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Good morning everyone, and welcome to Eurosport Yahoo!'s live coverage from Free Practice Three ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.

Formula 1 | Spanish Grand Prix
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 21.05.2011
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Mark Patterson

Updated 21/05/2011 at 10:03 GMT


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After all the posturing, it's qualifying next. That starts at 13:00 UK time - and you can follow it all here on Eurosport Yahoo! Thanks for joining us.
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The two Red Bulls end the timesheets more than a second clear of the field. Ferrari looking a bit off the pace and McLaren and Mercedes some way off the pace. There's a suspicion that McLaren might have a little bit more up their sleeve than they showed this morning - but an extra second and more? Surely not.
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Vettel quickest! Outrageous! 1:21.707, just a touch quicker than his team-mate and that's not a bad effort when you've spent most of the morning in the garage...
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Session over - just enough time to finish the laps you're on, guys...
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Vettel out on his flying lap - and he's right on pace with Webber...
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Schumacher out for another quick lap - no improvement, but he's gone quicker than his team-mate Rosberg in this session.
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Here comes Vettel - there should be time for just one flying lap.
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A footnote to Webber's blistering pace - on his third full lap he set the fastest times in sectors one and three, but was a little off the mark in the middle sector which prevented him from extending his best.
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Alonso back in the pits. Maybe he's just not happy with his car after all. Some worried-looking engineers having a look under his car.
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Button up to third, but he had more pace than Schumacher given he had to shuffle through traffic on that lap. Hamilton, in similar circumstances, just a touch quicker than his team-mate.
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1.2 seconds the distance between Webber and Schumacher. The Ferrari may still be playing it cautiously and the McLarens are likely to be the only possible challengers in a qualifying situation. Jenson Button now out on track.
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Webber top - 1:21.791 - that's faster than anything we saw yesterday - a stunning lap from the Australian.
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Alonso in the 1:24s - but is he running heavier fuel?
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A hint of how this could go - Alonso just outside Schumacher's first-sector split, Webber already three-tenths inside it...
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Alonso starts his flying lap. Webber is just five seconds behind on the track.
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And not far behind is Webber in the Red Bull, also on the option tyres. No sign of Vettel moving as yet though.
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Speaking of which, as we move into the final ten minutes, here comes Fernando Alonso.
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Kovalainen up to 12th in the Lotus with a very decent run - there are plenty of cars on option tyres still to head out, however.
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Heidfeld's Renault finally arrives into the garage after the fire.
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Kobayashi tests out his Sauber on option tyres - Perez has managed to put his Sauber fifth but the Japanese outshines him, just six-tenths behind Schumacher and into third place.