| 10:50:24
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the third practice session at Magny Cours. |
| 10:52:59
| Ferrari dominated yesterday with Kimi Raikkonen setting the fastest lap of the day in the morning session. Felipe Massa set the pace in the afternoon and the Ferrari team enjoyed a three tenth cushion over its nearest rivals. |
| 10:54:27
| Scott Speed was third fastest for Toro Rosso Ferrari who are running their new seamless shift gearbox for the first time. Tonio Liuzzi was fifth fastest but they admit they ran with little fuel on board to set the times. |
| 10:56:07
| Lewis Hamilton was fourth best in his McLaren with Fernando Alonso just eighth fastest. The team had a difficult day with Hamilton losing time with a mechanical problem. Alonso meanwhile had a few off track moments in his MP4-22. |
| 10:58:18
| Nick Heidfeld sat out much of the running with back pain but after checks yesterday evening, will be back in action today for BMW Sauber. |
| 11:00:06
| The 60 minute practice session is now underway. |
| 11:00:57
| The pit lane is open as Christian Albers leads the field onto the circuit. |
| 11:01:37
| Yesterday was free practice. Today it is part of the race weekend so any engine failures now come with a penalty. |
| 11:01:55
| Most of the field has gone out for an installation lap. |
| 11:03:21
| They are all returning to the pits now for checks. Only Ferrari, Hamilton and Honda have not gone out yet. |
| 11:05:14
| Hamilton is on his installation lap. He is the only driver on track. |
| 11:07:23
| No one on track |
| 11:07:53
| Sypker send out Albers and Sutil. |
| 11:10:13
| Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson join the Spyker duo on track. |
| 11:10:46
| First timed laps from Sutil and Albers. They are a second off their Friday best times. |
| 11:12:27
| Sato has moves ahead of Sutil and Albers. Jarno Trulli is out in his Toyota. |
| 11:12:58
| Now Ralf Schumacher joins the action. Davidson moves P2 in the second Super Aguri. |
| 11:13:40
| Kovalainen and Liuzzi on track. Sato improves and is 0.2 off his Friday best. |
| 11:14:21
| Heidfeld is out for BMW Sauber. With his back pain yesterday he ended up just 19th. |
| 11:15:01
| Trulli moves fastest ahead of Sato and Albers who has improved. |
| 11:15:42
| Kovalainen runs wide at Adelaide but is able to continue after missing his braking point. |
| 11:16:18
| Davidson also has a minor moment as well and continues. |
| 11:16:58
| Ralf Schumacher moves second fastest. Honda racers Barrichello and Button head out. |
| 11:17:46
| A better lap from Kovalainen moves him third fastest. |
| 11:18:32
| Kubica moves third fastest. No sign of McLaren or Ferrari yet. |
| 11:19:00
| Trulli has pitted his Toyota as Kovalainen and Liuzzi improve. |
| 11:19:45
| Kimi Raikkonen heads out in his Ferrari. |
| 11:20:28
| Kovalainen moves fastest for Renault. |
| 11:21:27
| Kovalainen is on another fast lap. Kubica has moved second fastest. |
| 11:22:18
| Raikkonen vaults to the head of the timesheets on his first lap. |
| 11:23:41
| Alex Wurz moves fifth fastest with Coulthard into the top ten. |
| 11:24:08
| Massa heads out. Alonso and Hamilton have yet to set a time. |
| 11:25:12
| Raikkonen shaves a few tenths off his own best. Massa starts his first timed lap. |
| 11:25:27
| Red flag. |
| 11:25:55
| We don't know why the red flag yet. |
| 11:26:45
| The astro-turf has come up at the final complex as the cars run over it. |
| 11:27:10
| They're all pitting now. |
| 11:27:49
| They stopped the session as the cars run over that part each lap. |
| 11:28:27
| They are inspecting the area now. Massa was on a fast lap as they stopped the session. |
| 11:30:21
| The session will resume shortly. |
| 11:32:14
| Green flag. The session is underway. |
| 11:34:07
| Massa is back out for his first run in the Ferrari. Kubica, Trulli, Schumacher and others on track. |
| 11:35:12
| Massa moves fastest with a time slightly faster than his Friday best. |
| 11:35:48
| Hamilton and Alonso have yet to set a time. Hamilton is now on track. |
| 11:36:14
| Albers goes off track at Imola. |
| 11:36:58
| Massa is on another fast lap. |
| 11:38:00
| Massa improves his own best a little. Alonso remains in the pits and the McLaren team are working on the car. There must be a small problem. |
| 11:38:41
| Hamilton moves second fastest and splits the Ferrari duo. |
| 11:39:26
| Trulli ran wide at Estoril and returned to the Toyota pit. |
| 11:40:59
| Massa has pitted. Raikkonen is back out and improves a fraction to move second ahead of Hamilton and Kovalainen. |
| 11:43:02
| Alonso is waiting for the team to finish working on the front of his McLaren. He has yet to set a time. |
| 11:44:08
| Fisichella moves up the order and is now fifth fastest in the second Renault. |
| 11:45:33
| Now Sato vaults up the order and is fifth fastest. |
| 11:46:08
| They will all be working on qualifying pace in the final 15 minutes. |
| 11:47:21
| Jenson Button moves fifth fastest in his Honda, a second off Massa. |
| 11:48:11
| Hamilton has only had one short run and Alonso has yet to set a time. A strange session for the McLaren Mercedes team. |
| 11:48:56
| Liuzzi and Schumacher move fifth and sixth fastest. |
| 11:50:32
| Just under ten minutes remain. Most will try a simulated qualifying run before the end of the session. |
| 11:51:39
| Hamilton is back out in his McLaren. |
| 11:53:15
| Fisichella and Kovalainen on track. Kubica, Trulli and others are now on track. |
| 11:54:06
| Nico Rosberg moves fourth fastest. |
| 11:54:24
| Hamilton moves fastest with the fastest lap of the weekend so far. |
| 11:54:48
| So that was Hamilton's low fuel run. Raikkonen is back out. |
| 11:55:19
| Fisichella is up to fourth position in his Renault ahead of Rosberg. |
| 11:55:34
| Now Kovalainen moves third in his Renault. |
| 11:55:56
| Hamilton pits after his first simulated qualifying run. |
| 11:57:34
| Kovalainen moves ahead of team-mate Fisichella. |
| 11:57:51
| Massa and Raikkonen on track. |
| 11:58:15
| Alonso now out in his McLaren with two minutes remaining. |
| 11:58:28
| Massa improves but remains second. |
| 11:59:24
| Alonso starts his first timed lap. |
| 12:00:02
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 12:00:59
| Alonso moves eighth fastest in a difficult session. |
| 12:01:56
| Lewis Hamilton is fastest from Massa, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Fisichella and Kubica. Nico Rosberg is seventh ahead of Alonso, Trulli and Coulthard. |
| 12:02:09
| One second covers the top ten runners. |
