French GP: Piquet tops Practice 3
In a surprise, Nelson Piquet Jr. put his Renault atop the time sheets in Saturday morning's third practice session for Sunday's French GP at Magny Cours. Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were 2nd and 3rd followed by Nico Rosberg in the Williams Toyota. All four were assumed to be on qualifying setups.
Meanwhile Kimi Raikkonen was 5th, but it was assumed he was running in race trim.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Piquet | Renault | 1:15.750 | + 0.000 | 19 |
| 2. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:15.759 | + 0.009 | 14 |
| 3. | Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:15.827 | + 0.077 | 21 |
| 4. | Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:15.974 | + 0.224 | 17 |
| 5. | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:16.003 | + 0.253 | 18 |
| 6. | Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.147 | + 0.397 | 20 |
| 7. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.182 | + 0.432 | 16 |
| 8. | Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.235 | + 0.485 | 18 |
| 9. | Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.256 | + 0.506 | 17 |
| 10. | Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:16.282 | + 0.532 | 18 |
| 11. | Glock | Toyota | 1:16.344 | + 0.594 | 20 |
| 12. | Alonso | Renault | 1:16.437 | + 0.687 | 20 |
| 13. | Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.545 | + 0.795 | 16 |
| 14. | Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:16.617 | + 0.867 | 20 |
| 15. | Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.644 | + 0.894 | 16 |
| 16. | Button | Honda | 1:16.651 | + 0.901 | 20 |
| 17. | Barrichello | Honda | 1:16.658 | + 0.908 | 17 |
| 18. | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:16.687 | + 0.937 | 19 |
| 19. | Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:17.365 | + 1.615 | 23 |
| 20. | Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:17.612 | + 1.862 | 21 |