| 09:50:59
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the Turkish Grand Prix weekend. The first practice session gets underway shortly. |
| 09:52:08
| Since the Hungarian Grand Prix, no one has completed any serious testing due to the enforced summer break. Some however have minor updates to the cars for this event. |
| 09:54:07
| Spyker however have been unable to bring their new B-spec chassis to this event after the car failed its rear impact tests. The team now hope to have the revised car ready for the Italian Grand Prix two weeks from now. |
| 09:55:58
| Much of the news recently has cantered around the McLaren Mercedes duo of Hamilton and Alonso and their ongoing feud. McLaren confirmed to us yesterday that the drivers and key management members did meet yesterday to hold talks to try and clear the air. |
| 09:58:01
| Over at Toro Rosso and Sebastien Bourdais has been confirmed for next year in place of Tonio Liuzzi, while Nick Heidfeld has also been confirmed at BMW Sauber for 2008 alongside Robert Kubica. |
| 10:00:06
| The first 90 minute practice session is now underway. |
| 10:00:38
| As ever, they will all complete an installation lap, pit for checks and then go back out before setting a lap time. |
| 10:01:26
| Sutil, Yamamoto, Davidson, Kubica, Heidfeld and Fisichella the first on track. |
| 10:01:46
| Tonio Liuzzi heads out in his STR. |
| 10:02:38
| The early runners pit. Button, Kovalainen, Coulthard, Sato on track. |
| 10:02:55
| Now Hamilton heads out in his McLaren. |
| 10:04:05
| Alonso is in his car and will head out in moment. |
| 10:04:46
| Hamilton pits and Alonso heads out. |
| 10:05:29
| Webber, Trulli and Barrichello on track. No one has set a time as yet. |
| 10:06:12
| Coulthard is now on his second lap of the session. |
| 10:06:29
| Ralf Schumacher heads out in his Toyota. |
| 10:07:18
| Now Coulthard pits. |
| 10:08:28
| Schumacher pits. No track activity. Massa, Raikkonen, Wurz and Rosberg yet to go out. |
| 10:09:24
| Hamilton is out of his McLaren and chatting with the crew. It is bright and sunny as predicted and not too hot yet. |
| 10:10:53
| There is little activity in the Ferrari pit right now as Nick Heidfeld goes back out in his BMW Sauber. |
| 10:11:21
| Yamamoto also on track. This is his second GP with the Spyker Ferrari team. |
| 10:12:24
| Heidfeld starts a timed lap. |
| 10:13:45
| Heidfeld opts to pit, so still no lap time. |
| 10:15:00
| Yamamoto completes the first timed lap of the session, a 1:37. |
| 10:15:22
| Kimi Raikkonen set a 1:28.3 in the same session last year. |
| 10:16:20
| A small improvement next time around for the Spyker racer as he does not trouble the kerbing through the final turns. |
| 10:17:47
| Yamamoto is improving by the lap, but the times are not fast at the moment. |
| 10:19:22
| Adrian Sutil heads out in the second Spyker. |
| 10:20:15
| Things are pretty relaxed at Red Bull Renault as Coulthard chats with the crew on the pits wall. |
| 10:21:22
| Sutil starts his first timed lap. Sutil has proven fast but accident prone so far this year but is being linked to Toyota as a possible replacement for Ralf Schumacher. |
| 10:21:54
| Nico Rosberg is on his installation lap in the Williams Toyota. |
| 10:22:38
| Sutil's first lap is a second of Yamamoto's best to date. |
| 10:23:00
| Rosberg runs off track but is able to continue. |
| 10:23:45
| Despite a small moment, Rosberg moves fastest from Yamamoto and Sutil. |
| 10:24:22
| After a long run, Yamamoto has pitted his Spyker. |
| 10:25:25
| Rosberg improves on his next lap and is now two seconds clear of Sutil who has moved P2. |
| 10:25:42
| Alex Wurz is out for the first time in his Williams. |
| 10:26:42
| Davidson heads back out in his Super Aguri Honda. |
| 10:28:35
| Wurz moves second fastest to make a Williams one=two for the moment. |
| 10:29:13
| Toyota has sent out Jarno Trulli. |
| 10:30:08
| Button and Coulthard are now on track for Honda and Red Bull. |
| 10:30:40
| A wide line from Trulli. He just stays on track. |
| 10:31:21
| Trulli goes for a spin at the final sequence of right left turns. |
| 10:32:26
| Barrichello, Webber, Schumacher, Liuzzi, Vettel and Fisichella have joined the action. |
| 10:33:39
| Trulli puts in a cleaner lap to move fastest in his Toyota from Rosberg and Wurz. Ralf Schumacher moves fourth. |
| 10:34:06
| Vettel runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 10:34:45
| Massa and Raikkonen head out for Ferrari. |
| 10:35:02
| Schumacher moves second fastest. |
| 10:35:44
| Vettel seems to be struggling with his STR. The car looks pretty unstable at the moment. |
| 10:35:55
| Hamilton heads out. |
| 10:36:31
| Trulli improves and dips under the 90 second mark. |
| 10:37:19
| Massa moves second on his first time lap. |
| 10:37:51
| Raikkonen moves fourth ahead of Rosberg and Fisichella. |
| 10:38:20
| Kovalainen runs wide and kicks up a lot of dirt and grass. He is able to continue. |
| 10:38:41
| Alonso heads out to join his team-mate on track. |
| 10:39:17
| Raikkonen moves P1 as Hamilton is fifth at the moment. |
| 10:39:54
| Another off track moment for Kovalainen, this time at turn eight as he runs out of road. |
| 10:40:24
| Massa has imroved and is now second to team-mate Raikkonen. |
| 10:42:02
| Alonso gets some room as he passes Fisichella in the final turn and moves sixth. |
| 10:42:46
| Alonso is pushing hard on this lap. |
| 10:43:48
| Alonso improves, but is only fifth. A huge gap to Raikkonen at this stage. |
| 10:44:23
| Raikkonen is on an even faster lap at the moment. |
| 10:45:30
| Raikkonen finds half a second and is now eight-tenths clear of 2006 race winner Massa. |
| 10:46:31
| They are all running the harder tyre at the moment. |
| 10:47:26
| A practice pit stop for Raikkonen. Both he and Massa are now in the pits as Hamilton does find some time and moves third fastest. |
| 10:47:51
| Nick Heidfeld has yet to set a time but is now on his first timed lap of the session. |
| 10:48:35
| Trulli and Schumacher are back out for their second long runs. |
| 10:49:31
| Alonso (6th) pits as Heidfeld posts his first lap of the day. |
| 10:50:47
| Hamilton has pitted now. So we have the Toyota duo on track as well as the Williams' Sutil, Liuzzi and Davidson. |
| 10:53:00
| Heidfeld had a minor moment on his last lap and therefore was not able to make any further progress. |
| 10:54:13
| Liuzzi makes a small gain which will please him as he now moves ahead of his rookie team-mate despite some oversteer trying to kick in through turn eight. |
| 10:54:59
| Ralf Schumacher goes for a spin exiting the first turn. The back just comes around and he cannot hold it. |
| 10:56:17
| Credit to Adrian Sutil so far. That Spyker really should not be ahead of the STR ot Super Aguri. |
| 10:56:44
| Kovalainen is back out and looking to improve on P11. |
| 10:57:53
| No gain that time around for the Renault driver. Massa is back out. |
| 10:58:55
| A spin for Webber in his Red Bull. |
| 10:59:28
| The Australian just lost the back end of the RB3 turning into the final corner. |
| 11:00:17
| Massa runs wide exiting the first turn. The conditions seem to be tough for all of the drivers as now Kubica is wide at some point mid lap too. |
| 11:01:36
| A small gain for Kovalainen. Now Fisichella is back out and hoping to find some speed. |
| 11:03:16
| Fisichella gains three spots and is now seventh overall. Kubica kicks up some more dirt and continues. Yamamoto makes a good save into turn one as the Spyker tried to swap ends. |
| 11:03:59
| Kubica improves and moves sixth. |
| 11:04:56
| Ferrari are again running the wheel inserts. They do not spin with the wheel itself, but remain motionless. Must be some help to the aero package. |
| 11:06:03
| Alonso is back out and looking to move up from seventh. |
| 11:06:59
| Alonso finds some time and splits the Toyota duo. Raikkonen on a fast lap. |
| 11:07:55
| Hamilton remains in the pits. He has not been out for a while now. |
| 11:08:13
| Massa pits with 21 minutes remaining. |
| 11:11:59
| Heidfeld improves and moves ahead of Trulli and Kubica. |
| 11:13:45
| Little activity at the moment. Some may opt to run the soft tyres in the final minutes to collect some data and improve their times. |
| 11:15:22
| Liuzzi makes up time and is now 14th. |
| 11:16:34
| Still no sign of Hamilton. He had been in the pits for a long time and may have a problem. |
| 11:16:58
| Yamamoto runs off track before rejoining. |
| 11:19:43
| Coulthard picks up five positions and is now 11th. |
| 11:21:15
| Kovalainen moves seventh fastest, just behind team-mate Fisichella. Ralf Schumacher heads back out. |
| 11:22:15
| Toyota fire up Trulli's TF107. He is going back out. |
| 11:23:26
| Raikkonen is back out. He has dominated this session so far and only Massa is close. |
| 11:24:44
| There is an awful lot of work going on in the McLaren garage. It looks like an engine change in progress for Hamilton. |
| 11:25:04
| Trulli is on the soft tyre for this run. |
| 11:26:18
| Raikkonen loses a little time in the final turns passing a STR, so no gain on that lap. |
| 11:26:40
| Most now on track with three minutes remaining. |
| 11:27:09
| Heidfeld, on soft tyres, hets oversteer and goes off track. Schumacher spins for a second time. |
| 11:27:23
| Alonso moves third fastest. |
| 11:29:00
| Kovalainen has moved P5 for Renault. He has now pitted. |
| 11:29:21
| Raikkonen improves on his own best. |
| 11:29:56
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 11:31:10
| The order looks pretty set. Raikkonen tops the first practice session from Massa, Alonso and Hamilton. |
| 11:31:45
| Webber seems to have a left rear brake fire on his Red Bull. |
| 11:32:12
| Correction. It is Coulthard not Webber as he pulls to a halt. |
