Fernando Alonso finished top of Free Practice Three, in what proved to be a very busy session
The Championship leaders’ time of 1.32.167 was enough to secure top spot from Jenson Button and Romain Grosjean, who completed the top three.
Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Pastor Maldonado, Sergio Perez, Kamui Kobayashi and Nico Hulkenberg completed the top ten, all within a second of the lead..
Unlike both the 1st and 2nd practice events, FP3 proved to be very busy, as the rain eased off allowing teams, and drivers, to get a feel for Silverstone in dry conditions.
Early on small sections of standing water remained, making the exit of Chapel, the venue for Bruno Senna’s crash yesterday, particularly tricky.
Alonso registered the fastest time of the session late on, recovering well from his collision with the barriers at the close of FP2. The Scuderia were testing out a new and improved front-wing, which seemed to give the F2012 a competitive edge on the Silverstone circuit.
The home crowd had much to cheer about, as Button came in second fastest, with teammate, Hamilton, managing 6th spot.
FP1 victor, Romain Grosjean, secured third in the Lotus, which again looks competitive ahead of qualifying.
The session went by without much in the way of incident, except for Charles Pic’s Marussia grinding to a halt at the mid-way point of the session. The Russian team will be hoping to end the week well after test driver, Maria de Villota’s accident.
The focus will now switch to Qualifying this afternoon with drivers, and spectators, hoping the bad weather that marred Friday’s proceedings will hold off.
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