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Europe 2008 - Free Practice 3 - We learnt nothing from the first two sessions, third time's a charm?

Published by Christine

Let's be honest, yesterday told us nothing. I'm sure we're not ashamed to admit that it was difficult to follow the track, and the results left us scratching our heads.

The early sessions saw Toro Rosso on fine form, but they didn't seem able to keep the momentum going through the afternoon. On the flip side, Räikkönen was way down in 7th for the first session, then just edged out Alonso for the top spot in the afternoon. Talking of which, how the hell was Button up in third?

It's not just us who are struggling with the track though, as Joe pointed out in the comments, Alonso has admitted that he gets confused exactly where he is on the track. Not surprising considering how long it is, and how very similar it all looked. Alonso is also suffering from a lighter wallet, thanks to a hefty fine for cutting the entrance to the pit lane. He admits to the mistake and accepts the fine with good grace, but I think it's a bit harsh. With Hamilton already being penalised for arriving to the press conference two minutes too late (I'm sure that's a song), we'll have to wait and see who will make it a hat trick.

We still haven't seen any major incidents, which on the one hand is a good thing, but on the other isn't what we were expecting at all. The run off area is being put to good use, but the bets are still open on who is going to lose it first. Rosberg almost claimed the title as he tried to take Webber with him yesterday, but it was a well-avoided accident.

As ever, ITV aren't showing Free Practice 3 and have yet to explain themselves as to why. We'll be hunting for video on the web. 5live should be covering the session, so we at least have audio. Enjoy the Live Commenting Live... Thing, alongside the Live Timing, and we'll pop any other links in the comments.




Let's be honest, yesterday told us nothing. I'm sure we're not ashamed to admit that it was difficult to follow the track, and the results left us scratching our heads.

Event start

10:00GMT +01:00

23 August 2008