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Prac Three: Alonso leads the way

Saturday 5th July 2008

Fernando Alonso topped a wet-dry final practice session in Britain, edging Mark Webber by a quarter of a second.

Practice Three began with a wet track due to heavy overnight rain. As a result the drivers were tentative about heading out, waiting for some of the water to dry out before heading out themselves.

Once out on track it was the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen who took the early lead, however, once a dry line began to appear and the drivers switched to intermediate tyres the duo lost out to some rather unexpected rivals.

Renault's Fernando Alonso proved to be the pace-setter with the Spaniard clocking a 1:20.740 to beat Webber by 0.248s.

Third place went to Heikki Kovalainen, however, the McLaren driver was over half a second off the pace and only marginally ahead of Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton finished in fifth place ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr while Sebastien Bourdais ensured a great final practice hour for Toro Rosso.

Tim Glock completed the top eight ahead of Raikkonen.

Times
01 F. Alonso Renault 1:20.740 16 laps
02 M. Webber Red Bull 1:20.988 18 laps
03 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:21.266 14 laps
04 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.277 19 laps
05 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:21.668 14 laps
06 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:21.789 14 laps
07 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:22.059 21 laps
08 T. Glock Toyota 1:22.183 21 laps
09 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:22.355 20 laps
10 R. Barrichello Honda 1:22.387 17 laps
11 J. Button Honda 1:22.440 19 laps
12 F. Massa Ferrari 1:22.461 20 laps
13 N. Rosberg Williams 1:22.544 18 laps
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:22.556 20 laps
15 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:22.916 22 laps
16 K. Nakajima Williams 1:23.028 17 laps
17 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:23.049 22 laps
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:23.112 21 laps
19 R. Kubica BMW 1:23.282 20 laps
20 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:32.119 6 laps

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