Rosberg ninth in final Spanish Practice

With Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz finishing Friday practice in seventh and fifteenth places the team expressed their confidence that everything was going to plan. Saturday's practice session would give the team an indication if they are heading in the right direction. The hour long Saturday practice session would see a rush of drivers all coming out to complete their installation lap, including Nico and Alex. Both Toyota's would return to the track, joined by both Spyker's.

The first time would be set by Ralf Schumacher, 1m:23.531. Team-mate Trulli would move ahead of Ralf with a 1m:23.261. Liuzzi would move into third followed by Sato, Barrichello, Davidson, Button, Sutil, and Albers. Alex was out on the track, joined by both BMW's. Both Toyota's had returned to the pit lane. Kubica would move into fourth but Speed would move into this position. Heidfeld was now in second, 1m:23.527. Alex had yet to set a time while Nico was still in his garage. With forty minutes remaining Nico was out on the track and Alex would set as time that would see him in tenth, 1m:23.707. At the top of the times it was now Alonso with a 1m:22.178. Massa was second and Nico's first lap would see him in fourth with a 1m:23.103.

Kovalainen was in fifth but this would become sixth as Hamilton moved into second, 1m:22.172. The only driver yet to come out was Fisichella. Nico was now in fifth and Alex eleventh, as Raikkonen started his first timed lap.

Trulli would move into fourth and Schumacher seventh. Kimi's first lap was a
1m:22.806, which would see him in sixth. Kimi's next lap, fastest in sector two and three, would see him move into first with a 1m:21.874. Alex and Nico would both pit. They were joined by all the front runners except Trulli. It was reported that Fisichella's absence was due to an ECU problem on his car. With just under thirty minutes left in the session Kubica would return to the track. He was joined by Heidfeld.

Coulthard would come out and set an impressive third fastest time, 1m:22.143, before he returned to his pit. Massa was back out. Nico would also return to the track, looking to improve on his seventh. Alex was now in fifteenth. Massa's first lap would see him jump up to second, 1m:21.885, to make it a Ferrari one-two. Hamilton was now in fifth followed by Trulli and Nico. Fisichella was finally able to leave his pit with twenty two minutes remaining. Massa's next lap would see him fastest, 1m:21.672.

Hamilton was back out and he would jump ahead of Massa and into first with a 1m:21.233. Raikkonen was in third with a 1m:21.874. Nico was back in his garage, currently in eighth. Alex was still in fifteenth. Coulthard was now in fifth ahead of Trulli. Davidson had moved into seventh. Coulthard would show even more speed moving into third with a 1m:21.826. With ten minutes remaining only a handful of drivers were running while the others prepared for their practice qualifying runs.

The first of the qualifying laps was set by Kubica who moved into second with a 1m:21.364. Davidson would move into sixth, 1m:21.845. Heidfeld was now third, 1m:21.464, with under five minutes remaining. Just about the whole field was back out making the track very busy. Nico and Alex were down in sixteenth and nineteenth and the times continued to fall. Alonso was now in second, 1m:21.312, followed by Kubica and Heidfeld. Nico's quick lap would see him move into ninth, 1m:21.953, as the session came to an end. Alex was still in nineteenth. Hamilton was fastest but was not able to improve his time. Kovalainen and Fisichella were in tenth and eleventh.

The order was Hamilton followed by Alonso, Kubica, Heidfeld, Coulthard, Massa, Raikkonen, Davidson, Nico, and in tenth Kovalainen. For the Williams team the session continued to show that Nico has the pace but Alex continues to struggle and will be lucky to get through the first period of qualifying.