02/05/2012
NEWS STORY
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Morning Times - All Times Unofficial
| Name | Team | Laps | Time | Gap |
| Grosjean | Lotus | 47 | 1:21.603 | 143.779 mph |
| Webber | Red Bull | 54 | 1:21.997 | 0.394 |
| Massa | Ferrari | 54 | 1:22.257 | 0.654 |
| Vergne | Toro Rosso | 51 | 1:22.422 | 0.819 |
| Kobayashi | Sauber | 48 | 1:22.424 | 0.821 |
| Schumacher | Mercedes | 74 | 1:23.404 | 1.801 |
| Pic | Marussia | 46 | 1:23.982 | 2.379 |
| Petrov | Caterham | 62 | 1:24.312 | 2.709 |
| Paffett | McLaren | 38 | 1:24.480 | 2.877 |
| Senna | Williams | 40 | 1:25.221 | 3.618 |
| Di Resta | Force India | 7 | No Time |
Despite an overcast start, the weather gods have looked down favourably on Mugello today, heavy clouds finally giving way to some bright sunshine that allowed some serious lappery.
Lotus, which had to amend its programme after yesterday's washout, causing the Enstone outfit to cancel Kimi Raikkonen's time in the car on Thursday, showing no ill effects of the decision as Romain Grosjean was the morning pace-setter.
While most teams are clearly delighted with today's running, Ferrari having completed its full morning programme with no problems, Force India was left frustrated as Paul di Resta managed just seven laps due to a hydraulics issue.
Michael Schumacher - subject of Gurmit's latest cartoon - though sixth on the timesheets, has completed 74 laps, while Vitaly Petrov has completed 62.
A number of drivers will hand over to their teammates today, most notably Mark Webber who hands the RB8 over to Sebastian Vettel.
Along with the various updates, a number of teams are running with aesthetically unpleasing 'periscopes' (above) and various others sensoring equipment as they attempt to make as much use of this precious track time as possible, especially after yesterday's disaster.