| 13:50:56
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and coverage of the second free practice session of the German Grand Prix weekend. |
| 13:52:15
| Rain ahead of the morning sessions saw plenty of wet weather running before the circuit dried completely as the session progressed and it was Lewis Hamilton who set the pace with a best lap of 1:15.537s, a tenth clear of McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen. |
| 13:54:25
| Felipe Massa set the third fastest time but along with Mark Webber did not complete a timed lap in the final minutes of the session and his pace is therefore all the more impressive. |
| 13:56:57
| Fernando Alonso was fourth fastest ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Nick Heidfeld, Kazuki Nakajima and Nelson Piquet. |
| 13:58:28
| Robert Kubica crashed his BMW Sauber on entry into the stadium section and missed the second half of the session, while a mechanical problem on his Toro Rosso stranded Sebastien Bourdais on track. |
| 14:00:04
| The circuit is dry and it is partly cloudy. The 90-minute afternoon free practice session is now underway. |
| 14:00:43
| Bourdais is straight out in his STR followed by team-mate Vettel. |
| 14:01:26
| Glock, Trulli, Nakajima, Heidfeld, Piquet follow out. |
| 14:02:18
| Kubica is out in his repaired BMW Sauber. Alonso, Coulthard and others now on track as well. |
| 14:03:27
| Bourdais backs off on his first timed lap as Vettel sets the initial pace from the Frenchman. |
| 14:04:30
| All change as the first laps are being competed. Heidfeld now fastest from Alonso, Trulli and Piquet. |
| 14:05:03
| Vettel improves and is fastest again as Kubica moves second. |
| 14:06:26
| Coulthard is now third in the Red Bull. No sign yet of the Ferrari duo. |
| 14:07:14
| Rosberg is on the soft tyre at the moment. He has just moved third fastest. |
| 14:08:12
| Hamilton was on a fast lap but lost time at the end of the lap after nearly hitting a slow Toro Rosso I think it was. |
| 14:09:34
| All change as Hamilton and Kovalainen moves first and second. Vettel is third ahead of Kubica and Rosberg. |
| 14:10:07
| It was Bourdais that Hamilton nearly hit on entry into the stadium. The STR was very slow and caught Hamilton out. |
| 14:10:25
| Massa's first lap moves him fifth. |
| 14:11:13
| Alonso makes gains and is now P4 for Renault. |
| 14:11:40
| Barrichello goes for a spin exiting the final turn onto the main straight. |
| 14:12:10
| Massa is now up to second with Heidfeld now third. |
| 14:12:37
| Raikkonen is now on track for the first time in this session. |
| 14:13:29
| Hamilton currently enjoying a seven-tenths cushion at the top of the timesheets. He has pitted as Massa continues. |
| 14:14:19
| Massa runs too deep into the hairpin and loses a few tenths. |
| 14:14:47
| Now Massa catches traffic in the stadium and he backs off. |
| 14:15:03
| Raikkonen's first lap moves him third fastest. |
| 14:15:25
| The early runners have pitted. The Ferrari duo remain on track. |
| 14:18:18
| Raikkonen runs wide after some snap oversteer but is able to continue |
| 14:19:15
| Massa pits. Vettel is back out in his Toro Rosso. |
| 14:19:39
| Raikkonen backs off and now starts another hot lap. |
| 14:21:03
| Understeer this time sends Raikkonen wide exiting the final turn. |
| 14:21:24
| Vettel improves to third in his Toro Rosso. He is having a good day today! |
| 14:22:30
| Rosberg is ninth and is out again on the softer medium option tyre. |
| 14:23:08
| Raikkonen now pits to have his F2008 looked over. |
| 14:23:39
| Alonso gains two spots and is now fifth as Trulli moves his Toyota into the top ten. |
| 14:24:19
| Nakajima has completed a few out laps in his FW30 but is back in the pits without setting a time. |
| 14:25:05
| Hamilton, Raikkonen, Heidfeld and Kovalainen on track again. |
| 14:26:04
| Sutil is running well in the Force India as he moves from 11th to ninth. |
| 14:27:34
| Rosberg is the only driver I have noted so far in this session on the softer medium tyre. |
| 14:28:00
| Except Fisichella that is who moves 14th on the option tyre... |
| 14:29:20
| Massa improves his time and reduces the gap to Hamilton down to two-tenths of a second. |
| 14:30:55
| Heikki Kovalainen is picking up the pace in the second McLaren and is now fifth. |
| 14:50:42
| Apologies, we have had a technical problem as of 14.37. I think we are back up and running. |
| 14:52:05
| Massa is now fastest from Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kovalainen and Kubica. |
| 14:52:18
| Kubica improved to fifth using the softer tyre. |
| 14:53:08
| Timo Glock had a very wide moment a few minutes ago exiting the final turn and got some air under his Toyota as he bounced across the grass. |
| 14:54:26
| Kovalainen is on track with the soft tyre at the moment and Rosberg has moved fifth fastest. |
| 14:55:07
| Rosberg runs wide on the next lap and then decides to pit. He is now on the harder tyre as the others start to try the soft. |
| 14:55:49
| Still no sign of Nakajima, so we must assume that his Williams Toyota has a fairly major problem. |
| 14:58:05
| Now Piquet is having a try of the softer tyre. Hockenheim is abrasive by its nature, so the tyres here this weekend are the hard and medium compounds. |
| 14:58:41
| The fastest three remain in the pits at the moment. Kovalainen, Kubica and Heidfeld are on track. |
| 15:24:13
| Some more apologies as we are not having a great day here at F1-Live.com. At 15.01 a main server decided it didn’t want to play anymore, but I think it is back now... Sorry... |
| 15:25:04
| Massa is currently fastest from Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Kubica, Heidfeld, Vettel, Coulthard and Trulli. |
| 15:25:37
| Bourdais has say out much of this session with a problem on his STR. He lost time as well this morning. He is now however back out and looking to make up for lost time. |
| 15:26:17
| Four minutes remain and the circuit is very busy. |
| 15:26:59
| All on track but Massa. |
| 15:27:26
| Hamilton's time of 1:15.537s set this morning remains the fastest of the day. |
| 15:27:55
| Hamilton and Raikkonen are both on hot laps at the moment. |
| 15:28:47
| Hamilton moves fastest with a much faster lap. He is now seven tenths clear of Massa who is sitting out the end of this session. |
| 15:29:16
| Raikkonen remains third fastest with that last lap. |
| 15:30:04
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:31:50
| No one is going to beat Hamilton's best time. |
| 15:32:51
| Hamilton is fastest from Massa, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Webber, Alonso, Rosberg, Kubica, Heidfeld and Coulthard. |
| 15:33:08
| That concludes our live coverage of day one of the German Grand Prix. |
