Fp3 - Lotus Renault Gp Report

Vitaly Petrov, R31-05

P9, 1:38.822, 17 laps

Nick Heidfeld, R31-04

P10, 1:39.113, 15 laps

Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov completed their preparations for the European Grand Prix at Valencia with a productive third session of free practice ahead of this afternoon's hour of qualifying.

Nick was the fastest car on track early in the session as he and Vitaly evaluated the relative tyre performance of Pirelli's medium and soft compound P Zeros.

On the softs in the latter part of the session, Nick set a 1m 39.113s to end the session as tenth fastest, whilst Vitaly set a late 1m 38.822s to pip Nick to ninth spot.

Sebastian Vettel topped the times with a 1m 37.258s to head Ferrari duo Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.

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