» Belgian GP 3rd Practice: Webber heads final session

Mark Webber has broken Fernando Alonso’s dominance of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend by topping the timesheets in the third and final practice session in the lead up to qualifying for this weekend’s 44-lap race.

The final opportunity for the drivers to get their car set-up right occurred in mixed weather conditions similar tow both of Friday’s sessions. The track conditions started off damp and steadily improved through the middle of the hour, until a torrential downpour hit the circuit in the last fifteen minutes.

Several drivers took a turn at the top of the order while the track dried out, with the likes of Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil, Nico Hülkenberg, Robert Kubica and Lewis Hamilton all having a turn at the top of the timesheets.

Conditions were probably at their best when Webber’s best time of 1:46.106 was posted, while it went pear-shaped for his team-mate Sebastian Vettel, whose car got stuck in gear at the pit lane entry. The team seemed to repair the issue – later claimed to be an issue with the air box – but did not send their driver out for further running.

Despite this, Vettel was still good enough for third-quickest overall, being sandwiched by the McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, who was followed by Robert Kubica and the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.

2010 Belgian GP Practice 3 Session Times:

	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Mark Webber	Red Bull Renault	1:46.106	10
2.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	+ 0.117	17
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Renault	+ 0.290	12
4.	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	+ 0.291	17
5.	Robert Kubica	Renault	+ 0.386	17
6.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+ 0.521	11
7.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 0.856	10
8.	Adrian Sutil	Force India Mercedes	+ 0.958	15
9.	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams Cosworth	+ 1.054	16
10.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber Ferrari	+ 1.190	17
11.	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber Ferrari	+ 1.282	15
12.	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	+ 1.300	15
13.	Rubens Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	+ 1.406	14
14.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	+ 1.589	16
15.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	+ 1.731	9
16.	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso Ferrari	+ 1.799	20
17.	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso Ferrari	+ 1.875	18
18.	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India Mercedes	+ 2.586	8
19.	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	+ 4.494	14
20.	Bruno Senna	HRT Cosworth	+ 5.027	9
21.	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	+ 5.278	14
22.	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing Cosworth	+ 5.411	13
23.	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing Cosworth	+ 5.563	10
24.	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT Cosworth	+ 5.895	13