Good morning everyone and welcome to the start of another race weekend. It's the Spanish GP in Barcelona - it's Free Practice 1 - and we'll be covering it live on Eurosport Yahoo!

Jenson Button is happily conducting an interview in the pitlane, and looks like he's a mile away from stepping into the car. It's been a very quiet start in this session.

Another thought on the seven-times world champion - apparently Schumacher's woes are 'nothing to do with age'.

Schumacher posts a 1:33.513, and Rosberg is not too far behind in second. That's a little more like it.

Mercedes took a good step forward in Turkey with Rosberg qualifying in the top three and competing with McLaren and Schumacher showing pace despite his erratic performance in the race. Will they be a threat in Spain?

Mercedes quite active at the moment - both drivers doing some straight line speed tests and pit stop practices.

Felipe Massa puts the first full lap down of the day. The Ferrari driver records a 1:47.387. Safe to say you'll see that come down considerably in the next 83 minutes of the session.

Lotus will be a team to watch out for this weekend - if you believe the noises coming from the camp this could be the weekend when the backmarkers find the extra second a lap which pushes them into the midfield.

No, they're not - both dive back into the pits after teasing us with sector times for the first two-thirds of the course.

A couple of drivers are staying out for a second lap... are Kovalainen (Lotus) and Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) going to put some meaningful lap times down?

One lap done for several of the big names, including the Ferrari duo and Schumacher, and straight back into the pits.

Will Gray wrote an excellent blog detailing some of the changes to the cars you might want to look out for in Barcelona.

Cars out on their installation laps already, and plenty to get done today. Spain is where the teams test in winter, and this is where you might see some big improvements to the cars...

Away we go!