Stuart is being our man on the ground in Italy this weekend, and has already given us a weather update for the morning.

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Not looking great out there at the moment. Track temp is 20 and air temp is 22. There was a thunderstorm overnight but the track surface is drying already.

On the other hand, there’s barely any wind so there may not be much change.

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Hopefully it won't be like yesterday, because although it was quite amusing to see a river pouring down the pit lane, it wasn't particularly helpful. When we did get some sensible running in FP2, it appeared that Ferrari may have had the upper hand with Kimi on top. McLaren have been keen to point out they were running heavy fuel loads, concentrating on race setup, and not that bothered about grabbing any headlines.

FP3 usually sees a lot more experimentation with the tyres, as the track is the closest it's going to be to qualifying before the afternoon. Last year we had the soft and medium compound, but this year Bridgestone has moved one step up and brought along the hard and medium tyres this time round. This will no doubt be helpful for riding the kerbs, and avoid any blistering that might become a problem.

ITV seem to have overlooked FP3 in their schedules, so we are stuck hunting for video on the web. There's information on the Formula 1 on the Internet page, but we will be searching and commenting any new links that we find. 5live Sports Extra has FP3 on their schedules, and they'll be hoping the commentary box is a little bit drier than it was yesterday. With such little coverage, we are also relying on the live timing actually working, although so far this weekend it has been touch and go.