Williams? Will they?

They’ve won the championship many-a-time, but the last few years have been a touch old slog for Sir Frank and his team.

Anyone over nine years old with a love of formula one wants them to do well, and every season one can’t help begin hoping that they’re going to be back.

And after topping all three practice sessions one can’t help but wonder, will they?

Showboating seems more and more unlikely as the form book is getting properly torn up.

Only one of the top 6 wasn’t one of the iffy-diffuser teams and McLaren carried on looking very ordinary in 11th and 12th. BMW-Sauber are still underwhelming

There is one bit of consistency to relax us older hearts… Red Bull are still disappointing.

Pos  Driver        Team                  Time              Laps
 1.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       1:25.808           21
 2.  Trulli        Toyota                1:25.811 + 0.003   19
 3.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes     1:25.981 + 0.173   20
 4.  Massa         Ferrari               1:26.020 + 0.212   17
 5.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       1:26.078 + 0.270   18
 6.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes     1:26.348 + 0.540   19
 7.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      1:26.355 + 0.547   16
 8.  Glock         Toyota                1:26.410 + 0.602   25
 9.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            1:26.514 + 0.706   18
10.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            1:26.555 + 0.747   19
11.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      1:26.652 + 0.844   13
12.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1:26.714 + 0.906   18
13.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      1:27.009 + 1.201   12
14.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1:27.062 + 1.254   12
15.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:27.152 + 1.344   16
16.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1:27.192 + 1.384   17
17.  Alonso        Renault               1:27.357 + 1.549   18
18.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  1:27.492 + 1.684   20
19.  Piquet        Renault               1:27.739 + 1.931   22
20.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               1:28.801 + 2.993    5