Belgian GP Practice 3: Alonso moves to top
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| Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the pace as the skies cleared over the Ardennes mountains and the Formula 1 field got their first chance at a dry track in Saturday morning practice at Spa-Francorchamps.
Kimi Raikkonen put Lotus in second place, ahead of more Ferrari power in the way of the Saubers of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi.
McLaren's Jenson Button was fifth, seven spots ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
Felipe Massa was sixth in the second Ferrari.
The Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were seventh and ninth.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m48.542s | +0.000s | 18 |
| 2. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m48.683s | +0.141s | 21 |
| 3. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m48.850s | +0.308s | 23 |
| 4. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m48.863s | +0.321s | 20 |
| 5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m49.091s | +0.549s | 18 |
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m49.092s | +0.550s | 16 |
| 7. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m49.164s | +0.622s | 21 |
| 8. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m49.266s | +0.724s | 23 |
| 9. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m49.292s | +0.750s | 23 |
| 10. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m49.382s | +0.840s | 22 |
| 11. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m49.561s | +1.019s | 23 |
| 12. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m49.615s | +1.073s | 19 |
| 13. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m49.621s | +1.079s | 26 |
| 14. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m49.674s | +1.132s | 23 |
| 15. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m49.710s | +1.168s | 21 |
| 16. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m49.776s | +1.234s | 22 |
| 17. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m50.027s | +1.485s | 20 |
| 18. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m52.339s | +3.797s | 21 |
| 19. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m52.566s | +4.024s | 20 |
| 20. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m52.630s | +4.088s | 18 |
| 21. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m52.809s | +4.267s | 22 |
| 22. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m53.383s | +4.841s | 22 |
| 23. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m53.562s | +5.020s | 23 |
| 24. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m58.113s | +9.571s | 5 |