Valencia Day 3: Kubica's Lotus Renault on top

After three days of pre-season testing a third constructor topped the timesheets on Thursday, with Robert Kubica's Renault seeing off Adrian Sutil's Force India.

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull ended the opening day on top before Fernando Alonso piped the German to the post on Wednesday, but it was Kubica who recorded the fastest time of the week, beating his more fancied competitors to the first 'win' of the season.

After two days fraught with problems, matters looked to be improving for Mercedes GP, with Schumacher posting the third fastest time of the morning with a 1:14.537, 0.108 faster than team-mate Nico Rosberg's quickest lap yesterday.

Despite a long run in the afternoon, the German was unable to better his time while others sped, finishing the day in a disappointing ninth spot.

Results

Pos	No.	Name	Best	Gap	Diff
1	9	KUBICA	1:13.144	–	–
2	14	SUTIL	1:13.201	0.057	0.057
3	5	ALONSO	1:13.307	0.163	0.106
4	4	BUTTON	1:13.553	0.409	0.246
5	1	VETTEL	1:13.614	0.470	0.061
6	15	DI RESTA	1:13.844	0.700	0.230
7	2	WEBBER	1:13.936	0.792	0.092
8	6	MASSA	1:14.017	0.873	0.081
9	24	GLOCK	1:14.207	1.063	0.190
10	12	MALDONADO	1:14.299	1.155	0.092
11	3	HAMILTON	1:14.353	1.209	0.054
12	17	PEREZ	1:14.458	1.314	0.105
13	22	KARTHIKEYAN	1:14.472	1.328	0.014
14	7	SCHUMACHER	1:14.537	1.393	0.065
15	8	ROSBERG	1:14.645	1.501	0.108
16	18	BUEMI	1:14.801	1.657	0.156
17	11	BARRICHELLO	1:16.023	2.879	1.222
18	19	ALGUERSUARI	1:16.474	3.330	0.451
19	21	KOVALAINEN	1:20.649	7.505	4.175
20	20	TRULLI	–	–	–