his Williams. He is going well again today. |
| 11:37:08
| Sato picks up a position and is now ahead of Vettel. |
| 11:37:33
| Rosberg picks up one position and is now fourth ahead of Heidfeld. |
| 11:37:48
| Raikkonen is slowest, but is now going back out. |
| 11:39:29
| Liuzzi runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 11:40:41
| Hamilton is in the pits, but most of the other front runners are on track. He is a bit out of sync having lost 15 minutes at the start. |
| 11:40:57
| Raikkonen vaults second fastest in his Ferrari. |
| 11:41:16
| Hamilton now back out. |
| 11:43:58
| Hamilton is on a fast lap. |
| 11:44:35
| Hamilton moves to the top of the timesheets. |
| 11:44:50
| Two-tenths now cover the top three. |
| 11:45:08
| Alonso remains fourth and has pitted. |
| 11:45:49
| Kovalainen very wide at turn eight. He is currently 16th just behind Fisichella. |
| 11:46:31
| Now Hamilton joins Alonso in the pits. |
| 11:46:58
| Button is back out following mechanical problems earlier with his Honda. |
| 11:47:25
| Button moves back into the top ten. |
| 11:47:39
| Sato (19th) has gone off and is stuck in the gravel. |
| 11:48:43
| The back end stepped out and he corrected and it then gripped sending him off track. |
| 11:49:42
| Kovalainen finds a lot of time and moves sixth fastest in his Renault. |
| 11:51:02
| Most have pitted as the yellow is out for Sato at turn three. |
| 11:52:01
| Rosberg goes back out in his Williams. |
| 11:52:56
| Rosberg is out on the soft tyre. No one has run this tyre so far which shows that it is not the tyre of choice. |
| 11:54:04
| Six minutes remain and others are now heading out. |
| 11:54:44
| Rosberg finds two tenths on the soft tyre but remains fifth. |
| 11:55:01
| Heidfeld is on the soft tyre and moves ahead of Kovalainen. |
| 11:55:39
| Hamilton and Massa on soft as is Schumacher. |
| 11:56:25
| All seem to be on soft tyres for this final run. |
| 11:57:22
| Massa on a hot lap. |
| 11:58:34
| Massa actually loses time as the lap progresses. The soft tyre not lasting the lap. |
| 11:59:06
| Fisichella into the top ten as Raikkonen attempts a hot lap. |
| 11:59:46
| Hamilton has gone off at turn seven, a spin. |
| 12:00:01
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 12:00:42
| Hamilton returns to the pit. |
| 12:01:24
| So Hamilton is fastest from Massa, Raikkonen, Alonso, Rosberg and Heidfeld. |
