| 09:50:28
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the European Grand Prix weekend. The first practice session begins shortly. |
| 09:52:24
| The news dominating F1 at the moment is the ongoing Ferrari – McLaren industrial espionage situation. The WMC meet next Thursday where a decision with regard to McLaren will be taken. |
| 09:54:41
| Back on track, or not as the case may be, Christijan Albers has been dropped from the Spyker Ferrari squad. His seat for this weekend has been taken by test and reserve driver Marcus Winkelhock in what is said to be a one-off. |
| 09:56:25
| Honda has confirmed that both Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will remain with the team next season. Barrichello will therefore pass the record number of GP starts currently held by Ricardo Patrese. |
| 09:59:15
| This morning we have a 90 minute practice session. Most will opt to run the harder tyre for much of the session while the circuit rubbers in. |
| 10:00:15
| The first practice session is now underway. |
| 10:00:48
| Winkelhock and Sutil are straight out. They will all complete an installation lap and then pit. |
| 10:01:37
| Liuzzi, Sato, Trulli, Davidson and others head out. Unlike yesterday, it is dry. |
| 10:02:28
| Traditionally, Ferrrai do not run for the first half of this session. Alonso heads out as the Spyker duo pit. |
| 10:03:08
| Sato and Davidson are both on a second lap. They will probably pit before setting a lap time. |
| 10:04:08
| Hamilton heads out as the others all pit. |
| 10:05:44
| Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz are on track for Williams. |
| 10:06:46
| Wurz starts a timed lap. As ever, no sign yet of either Massa or Raikkonen. |
| 10:07:45
| Winkelhock heads back out in his Spyker Ferrari. |
| 10:08:32
| Wurz completes the first timed lap of the session. He was actually fastest in the same session last year on a 1:32.1 |
| 10:09:23
| Nico Rosberg sets his first lap time in the sister Williams Toyota. |
| 10:10:01
| Jarno Trulli takes to the circuit in his Toyota. |
| 10:11:58
| Winkelhock, who has taken over Albers' seat at Spyker, has hardly any track time so far this year. He completed a shakedown at Silverstone and one day of running at Paul Ricard. |
| 10:12:39
| The German has completed his first timed lap. It is surprising that the team did not run him last week at Spa. |
| 10:13:19
| Trulli moves fastest from Roberg and Wurz. Schumacher, Liuzzi and others on track. |
| 10:15:33
| Ralf Schumacher pops second fastest despite running wide. |
| 10:16:29
| Nick Heidfeld is out in his BMW Sauber. This is his and the team's home event. |
| 10:17:21
| Heidfeld is using all of the track and a bit more though the opening complex of turns. |
| 10:18:22
| A pretty aggressive opening lap from Heidfeld as he moves third fastest behind the Toyota duo. |
| 10:21:11
| There seems to be some work being carried out on Sutil's Spyker. Robert Kubica joins his team-mate on track. |
| 10:21:37
| Heidfeld has moved second fastest. |
| 10:22:30
| After a quick pit stop, Schumacher puts in the fastest lap of the session so far. |
| 10:25:00
| Hamilton and Alonso are now on track for McLaren Mercedes. |
| 10:25:18
| Kovalainen and Fisichella are out for Renault. |
| 10:26:39
| Hamilton moves fifth fastest |
| 10:27:04
| Hamilton has a moment on that lap and nearly lost the back end of his McLaren. |
| 10:27:32
| Massa and Raikkonen on track. |
| 10:28:24
| Alonso gets into a battle with Massa and skips the chicane. Strange. They carry the battle down to turn one where he makes the pass stick. |
| 10:29:04
| Hamilton meanwhile has put in the fastest lap as Alonso squabbles with Massa. |
| 10:30:55
| Massa and Raikkonen off the pace on their first laps. |
| 10:32:02
| Alonso is sixth fastest at the moment as Hamilton gets a bunch of oversteer though the first turn. |
| 10:32:28
| Raikkonen and Massa move third and eighth. |
| 10:33:18
| Sutil has not set a lap time yet and seems to have problems with his Spyker. |
| 10:35:34
| Adrian Sutil heads out. |
| 10:36:25
| Kovalainen is on a better lap and hoping to move into the top ten. |
| 10:36:41
| The Finn gains three positions and is now ninth. |
| 10:37:55
| Improvements for Sato and Wurz. Hamilton, Raikkonen and Massa remain on track. Alonso improved a little and pitted. |
| 10:38:17
| Now Hamilton pits his McLaren. |
| 10:39:30
| Massa finds half a second and moves fifth fastest. |
| 10:40:33
| Sutil is now on his first stint of the session and is 21st ahead of Winkelhock. |
| 10:42:38
| Button uses all of the kerbing in the chicane to move 14th in the Honda. |
| 10:42:53
| A spin for Winkelhock. |
| 10:43:32
| The Spyker driver gets going again after losing the back end in the complex at the start of the lap. |
| 10:44:52
| Nick Heidfeld is now second fastest ahead of Kubica. BMW looking strong. |
| 10:45:57
| Fisichella is down in 16th position and the Renault team are working on his front brakes it seems. |
| 10:46:38
| Kubica (3rd) is pushing hard. |
| 10:47:41
| The BMW driver improves his lap time but not his position. |
| 10:50:23
| Alonso is back out after some time in the pits. |
| 10:52:23
| No changes at the front of the order. Alonso is back out and looking to improve his time. |
| 10:52:56
| Fisichella (16th) is back out after a long time in the pits. The team seemed to be working on the front right corner of the R27. |
| 10:54:45
| Heidfeld is back out while Fisichella understeers off the circuit. Fisichella crosses the circuit and into another gravel trap before continuing. |
| 10:55:19
| Alonso has trimmed the gap a little and is now fourth fastest. |
| 10:57:24
| Raikkonen, Alonso, Hamilton and Heidfeld all on track. |
| 11:00:57
| Hamilton runs wide but continues. Kubica is on a hot lap. |
| 11:02:11
| Kubica moves second fastest having taken a set of soft tyres. |
| 11:04:03
| Fisichella is back in the Renault pit and having some more work on the front end of his R27. |
| 11:06:33
| It is close at the top. Heidfeld is now second fastest with Kubica just a fraction slower in third. |
| 11:07:07
| Coulthard is way down the order in his Red Bull and looking to improve. |
| 11:07:24
| Felipe Massa is back out in his Ferrari. |
| 11:07:48
| Coulthard gains ten positions and is now ninth. |
| 11:08:19
| Liuzzi moves 12th in his STR2. |
| 11:08:34
| Now Button moves tenth in his Honda. |
| 11:09:35
| Rosberg (15th) is now on a set of softs. |
| 11:09:50
| The Williams driver moves 11th fastest. |
| 11:10:28
| Massa pits and the team simulate a race pit stop before wheeling him back into the garage. |
| 11:11:32
| Alex Wurz is on a faster lap as he looks to make up ground. Unlike Rosberg, he remains on the harder tyre. |
| 11:12:23
| Wurz moves just ahead of team-mate Rosberg. |
| 11:13:22
| Trulli (8th) is running well. He is back out in his TF107 on the soft tyre. |
| 11:14:43
| Takuma Sato (17th) is on a fast lap in his Super Aguri Honda. |
| 11:15:13
| The Japanese racer moves 15th fastest. |
| 11:15:36
| Renault are not having a good morning. Kovalainen is 17th and Fisichella 19th. |
| 11:17:17
| Alonso is now heading out on soft tyres. He is three tenths slower than Hamilton on the harder option. |
| 11:18:20
| Most of the front runners are now on track. |
| 11:18:39
| Kimi Raikkonen is on a hot lap. |
| 11:19:47
| Using the soft tyre, Raikkonen moves fastest. |
| 11:20:04
| Heidfeld is also on the soft tyre and on a fast lap. |
| 11:20:27
| Heidfeld moves second fastest. |
| 11:20:49
| Seconds later, Alonso takes P2 from Heidfeld. |
| 11:21:16
| Hamilton is on track and on a fast lap. |
| 11:21:59
| Now Hamilton returns to the top of the timesheets ahead of Raikkonen, Alonso and Heidfeld. |
| 11:23:38
| A scruffy start to the lap for Massa who runs wide into turn one. |
| 11:24:41
| Massa takes it carefully for the rest of that lap and then pushes hard as he goes for a time again on the soft tyre. |
| 11:25:43
| Another erratic lap from Massa as he runs wide a few times. |
| 11:27:01
| Wurz has moved up one position and is now ahead of Button. |
| 11:27:30
| Kovalainen is back out in his Renault but some way off the pace. |
| 11:29:21
| Button moves eighth fastest ahead of Coulthard and Barrichello. |
| 11:30:16
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 11:31:08
| A lot of driver still on track, but Hamilton's fastest lap seems safe. |
| 11:31:35
| So Hamilton sets the pace in the opening practice session of the European GP weekend. |
| 11:32:05
| Raikkonen is second fastest agead of Alonso, Heidfeld, Kubica. Massa, Schumacher and Button. |
