| 09:50:41
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and coverage of the Friday practice sessions ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix. The first 90 minute session begins shortly. |
| 09:52:26
| Much of the news this week has been dominated by the withdrawal and closure of the Super Aguri Honda team. Formula One is now down to ten teams. |
| 09:54:44
| If recent Grand Prix are anything to go by, this first session is when we will see the front running teams – Ferrari and McLaren – at their fastest. The other practice sessions will see them run with race fuel on board in the knowledge they have the pace doe Q1 and Q2 tomorrow afternoon. |
| 09:56:06
| Rubens Barrichello may be into his second season without scoring a point, but the Honda racer this weekend celebrates his 257th Grand Prix start, breaking the record previously held by Ricardo Patrese. |
| 09:58:15
| Heikki Kovalainen was yesterday declared fit to race following his huge accident in Barcelona. |
| 10:00:07
| The practice session is now underway. |
| 10:00:26
| Adrian Sutil heads out in his Force India. |
| 10:00:34
| Expect most to head out, complete an installation lap and return to the pits for checks. |
| 10:01:17
| Giancarlo Fisichella joins his team-mate on track |
| 10:01:39
| Kubica, Bourdais and others now heading out. |
| 10:02:12
| Sutil and Fisichella are straight back into the pit as expected. |
| 10:02:59
| There are a few damp patches on the circuit, but they will not be a factor as it is warm and sunny and they will soon burn off. |
| 10:04:33
| Fisichella, Sutil, Kubica, Bourdais, Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Vettel, Nakajima and Rosberg have completed an installation lap. |
| 10:04:47
| Alonso and Piquet are out on track for Renault. |
| 10:06:41
| The Renault duo have pitted. Hamilton is now out in his McLaren. |
| 10:08:13
| Hamilton pits and now Coulthard is on his first lap of the day in his Red Bull. Coulthard has yet to score a point this season. |
| 10:08:40
| Jenson Button is out for Honda as Coulthard heads back in. |
| 10:08:56
| Mark Webber leaves his pit box. |
| 10:09:46
| Many opt to run a set of intermediate tyres for the installation lap. No need to post a time or wear a set of normal race tyres. |
| 10:10:32
| No sign yet of Barrichello, the Toyota and Ferrari teams. |
| 10:11:21
| Barrichello now heads out. His RA108 is sporting a big 257 banner on the side to mark Barrichello's record start. |
| 10:13:02
| The Brazilian pits. No one on track. |
| 10:15:10
| Timo Glock heads out for Toyota. No one has set a time yet. |
| 10:16:47
| Jarno Trulli joins his team-mate on the track. |
| 10:19:35
| The Toyota duo have pitted. No track activity. Only Massa and Raikkonen yet to go out. |
| 10:23:26
| Perahps with a few damp patches - especially through turn eight - there is even less activity than normal. |
| 10:25:50
| There's an engine running somewhere, but still no one on track. |
| 10:29:57
| 30 minutes completed as the teams wait before sending the drivers out to start work on qualifying and race setup. |
| 10:32:45
| Lots of chit chat up and down the paddock, but nothing on the circuit itself. There are a few fans dotting the main grandstand, but not a lot of fans at the circuit. |
| 10:34:40
| The sun has gone in and there is still some wet patches on the circuit and therefore no running. |
| 10:38:49
| Aha! Sebastien Bourdais heads out in his Toro Rosso Ferrari. |
| 10:39:43
| The team had hoped to bring the new STR3 chassis to this Grand Prix, but delayed its introduction due to a lack of spare parts. |
| 10:40:04
| Heikki Kovalainen heads out in his McLaren Mercedes. |
| 10:40:18
| Bourdais starts a timed lap. |
| 10:41:30
| Bourdais gets a big wobble exiting turn ten but is able to continue. |
| 10:41:53
| The Frenchman sets the first timed lap of the session on a 1:33.7. |
| 10:42:12
| Kazuki Nakajima is now out as well in his Williams Toyota. |
| 10:43:09
| Kovalainen sets his first timed lap and is two seconds up on Bourdais. |
| 10:43:23
| Jarno Trulli on track for Toyota. |
| 10:43:48
| Webber and Vettel head out. |
| 10:44:31
| Kovalainen and Bourdais are improving by the lap as they adapt to the grip available. |
| 10:45:18
| Nakajima moves second fastest. There is a huge gap between Kovalainen and Bourdais. |
| 10:45:36
| Sutil, Fisichella, Heidfeld and Glock join the action. |
| 10:47:25
| Nakajima spins his Williams. The Japanese racer gets going again from a standstill at turn six. |
| 10:47:39
| Adrian Sutil takes to the grass. |
| 10:48:04
| Kovalainen fastest now from Glock and Heidfeld as Bourdais pits. |
| 10:50:10
| Plenty of track activity now. Trulli moves third fastest ahead of Heidfeld and Piquet. Rosberg runs wide and continues. |
| 10:50:20
| Trulli spins at turn six. |
| 10:51:14
| Hamilton now spins. There must be a real lack of grip. |
| 10:51:43
| Kovalainen pits his McLaren. He is fastest from Glock, Hamilton, Trulli and Piquet. |
| 10:52:13
| Raikkonen is on track for the first time today. |
| 10:53:38
| Raikkonen's first lap places him in the lower top ten. |
| 10:54:09
| Hamilton now second fastest ahead of Glock and Trulli. |
| 10:54:55
| Felipe Massa has spun his Ferrari in turn eight. |
| 10:55:43
| Raikkonen runs wide and loses time. |
| 10:56:52
| The fastest four have pitted. Raikkonen has pitted as well clearly unhappy with his first run. |
| 10:57:34
| Massa moves seventh on his first timed lap as Fisichella goes for a spin. |
| 10:57:57
| Fisichella just took too much kerbing and around the Force India went. |
| 10:58:40
| Hamilton's McLaren is having some bits of a dead animal, probably a bird, cleaned off his front wing. |
| 10:58:59
| Massa improves and is now third fastest. |
| 10:59:11
| Alonso is now on his first run. |
| 11:00:39
| Another half second gain from Massa who is now second fastest. Kubica runs off track at turn eight. |
| 11:02:04
| Massa now fastest but it is interesting to see how long it is taking for the car to warm its tyres. |
| 11:03:41
| Alonso is working his way up the order and is now eighth fastest. |
| 11:04:46
| Kovalainen is back out. |
| 11:05:14
| Another gain for Massa who is now six-tenths clear of Kovalainen. |
| 11:06:37
| Raikkonen is way down the order haviong completed just one very short stint before pitting. |
| 11:07:24
| Alonso moves third fastest for Renault |
| 11:07:47
| Massa pits after a long first stint. |
| 11:08:16
| Kovalainen runs off track and continues. |
| 11:08:48
| Hamilton is fourth and back on track. Now Coulthard runs wide through turn eight. |
| 11:12:08
| The drivers are clearly not finding the grip they were expecting with this number of drivers running wide and spinning. |
| 11:13:30
| While there is not a lot of grip, Massa's best time is faster than in the same session last year by over two-tenths of a second. |
| 11:13:50
| Vettel runs wide and cuts some grass with his STR. |
| 11:14:11
| Kovalainen is chipping away at his best time and has closed the gap to Massa. |
| 11:16:00
| A good save from Sutil who got his Force India all out of shape. He is currently 12th fastest. |
| 11:16:30
| Nick Heidfeld is back out and looking to make gains. |
| 11:17:00
| Raikkonen's F2008 is being worked on by the Ferrari team. Clearly some major setup issues with the car. |
| 11:17:18
| Heidfeld moves fifth fastest in his BMW Sauber. |
| 11:18:55
| Alonso and Piquet on track and seem to be on the pace again with the revised R28 package. |
| 11:20:05
| Button is 13th and looking to improve in his Honda. Team-mate Barrichello is also back out and running well. |
| 11:20:27
| Massa is back out in his F2008. |
| 11:21:15
| Button does improve and closes in on Barrichello. |
| 11:22:43
| Massa off a turn eight as he runs wide. |
| 11:23:29
| Martini sent out a press release yesterday saying they were to have their livery on the nose of the Ferarri. It must be very small as I cannot see it! |
| 11:23:42
| Massa starts another hot lap. |
| 11:24:04
| Button improves and is now ninth. |
| 11:25:13
| Massa improves his own best by a tenth. Five minutes remain. |
| 11:25:27
| Glock is on track using the soft tyre. |
| 11:26:07
| Another gain from both Button and Massa. |
| 11:26:23
| The track is now busy with only a few minutes remaining. |
| 11:26:57
| Raikkonen is not going out again. He must have a mechanical issue as well as a handling problem. |
| 11:27:23
| Hamilton improves on the hard tyre and is now third fastest. |
| 11:27:56
| Kovalainen is on the soft tyre now. |
| 11:29:31
| Nakajima improves and is now tenth in his Williams. |
| 11:29:51
| Kovalainen improves on the softer tyre but remains second overall. |
| 11:30:02
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 11:30:44
| It doesn't look like anyone is going to improve as Kovalainen backs off. |
| 11:31:04
| Vettel improves and moves ahead of Raikkonen who ends the session slowest. |
| 11:31:43
| So Ferrari fastest and slowest. Massa leads the way from Kovalainen, Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Nakajima who improved again on his final lap. |
