Championship leader Fernando Alonso set the pace in a dry third free practice session for the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, with race-win favorite Kimi Raikkonen taking second.
Sauber duo Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi put on a very impressive performance during the closing stages of the session to take third and fourth respectively ahead of a sturggling Jenson Button in fifth.
Alonso’s teammate Felipe Massa went sixth quickest, followed by Mark Webber in the Red Bull who received a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox yesterday evening.
Romain Grosjean, Sebastian Vettel and Paul Di Resta completed the top 10, with Lewis Hamilton a low 12th place as his McLaren team focused more on race preparations.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap 1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m48.542s 2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m48.683s + 0.141s 3. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m48.850s + 0.308s 4. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m48.863s + 0.321s 5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.091s + 0.549s 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m49.092s + 0.550s 7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m49.164s + 0.622s 8. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m49.266s + 0.724s 9. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m49.292s + 0.750s 10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m49.382s + 0.840s 11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m49.561s + 1.019s 12. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.615s + 1.073s 13. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m49.621s + 1.079s 14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m49.674s + 1.132s 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.710s + 1.168s 16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.776s + 1.234s 17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m50.027s + 1.485s 18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m52.339s + 3.797s 19. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.566s + 4.024s 20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.630s + 4.088s 21. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m52.809s + 4.267s 22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m53.383s + 4.841s 23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m53.562s + 5.020s 24. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m58.113s + 9.571s