| 09:52:20
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. The first practice session gets underway in a few minutes. |
| 09:53:41
| It has only been a few days since the end of the Italian Grand Prix but off track McLaren Mercedes have been stripped of its constructors’ championship points and fined 100 million dollars by the World Motor Sport Council. |
| 09:54:23
| This however will not affect the battle for the drivers’ championship which is now down to just a three point gap between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa are now effectively out the championship race. |
| 09:56:27
| After a year off, the Formula One circus returns to Spa Francorchamps, the finest Grand Prix circuit still in use. The pits and paddock as well as the bus stop chicane have been given an overhaul. Raikkonen won in 2005. |
| 09:57:43
| As ever, this morning’s 90-minute practice session will be used to evaluate the soft and medium compound tyres on offer from Bridgestone as well as fine tuning the setup of the car. |
| 10:00:30
| Weather often plays a role at Spa Francorchamps, but this morning it is dry and sunny. The practice session is now underway. |
| 10:01:53
| Ferrari now of course lead the constrictors' championship now. |
| 10:02:17
| A number of drivers are now on their installation lap. |
| 10:03:55
| Lewis Hamilton is on his installation lap. |
| 10:05:46
| Alex Wurz and Nico Rosberg seem relazed in the Williams pit. No one has stared a timed lap as yet. |
| 10:06:50
| Massa is putting his jacket on. He is done for the moment. Tonio Liuzzi is climbing out of his Toro Rosso. |
| 10:07:18
| While it is sunny, it is cool this early in the morning and this is why there is little activity ay the moment. |
| 10:08:04
| Trulli out brakes himself at the new bus stop chicane. |
| 10:10:05
| Heikki Kovalainen is on his installtion lap. |
| 10:10:44
| They have all been out for that installation lap except the Williams duo. |
| 10:11:19
| No one on track. |
| 10:13:41
| Adrian Sutil is now back out in his Spyker Ferrari. |
| 10:14:13
| Team-mate Sakon Yamamoto joins his team-mate on track. The team hope to get more out of the B-Spec chassis this weekend. |
| 10:16:16
| Sutil is now on his first timed lap. In the same session in 2005, Raikkonen was fastest on a 1:48.206. |
| 10:17:21
| The Spyker is bottoming out on the faster sections of the circuit. Fairly standard at Spa. His first lap is a 1:52.7s. |
| 10:18:01
| Yamamoto's first timed lap is seven seconds slower. |
| 10:18:59
| Sebastian Vettel is now out in his Toro Rosso Ferrari. |
| 10:19:54
| Sutil makes a slight gain on his next lap around. |
| 10:20:53
| Vettel is now in his timed lap. |
| 10:21:45
| Yamamoto is slowly getting up to speed and closing the gap to Sutil. |
| 10:22:33
| Vettel moves third fastest, half a second off Yamamoto. |
| 10:22:57
| Rosberg is now on his installation lap. |
| 10:23:21
| Fisichella is now back out in his Renault. |
| 10:23:55
| Alex Wurz is now out in the second Williams Toyota. |
| 10:24:56
| Yamamoto did not test in July and is 1.5s off Sutil. |
| 10:25:31
| Kovalainen, Webber and Trulli join the action. |
| 10:26:36
| The track is now quite busy. Davidson and Heidfeld are join. |
| 10:26:57
| Fisichella moves fastest from Sutil who has pitted his Spyker. |
| 10:28:53
| Webber moves third fastest in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 10:29:55
| Fisichella has improved his own best. He is another running his car low as the Renault bottoms out through Eau Rouge. |
| 10:30:10
| Kovalainen has moved second fastest. |
| 10:30:43
| Nick Heidfeld is on track in his BMW Sauber. |
| 10:31:07
| Trulli has pitted again without setting a lap time. |
| 10:32:02
| A gain for Webber as Nick Heidfeld moves second fastest. |
| 10:32:50
| Ralf Schumacher is on his first timed lap in his TF107. |
| 10:33:52
| Hamilton is back out in his McLaren. Title rivals Alonso, Massa and Raikkonen remain in the pits. |
| 10:34:44
| Fisichella has pitted his Renault. Kovalainen (3rd) on a fast lap. |
| 10:35:18
| Kovalainen moves fastest by six-tenths from team-mate Fisichella. |
| 10:35:40
| Now Heidfeld takes over the top spot in his BMW Sauber. |
| 10:37:17
| Kubica is now on track in the second BMW Sauber. Hamilton is on his first timed lap. |
| 10:37:50
| Hamilton moves fastest by seven-tenths of a second. |
| 10:38:37
| Hamilton runs a little wide and kicks up some dust. |
| 10:39:17
| Massa is off track. |
| 10:39:43
| Massa has nosed his Ferrari into the tyre wall. It seems like very light contact, but he is stopped. |
| 10:40:05
| Massa is getting out of the F2007. He was on his first timed lap of the session. |
| 10:40:54
| A strange off for Massa mid-lap. He just seemed to drive stright on, braking and into the tyre wall. It must have been a mechanical failure. |
| 10:41:48
| The yellows are out at the moment. Hamilton remains fastest from Heidfeld, Kovalainen and Kubica. |
| 10:43:16
| Alonso and Raikkonen have not set a time yet. |
| 10:44:01
| Hamilton is chipping away at his own best lap, some nine-tenths ahead of Heidfeld. |
| 10:44:25
| Fisichella is back out in his Renault. |
| 10:46:04
| Hamilton has pitted the McLaren. Trulli is now on a timed lap. |
| 10:46:29
| Trulli moved seventh fastest on his first lap of the session. |
| 10:48:44
| Heidfeld is back out for a second run. Alonso is now heading out for his first run. |
| 10:49:24
| Massa is watching the action from the side of circuit. |
| 10:50:08
| Everyone is sticking with the harder (medium) tyre at the moment. |
| 10:50:47
| Alonso is warming his tyres on his out lap as Kovalainen runs a little wide and continues. |
| 10:52:27
| Alonso is on a fast lap. |
| 10:53:03
| Raikkonen is now on track in the second Ferrari as Alonso moves second fastest behind Hamilton who is sitting in his car in the pits. |
| 10:55:08
| Liuzzi is off and the yellow are out. |
| 10:55:23
| Kovalainen has a wild moment and contines. |
| 10:56:16
| The Toro Rosso is now being recovered. It has front left damage after contact with the tyre wall. He ran wide and could not save the car. |
| 10:56:34
| Liuzzi was 14th fasest at the time. |
| 10:57:30
| Raikkonen's first lap was not fast at all. That could be because of the yellow flags. |
| 10:58:18
| Raikkonen starts another timed lap. The F2007 has a small wiggle through Eau Rouge. |
| 10:59:15
| Raikkonen's Ferrari looks a little unsettled in the faster turns. |
| 10:59:41
| Unsettled but fast as Raikkonen moves second fastest. |
| 10:59:58
| Hamilton and Alonso on track as well. |
| 11:00:24
| Rosberg is working his way up the order in the Williams Toyota. |
| 11:00:53
| Alonso moves fastest from Hamilton and Raikkonen. |
| 11:01:24
| Now Raikkonen is fastest as he finds a good chunk of time. |
| 11:02:35
| Alonso pits his McLaren. Raikkonen is on another fast lap. |
| 11:03:19
| Raikkonen gains another three-tenths and is now over six-tenths clear of Alonso. |
| 11:05:00
| Hamilton is not improving his own best on this run. |
| 11:06:31
| Davidson is currently slowest but is now on a better lap in the Super Aguri Honda. |
| 11:08:00
| Raikkonen slows entering the pit lane. |
| 11:08:41
| A very slow entry for Raikkonen. Hamilton has pitted. Kubica is on track. |
| 11:09:56
| 20 minutes remain. |
| 11:10:28
| Davidson was unable to improve and remains 21st at the moment. |
| 11:12:45
| Kubica (4th) is on a better lap but needs to find four-tenths to move ahead of Hamilton. |
| 11:13:05
| Kovalainen and Fisichella back on track. |
| 11:14:19
| Sutil improves his own best a little but remains 16th. |
| 11:15:05
| Ralf Schumacher is back out and looking to improve on eighth position. |
| 11:16:30
| A wild moment for Kovalainen who runs wide |
| 11:18:18
| He ran wide at Blanchimont and that is now complete tarmac. Years ago it was all gravel. |
| 11:18:29
| Alonso and Schumacher on track. |
| 11:19:26
| Now Hamilton heads back out. |
| 11:20:10
| Yamamoto is now 21st as Davidson has improved. The Spyker driver is now back out and looking to improve. |
| 11:21:42
| Raikkonen joins the McLaren duo on track. |
| 11:22:28
| Trulli improves and moves fifth fastest. |
| 11:23:10
| Yamamoto is off track. It looks like he's had a spin at the chicane. |
| 11:23:41
| Yamamoto is being wheeled away, so it must be a mechanical issue. |
| 11:24:06
| The track is now very busy with six minutes remaining. |
| 11:24:29
| Rosberg moves fourth fastest. He opted for a run on the soft tyre. |
| 11:25:05
| All on track but Davidson. |
| 11:25:28
| Raikkonen is on another hot lap. |
| 11:26:15
| Button uses soft tyres to gain five positions in his Honda. |
| 11:26:41
| Wurz makes a big gain in his Williams. He too is on the soft tyre. |
| 11:26:55
| Heidfeld moves third fastest for BMW Sauber. |
| 11:27:16
| Raikkonen remains on harder tyres. |
| 11:28:07
| Rosberg pits. He is currently fifth fastest. |
| 11:28:53
| Hamilton improves and is now second fastest albeit half a second off Raikkonen. |
| 11:29:52
| Heidfeld is on a faster lap. |
| 11:30:08
| The chequered flag is out |
| 11:32:42
| So Raikkonen is fastest by a large margin from Hamilton, Alonso and Heidfeld. Rosberg is fifth ahead of Kubica, Wurz, Trulli, Kovalainen and Button. |
