German GP: Kovalainen tops Practice 3
On Saturday morning McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen nipped Ferrari's Felipe Massa at the very end of the session to claim the fastest lap for the third practices session for this weekend's German GP at the famous Hockenheimring. McLaren teammate Felipe Massa was third followed by Fernando Alonso's Renault and a sensational Sebastian Vettel in the lowly Toro Rosso in 5th. Kimi Raikkonen was uncharacteristically way down in 9th place and just has not been able to come to terms with this track.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.621 | + 0.000 | 18 |
| 2. | Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.693 | + 0.072 | 21 |
| 3. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.839 | + 0.218 | 21 |
| 4. | Alonso | Renault | 1:15.943 | + 0.322 | 18 |
| 5. | Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.037 | + 0.416 | 24 |
| 6. | Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.133 | + 0.512 | 25 |
| 7. | Piquet | Renault | 1:16.161 | + 0.540 | 21 |
| 8. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:16.196 | + 0.575 | 19 |
| 9. | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:16.380 | + 0.759 | 19 |
| 10. | Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.405 | + 0.784 | 20 |
| 11. | Button | Honda | 1:16.447 | + 0.826 | 22 |
| 12. | Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:16.515 | + 0.894 | 19 |
| 13. | Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.530 | + 0.909 | 18 |
| 14. | Glock | Toyota | 1:16.636 | + 1.015 | 27 |
| 15. | Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.808 | + 1.187 | 23 |
| 16. | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:16.906 | + 1.285 | 24 |
| 17. | Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:16.938 | + 1.317 | 20 |
| 18. | Barrichello | Honda | 1:17.189 | + 1.568 | 20 |
| 19. | Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:17.312 | + 1.691 | 22 |
| 20. | Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:17.469 | + 1.848 | 15 |