Today, Renault take the lead in an action filled day at the Valencia circuit. And as Ferrari took the lead yesterday in the second day of testting, today they ran into problems as Massa spun on oil and his ferrari then caught on fire! this happend early this morning, and prevented Ferrari getting back out until late in the day. These are the times :-
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 01 | Robert Kubice | Renault | 1:13.144 |
| 02 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:13.201 |
| 03 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:13.553 |
| 04 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:13.936 |
| 05 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:14.017 |
| 06 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:14.207 |
| 07 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:14.299 |
| 08 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:14.458 |
| 09 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.537 |
| 10 | Sebastian Buemi | Torro Rosso | 1:14.801 |
| 11 | Narain Karthikeyan | HTR | 1:16.535 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:31.477 |
