German GP: Williams remain in top ten in FP3

The final practice session for the 2010 German Grand Prix would begin with a wet track following intermittent rain but by the halfway mark of the session the circuit would dry sufficiently to allow the teams to take to the track and work their qualifying set-ups. For the next twenty minutes the majority of the field would be out on the harder prime tyres.

But iy would take the use of the super soft tyres by Vettel and Alonso with 10 minutes to go that would see others follow suit as they all attempted their practice qualifying runs.

For the AT&T Williams team they would go into the final session confident given that the FW32 is considerably improved as a result of the introduction of a new floor and the use of an exhaust-blown diffuser.

Rubens was even happier in that he was able to Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber with T-shirts proudly boasting "I am quicker than the Stig!" This was as a result of Rubens setting the quickest time by a Formula One driver on the BBC show Top Gear.

The session would see both Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg in the top ten and with twenty minutes of the session complete it would be Vettel who was fastest with a 1m:24.988 but with Nico second, and Rubens third. Rubens would drop down the order as the session progressed and with the end of the session Rubens and Nico were again both in the top ten with Rubens in eighth and Nico tenth. Nico's time was good enough for sixth at one point.

Pos  Driver         Team		   Time      Laps
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:15.103  18
 2.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:15.387  21
 3.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:15.708  16
 4.  Massa          Ferrari                1:15.854  20
 5.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:16.046  20
 6.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:16.207  13
 7.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:16.473  16
 8.  Barrichello    AT&T Williams-Cosworth 1:16.481  23
 9.  Kubica         Renault                1:16.646  20
10.  Hulkenberg     AT&T Williams-Cosworth 1:16.743  17
11.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:16.882  19
12.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:16.990  21
13.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:17.037  15
14.  Petrov         Renault                1:17.148  20
15.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:17.220  19
16.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:17.341  21
17.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:17.538  22
18.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:19.193  11
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:19.607  10
20.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:20.533  9
21.  Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth           1:21.538  14
22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:23.444  10
23.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:23.873  7
24.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes             2