| 10:51:16
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the final practice session ahead of qualifying later on today at Nurburgring. |
| 10:52:25
| Friday running saw Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the morning session from Kimi Raikkonen while in the afternoon, the duo swapped positions on the timesheets. |
| 10:54:47
| The battle at the front is as ever an all Ferrari and McLaren affair, but behind Toyota impressed eighth the fifth and sixth best times for Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli. BMW Sauber and Toyota seem set for a good battle for the best of the rest award. |
| 10:56:24
| Nico Rosberg ran well in his Williams Toyota and set the seventh fastest time. The German said after practice that he was not too happy with the balance of his FW29, so it will be interesting to see what progress he can make today. |
| 10:58:42
| Renault languished down the timesheets in both sessions. The team claim that they were not going for a time and that they are happy with their Friday programme. Today there is no hiding from the stop-watch, so we shall see. |
| 11:00:16
| The third practice session of the weekend is underway and it is dry and sunny. |
| 11:01:10
| Marcus Winkelhock leads a train of cars out of the pit lane. He spun out of yesterday's second session and will be keen to get as much track time as possible. |
| 11:01:46
| With race engines now fitted, most will complete an installation lap and then pit for checks. |
| 11:02:09
| Most of the field has gone straight out. |
| 11:02:35
| They are now all coming back into the pit lane. |
| 11:03:35
| Only Raikkonen and Massa have not gone out. |
| 11:04:40
| All have pitted now. No track activity. |
| 11:07:11
| Winkelhock heading back out in his Spyker. |
| 11:09:05
| Adrian Sutil joins the action and is followed out by Ralf Schumacher. |
| 11:11:10
| Adrian Sutil sets the initial pace from Winkelhock. Trulli, Sato and Davidson are now on track as well. |
| 11:11:45
| Ralf Schumacher takes P1 as he gets up to speed in his Toyota. He is going well this weekend and should be in the top ten with Trulli come qualifying. |
| 11:12:49
| Speed and Liuzzi are out for Toro Rosso. They struggled for pace on Friday. |
| 11:13:47
| Trulli now moves fastest ahead of Schumacher and Sato. The times will continue to drop as they put down more rubber. |
| 11:14:22
| Rosberg, Fisichella and Heidfeld join the action. |
| 11:16:01
| Schumacher has returned to P1 ahead of Trulli with Liuzzi up to third. |
| 11:16:11
| Kimi Raikkonen heads out. |
| 11:16:50
| The Toyota duo pit at the head of the timesheets. |
| 11:17:15
| Now Rosberg moves fastest in his Toyota powered Williams. |
| 11:18:05
| Massa is on track in the second Ferrari as Raikkonen starts his first timed lap. |
| 11:18:30
| Sure enough, Raikkonen is on the pace from lap one and moves fastest ahead of Rosberg. |
| 11:19:10
| Nick Heidfeld, a low key ninth yesterday afternoon, is now second fastest in his BMW Sauber. |
| 11:20:26
| Alonso and Hamilton are out for McLaren now. Massa is on a fast lap. |
| 11:21:06
| Raikkonen is already faster than yesterday afternoon, but two-tenths off Hamilton's morning time. |
| 11:21:45
| Massa has vaulted second fastest while Fisichella is working his way up the order in his Renault. |
| 11:23:15
| Button has moved into the top ten in his Honda. Alonso moves second and splits the Ferraris. |
| 11:23:52
| Now Hamilton pops second and we have the usual suspects at the top of the timesheets. |
| 11:25:17
| Improvements from Wurz and Kubica as they move fifth and sixth. |
| 11:26:09
| The battle for fifth on the grid will be a close one this afternoon with BMW Sauber, Toyota and Williams all in the battle behind the leading two teams. |
| 11:29:27
| Kovalainen is now ninth fastest in his Renault as he makes some progress. |
| 11:29:59
| Most of the front runners are in the pits. Ralf Schumacher remains on track and moves fifth fastest in his Toyota. |
| 11:31:12
| Three tenths of a second cover the top four and then a big gap to the rest of the field. |
| 11:33:06
| Fisichella remains on track and moves his Renault ninth just a fraction slower than Heidfeld. |
| 11:34:27
| Sato is down in 21st position and looking to find some speed and move ahead of Sutil's Spyker. |
| 11:35:52
| Nick Heidfeld is back out in his BMW Sauber. Sato has improved and is now ahead of Sutil. |
| 11:37:09
| Raikkonen and Hamilton leave the pit lane. |
| 11:39:46
| Now Alonso joins his rivals on track as Raikkonen improves his own best by another few tenths. |
| 11:40:59
| Hamilton is on some fast laps but is not as yet closing the defecit to Raikkonen. |
| 11:42:17
| Alonso puts together a good lap and moves P1 ahead of Raikkonen and Hamilton. |
| 11:43:49
| Hamilton and Alonso pit as Massa finds time and moves third fastest. |
| 11:44:57
| The battle at the back is close again as Sutil has improved and moved ahead of Takuma Sato. |
| 11:45:41
| Alex Wurz is up to sixth in his Williams Toyota. The team really need some points this weekend as they have not scored since the Canadian GP. |
| 11:46:06
| Kubica retakes P6 for BMW Sauber. |
| 11:48:30
| Some are now trying some simulated qualifying runs. Coulthard moves fifth in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 11:49:17
| Kovalainen (14th) returns to the Renault pit with a reported gearbox issue. |
| 11:49:58
| Heidfeld improves to P6. The fastest four are all in the pits at the moment. |
| 11:50:56
| Scott Speed picks up ten places as he takes over the fifth spot. |
| 11:51:19
| Less than ten minutes remain in this session. |
| 11:52:33
| Trulli is on track in his Toyota and moving up the order. Raikkonen is back out. |
| 11:54:01
| Button is now into the top ten in his Honda. Team-mate Barrichello remains in the pits down in P17. |
| 11:54:17
| Raikkonen has started a hot lap. Hamilton heads out. |
| 11:55:09
| Raikkonen moves fastest by a good margin as he goes for a qualifying style run. |
| 11:55:39
| Rosberg moves fifth. Massa heads out. |
| 11:56:16
| All of the front runners are out now to put in a quick lap. |
| 11:56:35
| Kubica is now third fastest for BMW. |
| 11:57:18
| Raikkonen pits and then heads straight back out. |
| 11:57:40
| Hamilton is now second in his McLaren. |
| 11:58:35
| The circuit is now very busy in the final second of the session. |
| 11:59:02
| Hamilton and Rosberg have both pitted. |
| 12:00:09
| Webber moves eighth fastest ahead of Coulthard and Schumacher. |
| 12:00:19
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 12:01:46
| Kimi Raikkonen sets the pace in the final practice session from Hamilton, Alonso and Kubica. Felipe Massa is fifth best in the second Ferrari ahead of Rosberg, Heidfeld and Webber. |
