Welcome back to ESPNF1's live coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix. We've got final practice coming up in about 30 minutes, and you may not believe it after yesterday, but it's dry!

Here's the view of the paddock and on to Eau Rouge this morning ... stunning!

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It should be an interesting day as all the teams will be trying to fit all their set-up work and new part testing in before qualifying. After the rain severely limited running yesterday, they only have an hour to do it.

The most interesting news that came out of yesterday's session is that Lotus has decided not to run its double DRS this weekend. The team wanted to calibrate it yesterday but the rain meant they DRS activation was not allowed. However, Kimi Raikkonen said there is no rush to get the device on the car and he is confident the E20 will still be competitive.

Other than that, you didn't miss anything if you were at work. We went 48 minutes without any action in FP2 and then Charles Pic popped in a lap right at the end of the session as he lined up on the grid for a practice start and went fastest. Put simply, the times mean nothing.

But despite the blue sky over Spa this morning it's still pretty cool in the air. It's a chilly 12C with the track at 19C and rising. Our man at the track, assistant editor Chris Medland says: "I swear it was warmer for winter testing..."

And temperatures will be important for some teams. The drivers have a choice of the medium and hard tyres this weekend so they need all the help they can get to get them up to operating temperature. The good news is that Spa is a very fast track, so the high speed corners help to get the rubber warm.

Engine suppliers Renault Sport are looking forward to the next hour of practice: "FP3 soon underway...dry conditions mean engineers can accurately calculate fuel consumption and set up"

Despite the sun in the sky, the first images of the track also show a few damp patches. Could be interesting in the early stages of the session.

One bit of news I should also fill you in on from this morning is that Mark Webber has a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change - Story here. That's his second gearbox penalty of the season. We seem to be having a lot this year, which is odd.

The session starts and Kobayashi leads a long queue of cars out of the pits.

Raikkonen is out on track on medium tyres to get this session started. That's the softer compound this weekend.

All 24 cars are on track and apparently all the cars have new engines for this race - not a surprise given the loads the engines experience around here.

The McLarens and Alonso are also on medium tyres for this session. Most drivers have gone for hards.

Vettel has a minor slide at the top of the circuit on his first run. He's now on his second lap.

Vettel has a minor slide at the top of the circuit on his first run. He's now on his second lap.

Webber has set the fastest time so far with a 1:56.957. But expect the times to drop quickly during the session.

Senna goes comfortably quicker with a 1:53.647

A replay shows sparks flying from Raikkonen's Lotus through Eau Rouge. It looks like several teams are still trying to get the ride height correct.

Rosberg is complaining of a problem with his seat belt - not what you want on the way down to Eau Rouge!

Senna improves again to a 1:52.562. He's on the hard tyres at the moment.

Huge slide for Raikkonen in the final chicane. No problem for him though, as he applies some opposite lock and fires the car down the pit straight.

Vettel working hard behind the wheel and is third fastest at the moment. He's on the hard tyres and has a best time of 1:55.487.

Rosberg is pulling off the circuit. Looks like a problem for the Mercedes driver. He says "I've lost drive now". Really not good as this set-up time is so valuable. He's not a happy chap, that much is clear from his body language. The team responded to the message saying "we want you to switch it off". Onboard footage sounded like the gearbox went on the way into Pouhon. That could result in a five-place grid penalty too.

Senna is still the fastest with a 1:51.741. The Marussias of Glock and Pic are second and third but 2.4s off the Williams.

Raikkonen says: "We are not learning anything like this, we should change it right now". He seems to be talking about set-up because the team responds "we think it's tyre temperature, it won't help to make the car softer".

Senna has now returned to the pits with Massa now 0.144s off his fastest time.

Button is complaining of understeer and also a loose rear. Clearly the cooler temperatures are causing a few problems.

Grosjean is the latest man to run wide at Les Combes. Quite a few drivers have gone off at that corner this morning, but there's plenty of run off.

Alonso wrestles his car through the final chicane to go fastest with a 1:50.936.

Vettel then runs wide in the final chicane after a small lock up.

Button returns to the pits saying that he is struggling with the balance. He's 18th fastest at the moment.

Ian says: "Hi, I know the gearbox and engine limitations are aimed at cost cutting but I think the penalties are too high. I am a firm believer that on race day all drivers should have, basically, equal equipment. It would be fairer to fine the team rather than penalize an innocent driver."

Rudiger asks: "We saw massa yesterday morning with an engine problem. Did they change the engine, and so will it result in a grid penalty?"

The rules around engines mean the teams have eight to last them the season. It doesn't matter how and when they use them as long as they don't use more than eight. Massa has fitted his fifth engine of the season this morning so he won't face a penalty.

Rahul asks: "What are the chances of teams evaluating their upgrades in this session given that they had no running yesterday?"

The teams will be running their updates unless they have something that requires a bit of calibrating like Lotus's DDRS. Situations like this is when it really pays to have a good simulator so you know the influence the upgrades will have as soon as you hit the track. I've seen a few litres of aero paint being splashed around so the teams will be analysing that while making set-up changes.

Raikkonen returns to the pits again after a brief return to the track. He's 14th fastest but the car is still bottoming out around the circuit.

Alonso and Massa top the timing screens. The No.5 Ferrari is fastest on a 1:50.690, 0.409 ahead of Massa.

So, lots of work going on in garages at the moment with 27 minutes left on the clock. We've yet to see anything like competitive times from most of the top teams. Race set-up will be the priority before the teams work on low-fuel running.

Perez goes fastest with a 1:49.637. He's on the medium tyres.

Kobayashi makes it a Sauber one-two at the top of the timing screens, but he's 0.550s off his team-mate.

Webber goes comfortably fastest with a 1:49.164 but the car is still visibly sliding underneath him. You get the feeling quite a few drivers won't be completely happy with their balance heading into qualifying.

Lots of cars on track now. Hamilton and Button are 10th and seventh but both running on hard tyres. They are both roughly one second off Webber's time.

Siddhesh asks: "So many of the top drivers are languishing well down on the timesheets! Possible chance that they are testing race-pace? Or is it a sign of their upgrades just not working?!"

It's most likely they are running heavier fuel. There is so much for the teams to test this morning and with no points for qualifying the emphasis will be on race pace.

Rahul says: "Pat Fry admitted lot of updates Ferrari had brought into the last 3-4 races didn't work but they had found the reasons and now know the way they should be going. Does this mean they have reworked those updates cos Ferrari are clearly lacking performance compared to Red Bulls and McLaren"

I haven't seen those comments, but Ferrari have been working a lot with their exhaust and that's always a tricky part of the car to perfect. It's often the case that the more aero performance you derive from it, the more power you lose from the engine so it's a tough balancing act, especially for a team like Ferrari that is down on top speed.

Vettel is now 0.128s off Webber at the top of the time sheets. Alonso is 0.316s off.

Raikkonen pops up to fourth position, he's 0.359s off.

Button complains that he has lost a lot of front grip with the latest set-up changes. He's told to return to the pits.

Hamilton also returns to the pits after a hard tyre run.

Vettel, Raikkonen and Schumacher are all on track on hard tyres.

Di Resta says he has slight understeer but the rear is still "dancing around" in the high-speed corners. He's currently 10th fastest.

Vettel asks for a set-up change but is told "there is no time for that, we'll have to think of something else"

Less than ten minutes left in this session. Alonso, Perez and Kobayashi return to the track.

Perez goes fastest with a 1:48.850 and Kobayashi is just 0.013s off. Saubers are looking quick here in these cool conditions.

All the cars bar Vettel and Raikkonen are on track now. A few running repairs going on to the Red Bull.

Di Resta pops up in fifth so the car can't be handling too badly. All cars on track are on mediums now.

Vettel heads out and told he can get two timed laps providing he does not back off for traffic.

Alonso goes fastest again, 0.308s ahead of Perez.

Raikkonen pops up to second place with a 1:48.683. That's 0.141s off Alonso.

Last laps now for most drivers.

The session comes to an end with Hamilton only managing 12th fastest on his final attempt.

No one else is going to displace Alonso as the cars come round to practise their starts.

An interesting session this morning. But there is no way of knowing exactly what the teams were focusing on and the true order. For that we'll have to wait until the afternoon and qualifying. We'll have full text coverage here on ESPNF1 so make sure you join us in two hours for Q1.