Hockenheim, 24 July 2010

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull set the fastest time in the third and final free practice session for the German Grand Prix, the eleventh round of the Formula 1 World Championship. The Hockenheim track was still damp from a heavy shower just at the start of the session, although it dried later, allowing the German to set a time of 1.15.103. Second was Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari (1.15.387) and the other Red Bull of Mark Webber (1.15.708.) Felipe Massa was fourth in the other F10 in 1.15.854. The Ferrari men ran different programmes: Fernando did a first run on the intermediate tyres before switching to the soft dry tyres, while Felipe started on the hards, followed by another run on softs. Both Scuderia Ferrari drivers were happy with how things went, despite the poor conditions on the track, which took a while to dry in the cooler temperatures prevalent throughout the sixty minutes. The all important qualifying session gets underway at 14.00.