| 13:50:34
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our continued coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend. The second 90-minute practice session of the day gets underway shortly. |
| 13:52:35
| Ferrari dominated this morning’s free practice session with Kimi Raikkonen leading the way from Felipe Massa with a best time of 1:20.649s. Massa, who spun twice, was just 0.050s adrift. |
| 13:54:35
| There were few surprises in the order really, with Hamilton third in the leading McLaren ahead of Kubica in the BMW Sauber and Kovalainen in the second MP4-23. Alonso was sixth in his Renault ahead of team-mate Piquet, Coulthard in the Red Bull and Heidfeld in the second F1.08. |
| 13:56:42
| Notables include Rosberg who really struggled early on his Williams Toyota, before finding a better balance late in the session to improve to 12th. At the back, both Davidson and Sato were on track for the struggling Super Aguri Honda team, something of an achievement in itself. |
| 13:58:08
| All of the running this morning was on the harder of the two tyres brought to Barcelona this weekend. Late in this second session, some may opt to run the medium option as they switch from race simulation to qualifying preparation. |
| 14:00:02
| It's sunny again and the second practice session is now underway. |
| 14:00:33
| Anthony Davidson is straight out in his Super Aguri followed by Nick Heidfeld. |
| 14:01:02
| Others are now heading out and unline this morning, most will get straight on with the programme. |
| 14:01:28
| Half of the field are on track. |
| 14:02:33
| Davidson has pitted, the others are on their first timed laps. |
| 14:03:28
| Hamilton runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 14:04:53
| The first times are coming in with Kubica setting the initial pace from Nakajima and Glock. The times will improve by the lap. |
| 14:05:19
| Hamilton moves second in his McLaren. |
| 14:05:52
| Kubica is on the soft tyre at the moment and on another fast lap. |
| 14:07:19
| Sporting a new helmet design, Barrichello is on track. Rosberg moves third in his Williams. |
| 14:08:15
| Kubica pits as Hamilton has had a spin as the back simply came around. |
| 14:08:36
| Hamilton returns to the pits as Raikkonen heads out. |
| 14:09:26
| Rosberg remains on track and is still third fastest as Button moves up in his Honda. |
| 14:09:56
| No sign yet of Massa, Kovalainen and Fisichella. |
| 14:11:04
| Adrian Sutil vaults second fastest in the Force India which must be a simulated qualifying run. |
| 14:11:47
| Fisichella is now out in the second Force India. |
| 14:12:23
| Sutil improves and is now fastest from Kubica, Rosberg and Hamilton. |
| 14:12:47
| Sutil is on the soft tyre and working on qualifying trim. |
| 14:13:22
| Raikkonen's first lap on thehard tyre moved him midfield. It is laps three and four when the Ferrari shines. |
| 14:13:41
| Raikkonen moves up next time around and is now third. |
| 14:13:58
| Massa heads out. |
| 14:14:11
| Fisichella moves third in his Force India. |
| 14:14:24
| Heidfeld is out on the hard tyre. |
| 14:15:43
| Fisichella takes over at the top for Force India. He is on the harder tyre. |
| 14:16:21
| Heidfeld improves and is now up to fifth. |
| 14:16:42
| Massa pitted without setting a time. No sign yet of Kovalainen. |
| 14:17:38
| Hamilton runs down in ninth and is back out. |
| 14:18:18
| Fisichella joins Sutil back at the Force India pit. |
| 14:20:29
| Hamilton improves four positions and is now fifth fastest on the harder tyre. |
| 14:22:03
| Alonso moves into the top ten in his Renault. |
| 14:23:11
| Gains for both Heidfeld and Piquet |
| 14:23:50
| Piquet is running well and on another fast lap. |
| 14:24:35
| Coulthard is back out and looking to improve. |
| 14:25:09
| Coulthard does make progress as the Red Bull driver moves third fastest. |
| 14:25:42
| The Force India duo are back out. |
| 14:27:09
| Hamilton is still out but the McLaren looks a real handful as he slithers around one more time. |
| 14:27:45
| Fisichella improves and this time he is on the soft tyre. Good back to back work from the veteran. |
| 14:28:09
| Rosberg is out on the soft tyres. |
| 14:28:48
| Piquet moves fourth for Renault. |
| 14:29:45
| Rosberg does not improve on that last lap. Massa has yet to set a time but is now going out. Still no sign of Kovalainein. |
| 14:31:51
| Massa is on his first timed lap of the session. |
| 14:32:26
| Massa vaults fourth fastest. Raikkonen on a fast lap too. |
| 14:32:48
| Raikkonen improves and is now second, splitting the Force India duo. |
| 14:35:05
| Raikkonen and Massa remain on track. Kubica is out as well. |
| 14:36:05
| Kovalainen is getting ready to go out. He has missed the first third of this session, probably with a car issue. |
| 14:39:22
| Fisichella remains fastest from Raikkonen, Sutil, Coulthard and Massa. |
| 14:40:38
| Using the softer tyre, Coulthard picks up three positions and is now fastest in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 14:41:09
| Sutil, still on softs, runs a little wide. |
| 14:43:20
| Vettel is on track but making little progress on his 19th position. We know Vettel can be fast, but this year so far has not shown that. |
| 14:44:06
| The Ferrari duo remain on track, chipping away at the lap times. |
| 14:45:12
| Kovalainen is finally out in the second McLaren. |
| 14:45:34
| Vettel runs wide again in his Toro Rosso. |
| 14:45:56
| Hamilton is on the softer tyre and moves up from eighth to sixth. |
| 14:46:34
| Kovalainen's first lap puts him 15th. |
| 14:47:56
| Kovalainen improves a little next time around on the soft tyre, but some way off the pace at the moment. |
| 14:48:13
| Nico Rosberg vaults fastest in his Williams Toyota. |
| 14:49:57
| Now team-mate Nakajima is on a hot lap in the second FW30. |
| 14:50:34
| Nakajima moves fastest ahead of Rosberg to make it a Williams one two for now. |
| 14:52:52
| Alonso is down in 15th at the moment in the second Renault. |
| 14:54:50
| Things are pretty static at the moment with some unusual names at the top of the timesheets. The expected front runners will probably try a fast run as the session plays out. |
| 14:57:24
| Bourdais is on the soft tyre but not improving at the moment. |
| 14:57:57
| Raikkonen is currently fifth and back out on the soft tyre. |
| 14:59:11
| Raikkonen does improve and is now up to third on the timesheets. |
| 15:00:49
| Kovalainen is down in 14th but has only completed one short run. Things not a whole lot better for Hamilton anyway as he is just ninth. |
| 15:01:24
| Massa is now up to second position, splitting the Williams duo. |
| 15:03:12
| Vettel improves and is now just ahead of Toro Rosso team-mate Bourdais. |
| 15:03:50
| The circuit is pretty busy, but no one is making big gains at the moment. |
| 15:06:07
| Kovalainen has stopped on track with a mechanical problem. |
| 15:06:35
| Alonso moves from 16th to first as he tries a qualifying run. |
| 15:07:13
| It's been a tough day so far for Kovalainen. |
| 15:07:51
| Alonso is now a tenth clear of Nakajima who is a fraction ahead of Massa. |
| 15:08:58
| Alonso continues on the soft tyre and has a big understeer moment. |
| 15:11:42
| A number of drivers on long runs with the soft tyre. This is probably in readiness for the first stint of the Grand Prix. |
| 15:12:04
| Now Piquet is back out looking to close the gap on team-mate Alonso. |
| 15:12:17
| Alonso and Nakajima pit. |
| 15:13:08
| A good lap from Piquet who moves to the top of the timesheets, just a fraction ahead of Alonso. |
| 15:13:36
| Kovalainen has made his way back to the pit, but his session is over. |
| 15:15:17
| Piquet is on a faster lap again. |
| 15:15:53
| He does not improve actually but remains fastest ahead of Alonso with just under 15 minutes remaining. |
| 15:16:12
| Kubica (10th) is back out on the soft tyre. |
| 15:17:43
| Kubica was actually a tenth off his own best on that lap. No big changes at the moment as Hamilton is back out. |
| 15:19:23
| Hamilton gains one position and is now tenth, six tenths off Piquet. |
| 15:19:42
| Webber moves P5 in his Red Bull. |
| 15:20:51
| Hamilton is probably still carrying a little fuel given the gap to Piquet. A similar sitaition for Raikkonen. |
| 15:23:44
| Button is chasing Raikkonen on track and losing time behind the Ferarri. |
| 15:24:02
| Piquet is back out with six minutes remaining. |
| 15:24:35
| Raikkonen now is picking up the pace and looking to move up the order. |
| 15:25:07
| Most are now on track for a final run. |
| 15:25:38
| Only Heidfeld in the pit as Raikkonen moves fastest for Ferrari. |
| 15:26:28
| Piquet is actually on the hard tyre for this final run. |
| 15:28:33
| Massa had one of the Williams behind him until Rosberg speared off the track and emerged ahead after taking the scenic route around the old final turn. |
| 15:28:41
| All on track but Massa. |
| 15:29:56
| Correction, not Massa, Webber. |
| 15:30:06
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:30:33
| A number on track, but no one looking particularly fast. |
| 15:31:02
| Hamilton has stopped on entry into the pit lane. |
| 15:31:41
| So Raikkonen is again fastest for Ferrari in what is an odd order on the timesheets. |
| 15:32:13
| Piquet is second fastest ahead of Alonso, Nakajima, Massa, Webber, Rosberg, Coulthard, Fisichella and Sutil. |
