| 13:52:01
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the Australian Grand Prix weekend. The second Friday practice session gets underway shortly. |
| 13:52:40
| This morning the 22 drivers were greeted with a wet track and it was not until the final minutes that the circuit was dry enough for the standard dry weather tyres. |
| 13:53:22
| However, some did post some quick times and it was Fernando Alonso who led the way for McLaren Mercedes with a best time of 1:29.214s, some 1.4s ahead of Felipe Massa in the Ferrari. |
| 13:54:14
| Sebastian Vettel was third fastest ahead of Hamilton, Button, Nakajima, Coulthard, Kovalainen, Webber and Barrichello. Kimi Raikkonen did not post a time late in the session while Nico Rosberg and Robert Kubica sat out the session in favour of the team’s testers. |
| 13:55:12
| Today the teams have eight sets of dry tyres available and they can change the engines after the Friday running. |
| 13:57:05
| Kubica and Rosberg are taking part in this session this afternoon. There are therefore no test drivers on track, just the race drivers. |
| 13:59:27
| It is cloudy but the good news for the teams is that the circuit is now dry and they will be able to get some real setup work complete in this session. |
| 14:00:15
| The 90 minute session is now underway. |
| 14:00:46
| The drivers head straight out. Time to get down to work. |
| 14:01:57
| 18 of the 22 drivers are on track. Alonso, Barrichello, Webber and Coulthard remain in the pits. |
| 14:02:40
| Robert Kubica pits after his first lap of the day, the others including Rosberg remain on track. |
| 14:03:24
| A close call for Heidfeld and Trulli as they get very close into turn one. |
| 14:04:18
| The first timed laps are being completed and it is Fisichella leading the way at this early stage. |
| 14:04:45
| Now Massa moves fastest from Fisichella, Button and Kovalainen. |
| 14:05:07
| Kubica, Alonso and Webber remain in the pits. |
| 14:05:41
| A spin for Tonio Liuzzi in the Toro Rosso |
| 14:05:58
| Massa improves his own best time ahead of Hamilton. |
| 14:06:13
| Liuzzi returns to the Toro Rosso pit. |
| 14:06:45
| Heidfeld moves third fastest in his BMW Sauber. |
| 14:07:07
| Alonso is about to start his first timed lap. |
| 14:07:32
| Kimi Raikkonen pops his Ferrari up to third. |
| 14:08:56
| Raikkonen improves his time on the next lap but Heidfeld proves faster and moves third. |
| 14:10:02
| A slow first lap from Alonso. Renault have pitted Kovalainen and Fisichella. |
| 14:10:20
| Raikkonen improves and almost matches team-mate Massa. |
| 14:10:47
| Now Alonso gets up to speed and moves fourth. It's Ferrari and then McLaren at the head of the timesheets as expected. |
| 14:11:45
| Most have pitted now, but Massa and Alonso are both on track. |
| 14:12:07
| Alonso improves and is now second fastest to Massa. |
| 14:12:38
| Massa improves his own best as well and extends his advantage to nearly half a second. |
| 14:12:57
| After a quick pit stop, Raikkonen is back out in his F2007. |
| 14:13:45
| The Red Bull Renault duo of Webber and Coulthard have completed an installation lap but yet to set a time. |
| 14:14:38
| Raikkonen pits again. The team will be trying both the soft and medium compounds today as well as general setup work. |
| 14:16:02
| Kubica moves into the top ten as he gets used to the car and curcuit while Speed runs off track in his Toro Rosso. |
| 14:17:28
| An improved time from Fisichella in his Renault. With Alonso gone, Fisichella really is under pressure to deliver at Renault. |
| 14:18:59
| There's quite a pattern as expected with Ferrari leading McLaren, then BMW and then Renault and Honda. |
| 14:20:48
| Webber and Coulthard are now out for Red Bull Renault. |
| 14:21:50
| Heidfeld and Kubica remain on track for BMW Sauber. The other front runners have pitted. |
| 14:22:05
| Now Hamilton heads back out in his McLaren Mercedes. |
| 14:23:05
| Kubica vaults second fastest in his F1.07. |
| 14:24:07
| Massa and Raikkonen are back on track for Ferrari |
| 14:24:52
| A slow lap from Webber compared to Coulthard as the Red Bull duo get up to speed. |
| 14:25:21
| Hamilton moves second fastest, just over a tenths off Massa. |
| 14:26:02
| Now Webber is more up tp speed. Albers is slowest but has just left the Spyker pit. |
| 14:28:22
| The lap times have suddenly stopped improving. There could perhaps be some light rain in the air. |
| 14:28:52
| Alonso however is on a fast lap in his McLaren |
| 14:29:51
| Perhaps it is a bit slippery at the end of the lap, but Alonso puts in a solid run and moves fastest in his McLaren. |
| 14:30:41
| Alonso has backed off on the next lap. |
| 14:32:14
| Only Alonso, Sutil, Albers and Kovalainen on track at the moment. |
| 14:33:37
| Now Alonso pits. Toyota have sent out Trulli but they are way off the pace of the front runners. |
| 14:35:44
| Trulli and Schumacher continue on track but at some 2.6s a lap off the pace. |
| 14:36:17
| Kubica, fourth, is back out in his BMW Sauber. |
| 14:37:13
| Sato improves in the Super Aguri Honda and moves ahead of Coulthard and Schumacher. |
| 14:38:24
| Schumacher improves his own best time in the TF107 and moves towards the top ten. |
| 14:39:13
| The Spyker duo have now moved ahead of rivals Toro Rosso as Sutil runs off track. |
| 14:40:58
| The times are still not quite there with drivers losing time in the fival part of the lap. |
| 14:42:27
| Raikkonen, fifth, is back out for Ferrari. |
| 14:42:46
| Now Massa joins the action in the second F2007. |
| 14:44:03
| Nick Heidfeld finds some grip in his F1.07 and moves up to fourth just ahead of team-mate Kubica. |
| 14:45:54
| Coulthard, 15th, goes off in the Red Bull. |
| 14:47:06
| Heikki Kovalainen, 16th, has pulled his Renault to a halt on the grass with a mechnical problem. |
| 14:47:54
| Barrichello has spun his Honda and the car is badly placed. The red flags have been brought out. |
| 14:49:37
| With one Honda and one Renault stranded on circuit, the rest have now all returned to the pits. |
| 14:51:00
| There's no real damage to Barrichello's Honda as the session gets back underway. |
| 14:52:41
| Alonso, fastest, has completed the least number of laps so far in this session. There's no track activity at the moment. |
| 14:55:54
| Kovalainen's Renault is being returned to the pits as the clock ticks down. |
| 15:00:12
| The cars are being held as the session is not yet back underway. 30 minutes remain. |
| 15:01:28
| Now we really are green again as Button heads out in his Honda. |
| 15:01:56
| Others follow out of the pit lanewith 28 minutes remaining of Friday practice. |
| 15:02:54
| All of the front runners except Heidfeld are back out. |
| 15:05:17
| Tonio Liuzzi is off again in his Toro Rosso. He returns to the pits. |
| 15:05:55
| It was a big moment for the Italian driver. |
| 15:06:33
| Kubica improves his time but remains fourth fastest. |
| 15:08:48
| Now Heidfeld is back out in his BMW. |
| 15:09:22
| Felipe Massa is the first to make any big gains as he moves ahead of Alonso and to the top of the timesheets. |
| 15:10:45
| Hedifeld is now on a fast lap as is Fisichella in the sole surviving Renault |
| 15:11:50
| Heidfeld moves second fastest while Fisichella gains one stop. |
| 15:13:26
| Coulthard is working his way up the order in the Red Bull Renault. The team expect a tough start to the season but are confident that the RB3 will be competitive as the season progresses. |
| 15:15:32
| With Kovalainen out of action, Fisichella is putting in the laps in the second Renault. |
| 15:17:25
| After a long time in the pits, Massa is back out in his Ferrari. |
| 15:19:37
| Trulli improves his own best time and moved his Toyoya into tenth as Massa is on a flying lap... |
| 15:20:51
| Massa does improve on his own best lap time and is now six tenths clear. Also worth noting is that Button had the Pole here last year on a 1:28.081 lap... |
| 15:22:39
| So with the control tyre from Bridgestone, they are not losing any time over last year at this circuit at least. Bridgestone will be running hard and medium tyres at the second race of the season, not the sott and medium in use in Australia. |
| 15:23:03
| Eight minutes remain and most of the front runners are on track. |
| 15:24:52
| Raikkonen improves his time but not his rank. |
| 15:25:45
| Lewis Hamilton moves second fastest behind Massa. |
| 15:26:27
| Fisichella is on a hot lap for Renault and looking to move up the order. |
| 15:27:24
| Fisichella moves third fastest. |
| 15:27:42
| Now Raikkonen ups his pace and moves second ahead of Hamilton. |
| 15:28:05
| Trulli and Schumacher are not out for Toyota. |
| 15:28:35
| Now Fisichella has stopped. A poor session for Renault in terms of reliable running. |
| 15:29:06
| Toyota have now sent out their drivers for a last run. |
| 15:30:07
| Nico Rosberg pops his Williams into the top ten. |
| 15:30:21
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:31:13
| Raikkonen is on a fast lap. |
| 15:32:26
| Raikkonen pits so the order is unchanged. Massa is fastest from Raikkonen, Hamilton, Fisichella, Heidfeld and Alex Wurz who moves up to sixth in his Williams. |
