Day 3 final timings

1. N Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:20.686 128
2. S Buemi Toro Rosso 1:21.413 106
3. J Button McLaren 1:21.450 106
4. R Barrichello AT&T Williams 1:21.975 101
5. F Massa Ferrari 1:22.344 115
6. V Petrov Renault F1 1:22.523 68
7. A Sutil Force India 1:22.606 61
8. S Vettel Red Bull Racing 1:23.123 51
9. J Trulli Lotus GP 1:25.059 102
10. K Kobayashi BMW Sauber 1:26.216 105
11. T Glock Virgin Racing 1:26.305 31

Barcelona day 3. Lunchtime

So the rain which was originally forecast for yesterday has finally arrived and caused 2 red flags this morning. However it’s nowhere near as bad as the past 2 weeks in Jerez, and the official weather thingy here hasn’t actually got wet enough to register any measurement, so I think we’ll call it a sprinkling.

Sir Richard Branson has been here all morning having held an early morning press conference and photocall for the Virgin Racing team. He feels that F1 can be fun as well as competitive for $40million a year. I wonder if we’ll be seeing a Virgin Party Palace as well as the Red Bull Energy Station at the European races this year? He has also made his feelings clear about the statements made by Ferrari about the new teams over recent days.

Trulli in his Lotus has moved up the time sheets this morning having started to do some race distance runs.

The times at the lunch break are:

1. Rosberg 1:20.686
2. Buemi 1:21.413
3. Sutil 1:22.951
4. Massa 1:23.490
5. Barrichello 1:23.976
6. Trulli 1:25.059
7. Kobayashi 1:26.216
8. Petrov 1:26.346
9. Button 1:36.667
10. Glock no time
11. Vettel no time