| 09:51:59
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the Saturday morning practice session of the British Grand Prix weekend. |
| 09:52:53
| Felipe Massa topped he Friday timesheets with a best of 1:19.575s recorded in the morning. Shortly afterwards he would spin off and crash on oil put down by Alonso’s expiring Renault. In the afternoon, Heikki Kovalainen set the fastest time on a 1:19.989s best. |
| 09:54:30
| It was a solid day for Kovalainen as the McLaren driver was right on the pace in both 90-minute sessions. Mark Webber was second in the afternoon in the leading Red Bull Renault ahead of Lewis Hamilton who has a few moments as he pushed the MP4-23 to its limits. |
| 09:56:56
| David Coulthard, who announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the season on Friday, was fourth fastest in the second Red Bull ahead of Nico Rosberg in the leading Williams Toyota. |
| 09:58:34
| Sebastian Vettel ran well for Toro Rosso with the sixth fastest time ahead of Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Kazuki Nakajima and Rubens Barrichello. |
| 10:00:08
| It is a very cloudy morning at Silverstone and while it is not raining, the circuit is wet. The 60-minute session is underway. |
| 10:00:38
| Nick Heidfeld leads the cars out of the pit lane. |
| 10:01:13
| There is spray being kicked up as they negotiate their way around the circuit. |
| 10:01:44
| Most are out on full wet tyres for the installation lap. |
| 10:02:28
| Heidfeld and the early runners return to the pits. |
| 10:02:54
| The cars are now fitted with race engines and race gearboxes. |
| 10:03:17
| Raikkonen, Massa and Button yet to head out. |
| 10:05:35
| Timo Glock heads back out. Button is on his installation lap. |
| 10:07:26
| Glock is the only driver on track at the moment. Yesterday Toyota were foreced to put a standard rear wing on the car after Trulli suffered a failure of the new device. |
| 10:07:44
| It was just a second installation lap for Glock who pits. |
| 10:09:16
| Now Trulli heads out as there is in fact some sun at the moment although showers are expected through the day. |
| 10:11:08
| Alonso, Button, Bourdais, Hamilton, Trulli, Vettel and others now on track. No times yet. |
| 10:12:17
| Trulli records the first timed lap of the session on the intermediate tyre. A 1:38.5 is roughly 20 seconds off the Friday best times. |
| 10:13:21
| Many drivers on first laps now. |
| 10:13:35
| Alonso moves fastest ahead of Trulli. |
| 10:14:01
| Hamilton moves second fastest. They're using the intermediate time. |
| 10:15:03
| Alonso and Piquet move one-two for Renault. |
| 10:15:39
| The times are changing fast as they all get used to the circuit and seek grip. |
| 10:16:26
| A spin for Adrian Sutil as Raikkonen moves second fastest behind Alonso. |
| 10:17:37
| Bourdais and Vettel move one-two for Toro Rosso with Massa now up to third as the circuit starts to dry. |
| 10:17:55
| Kovalainen splits the STR duo. |
| 10:18:30
| The times continue to fall as Alonso is now P1 ahead of Piquet. |
| 10:18:53
| Now Hamilton improves to P1. Many drivers on fast laps... |
| 10:19:18
| Webber, Coulthard and Trulli remain in the pits. |
| 10:20:56
| A slide for Massa but he improves to third behind Raikkonen and Hamilton. |
| 10:21:49
| Hamilton, Raikkonen, Alonso and Kovalainen have pitted after a first stint. |
| 10:22:15
| A quick stop for Raikkonen who heads straight back out. |
| 10:23:21
| Webber and Coulthard remain in the pits. |
| 10:24:55
| Raikkonen was on a fast lap but backs off. Rosberg is back out in his Williams. |
| 10:26:21
| Webber heads out for Red Bull with Coulthard following. |
| 10:26:37
| Glock moves fifth fastest in his Toyota. |
| 10:27:29
| A spin for Trulli in his Toyota. |
| 10:28:06
| Webber moves fourth fastest in his RB4. |
| 10:29:28
| The spray has now gone and the sun is out as the circuit is drying in parts. |
| 10:30:07
| Massa moves fastest as Coulthard moves second on his first timed lap of the session. |
| 10:30:28
| Some may well be looking to dry tyres by the end of the session. |
| 10:30:46
| Nakajima spins his Williams. |
| 10:32:00
| Nakajima spun at Farm, the same turn as yesterday as there is now a dry line forming around much of the circuit. |
| 10:32:33
| Kubica remains down in P18 and is clearly not too happy with his F1.08. |
| 10:35:34
| Most are in the pits now as the circuit has dried. Glock is on track as Sutil vaults ninth fastest. |
| 10:37:07
| Glock improves and is now second fastest and Sutil up to fourth. |
| 10:37:26
| Kubica remains on track but is still down in 19th. |
| 10:37:49
| A small gain for Kubica who is now 12th. |
| 10:38:59
| Glock, Kubica and Webber are on track and the rest are in the pits. |
| 10:39:22
| Another gain for Kubica who moves fifth. |
| 10:40:12
| Nick Heidfeld heads out. |
| 10:42:04
| Webber moves fourth fastest as Heidfeld starts a hot lap in his BMW Sauber. |
| 10:42:16
| Heidfeld is on the dry tyre. |
| 10:43:00
| The dry tyres are working for Heidfeld as he vaults from 14th to 1st by four seconds. |
| 10:43:27
| Bourdais moves second fastest as Massa and others are now heading back out. |
| 10:44:37
| So now it is the time for the dry tyre as Bourdais moves second fastest. |
| 10:45:55
| Alonso moves fastest in the Renault. |
| 10:46:11
| All change as Bourdais moves fastest with Piquet up to second. |
| 10:48:00
| Bourdais remains fastest next time around from Alonso, Piquet and Button up to P4. |
| 10:48:43
| Raikkonen vaults fastest. Kovalainen and Hamilton are in the pits and they have been shuffled to the bottom of the timesheets. |
| 10:49:40
| Now Glock moves P1 as they continue to get to grips with the drying circuit. |
| 10:50:26
| Ten minutes remain and the times continue to tumble. Vettel is now fastest from Webber and Alonso. |
| 10:51:13
| Webber is now fastest as Hamilton heads out. Coulthard is in the pits with a problem. |
| 10:51:48
| Kovalainen also now out. The McLaren duo have been bumped to the bottom of the timesheets. |
| 10:52:25
| Coulthard is waiting on the team who are working onhis RB4. |
| 10:53:18
| Webber remains fastest from Button, Vettel, Glock and Barrichello. |
| 10:53:39
| Hamilton moves second fastest in his McLaren. |
| 10:55:29
| Kovalainen is on the soft tyre as he moves fastest. Webber has pitted and Hamilton is on the harder tyre. |
| 10:56:26
| Hamilton improves and is now second behind Kovalainen. |
| 10:56:51
| Raikkonen up to fifth position. Massa is outside of the top ten at the moment. |
| 10:57:24
| Many now taking the dry softer tyre for pure performance with three minutes remaining. |
| 10:58:14
| It seems Coulthard is not going back out. That will be costly heading into qualifying. |
| 10:58:26
| All on track but Coulthard. |
| 10:59:17
| Vettel moves second as Hamilton pits. |
| 10:59:34
| Hamilton straight back out. |
| 10:59:45
| Alonso moves fastest from Kovalainen. |
| 10:59:59
| Webber moves second. |
| 11:00:04
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 11:00:13
| Many still on fast laps. |
| 11:01:02
| Raikkonen does not improve. |
| 11:01:22
| Alonso has set the pace in the third practice session for Renault. |
| 11:01:59
| Webber is second fastest from Kovalainen, Vettel, Hamilton, Piquet, Bourdais, Glock, Raikkonen and Barrichello. |
