19/02/2010
NEWS STORY
Despite the fact that at times during the night it looked as though Noah GP might be the surprise contender for the slot Stefan GP is seeking, conditions at Jerez are vastly improved today allowing drivers to get down to some serious dry running.
However, despite the improved conditions there have been a number of red flag periods, the longest being when Lucas di Grassi crashed at Turn 10.
Only moments before, the team had twittered: "Grassi has pulled a 31.6s lap out already, how's that for a Friday feeling?" Sadly, shortly after that Friday feeling gave way to that Crunchie feeling.
After two days of atrocious conditions, today we are finally seeing some decent lap times with the drivers edging ever closer to the sort of pace we saw last week.
Other than di Grassi, Kovalainen, Kobayashi and Webber have all had problems out on track which resulted in red flags.
| Name | Team | Laps | Time | Gap |
| Alonso | Ferrari | 91 | 1:20.115 | 123.637 mph |
| Button | McLaren | 50 | 1:20.394 | 0.279 |
| Hulkenberg | Williams | 104 | 1:21.432 | 1.317 |
| Webber | Red Bull | 46 | 1:21.684 | 1.569 |
| Kubica | Renault | 52 | 1:21.916 | 1.801 |
| M Schumacher | Mercedes | 41 | 1:21.919 | 1.804 |
| Sutil | Force India | 40 | 1:22.485 | 2.370 |
| Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 64 | 1:22.973 | 2.858 |
| Kobayashi | Sauber | 6 | 1:25.818 | 5.703 |
| Kovalainen | Lotus | 32 | 1:26.285 | 6.170 |
| di Grassi | Virgin | 22 | 1:31.670 | 11.555 |