Ferrari's Fernando Alonso dominated the proceedings for much of the session as the Spaniard put in fastest sector after fastest sector. However, he eventually lost out to Vettel and Webber, who both dropped below the 1:31 barrier.
The Bulls, though, were by no means in a class of their own as the two five, including Nico Rosberg in fourth and Felipe Massa in fifth place, were separated by less than 0.3s.
Report: The track temperature was sitting at 26'C and the sun was shining as the final practice session for the British GP got underway. However, gusty cross winds could cause a bit of havoc for the drivers, who immediately went out for their installation laps. McLaren are running without their blown diffuser exhaust today while Ferrari confirm that 'both cars are fitted with the blown rear wing after the back-to-back test we carried out yesterday in FP1 and FP2.'
Jarno Trulli, who missed the bulk of Friday afternoon's session, posted the first time of the morning, a 1:37.000. He was overhauled by his Lotus team-mate Heikki Kovalainen and then Jaime Alguersuari. Rubens Barrichello was the next to lead the way before he was dropped by Vitaly Petrov. Nico Hulkenberg claimed third ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Kamui Kobayashi and Michael Schumacher.
Robert Kubica took the P1 slot from his team-mate with a 1:32.064. However, he was soon dropped as Barrichello returned to the front of hte pack with his team-mate Hulkenberg also improving, taking third place. Jenson Button slotted in to sixth behind his team-mate before Schumacher climbed to third and then Nico Rosberg to second.
Kubica continued his run, once again leading the field, this time with a 1:31.818 as the field waited for the two Red Bulls and Ferraris, Friday's fastest cars, to join the fray.
Alonso finally ventured out halfway through the session and immediately went quickest with a 1:31.580. The Spaniard went on to register two fastest sector times as he lowered the benchmark, putting almost half a second between himself and Kubica. Another spate of fastest sectors and Alonso was down to a 1:31.243. Sebastian Vettel claimed 12th place and Felipe Massa 14th.
Vettel improved to fourth place and then to second. However, Alonso also improved, putting more space between himself and the chasing German. Massa climbed to third but found himself over half a second behind his Ferrari team-mate. Vettel, though, finally overhauled Alonso and then went even faster with a 1:30.958.
Adrian Suti's morning came to a premature end with a suspected gearbox problem while Lotus revealed that Trulli was stuck in his garage with 'hydraulic issues again.' Alonso's session was another to end before the chequered flag as Ferrari had his car up on jacks.
Back on track, Webber took second place to hand Red Bull the 1-2, Pedro de la Rosa put his Sauber up into sixth place before Rosberg took fifth. Vettel ran wide as his suspension seemed to break, almost sending him into the barriers. He crawled back to the pits. Kubica improved to sixth place and Button to 12th.
The session ended with Vettel in the P1 slot with a 1:30.958 and his team-mate Webber 0.034s adrift. Alonso was third.
Times
01. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:30.958 14 laps
02. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:30.992 + 0.034 15 laps
03. Alonso Ferrari 1:31.101 + 0.143 10 laps
04. Rosberg Mercedes 1:31.188 + 0.230 15 laps
05. Massa Ferrari 1:31.240 + 0.282 16 laps
06. Kubica Renault 1:31.519 + 0.561 18 laps
07. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.549 + 0.591 16 laps
08. Schumacher Mercedes 1:31.555 + 0.597 14 laps
09. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.559 + 0.601 18 laps
10. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:31.581 + 0.623 16 laps
11. Petrov Renault 1:31.698 + 0.740 17 laps
12. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.703 + 0.745 16 laps
13. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:31.867 + 0.909 17 laps
14. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.947 + 0.989 16 laps
15. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:31.994 + 1.036 13 laps
16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:32.235 + 1.277 18 laps
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:32.331 + 1.373 20 laps
18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:32.723 + 1.765 18 laps
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:34.339 + 3.381 20 laps
20. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:35.479 + 4.521 17 laps
21. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:36.098 + 5.140 11 laps
22. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:36.286 + 5.328 16 laps
23. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:36.640 + 5.682 6 laps
24. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:37.178 + 6.220 18 laps
Source: Planet-F1
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