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Raikkonen on the track on the softer compound

Raikkonen is up into 3rd with a 1:22.294.

30 minutes remain and the top 8 are: Nakajima, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Coulthard, Fisichella, Sutil, Massa and Kubica

Massa moves into second with a 1:22.229. Just 0.057 seconds behind Nakajima. Massa is on the softer compound

Alonso fastest with a 1:22.034. He is on the softer compound.

Alonso pits after 4 laps. It is most likely that he is on a light fuel load!

Piquet goes fastest with a 1:22.019!

Kovalainen has stopped!

Final 15 minutes in the session and the order is: Piquet, Alonso, Nakajima. Massa, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Coulthard and Fisichella

Piquet also pits after 4 laps

The times are very close. Just 0.77 seconds separate 1st and 13th places!!

Raikkonen on a flyer!

And goes fastest with a 1:21.935.

20 drivers on the track

Session over. Top 8: Raikkonen, Piquet, Alonso, Nakajima, Massa, Webber, Rosberg and Coulthard

Full Results

Rank Driver Team Best Time Gap to 1st Laps completed
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 01:21.935 38
2 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 01:22.019 0.084 38
3 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:22.032 0.097 26
4 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 01:22.172 0.237 35
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:22.229 0.294 32
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:22.238 0.303 36
7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 01:22.266 0.331 33
8 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 01:22.289 0.354 30
9 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 01:22.383 0.448 38
10 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 01:22.548 0.613 38
11 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:22.685 0.75 33
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 01:22.788 0.853 38
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 01:23.130 1.195 40
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 01:23.224 1.289 34
15 Jenson Button Honda 01:23.263 1.328 34
16 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 01:23.264 1.329 8
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 01:23.415 1.48 31
18 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 01:23.661 1.726 35
19 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 01:23.684 1.749 37
20 Timo Glock Toyota 01:23.883 1.948 40
21 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 01:25.110 3.175 30
22 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 01:25.163 3.228 31

Here is a team by team summary from Friday practice in Spain (GMM):

FERRARI

Kimi Raikkonen at Barcelona is the man of the moment; the quickest driver at the wheel of the quickest car. Felipe Massa - who turned 27 today - was close in the morning, but he made a few too many mistakes.

RENAULT

Both cars were in the top seven in the morning, and the top three in the afternoon, with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet incredibly closely matched for pace. But engineering chief Pat Symonds warned: "Friday does not necessarily represent the complete picture."

WILLIAMS-TOYOTA

A promising showing, with both runners inside the afternoon top seven, and Kazuki Nakajima conspicuous in fourth.

RED BULL-RENAULT

Mark Webber is hopeful of making Q3 after going sixth quickest in the afternoon session. David Coulthard was eighth best in both 90 minute practices.

FORCE INDIA-FERRARI

Preparations for qualifying propelled both Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil respectively inside the top ten. "I think we are a lot more competitive than we expected to be," said technical boss Mike Gascoyne.

MCLAREN-MERCEDES

A bad day for Heikki Kovalainen; off Lewis Hamilton's pace in the morning, a rear-end change in the break, and finally stranded beside the circuit with a throttle problem after just eight laps in the afternoon. Hamilton was third in the morning but eleventh at the end of the second 90 minute session. "There was too much oversteer and we tried a lot of different things to improve but didn't make the progress we wanted," he said.

BMW-SAUBER

Neither driver shone in the afternoon, as they concentrated on race setup. Robert Kubica again appears to have the edge over Nick Heidfeld, and his best showing was fourth in the morning session.

TOYOTA

Not a good day for the Japanese team, with Timo Glock only managing to outpace the slow Super Aguris in the afternoon despite putting in a lot of laps. "I don't think it is as bad as the timesheets show today," cautioned chief engineer Dieter Gass.

HONDA

With the now horn-nosed RA108, Honda's drivers settled near the bottom of the midfield, with Jenson Button's morning tenth place the highlight of the three hours of practice.

TORO ROSSO-FERRARI

Near-identical pace from both drivers, with Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais between eighteenth and twentieth in both ninety minute sessions. "Everyone has made big steps forward with their newer cars," Bourdais lamented.

SUPER AGURI-HONDA

On Friday afternoon, less than nine tenths covered the top twelve runners, but - right at the back - Super Aguri's car is more than a full second slower than its nearest rival. At least the struggling team was in action at the end of a dire week. "I'd like to thank everyone involved with the team for their steadfastness and resolve during difficult times," said sporting boss Graham Taylor.

Saturday practice starting shortly. Track temperature is 27 degrees while air temperature 21 degrees.