Malaysian Grand Prix - Free Practice Three

3rd & 7 37yd

Vettel starts his first flying lap of the session. Alonso not too far behind on track.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:28:21 AM
I think Ferrari normally run pretty light fuel on Friday's though so I wouldn't read too much into their good times with the longer runs..

by Nathan 3/28/2015 6:28:30 AM
Nate, one Question. Nowadays i see a lot of interview involving VET in F1 official website. Is this due to his good relationship with bernie??

by rockedin123 3/28/2015 6:28:33 AM
@rockedin123: I don't know. I think him being a four-time world champion probably has something to do with it - I've never noticed a bias towards his interviews ahead of anyone else on there. They usually do good interviews with drivers across the field all season.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:29:12 AM
How can Mercedes find more downforce by taking the monkey seat off? :0

by Michael Bialocur 3/28/2015 6:29:16 AM
@Nathan: It was a race sim yesterday for Ferrari

by rockedin123 3/28/2015 6:29:29 AM
Vettel moves into second - only 0.140s down on Rosberg. Purple in the final sector, too.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:30:15 AM
Hamilton begins a flying lap, so let's see if he's retained that big advantage over the field he had in FP2.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:30:30 AM
@Nate: Why no talks of sandbagging.... Breaking heads....

by rockedin123 3/28/2015 6:30:40 AM
On the contrary, Bernie passed a comment to VET of how HAM has helped promote F1... Unlike him...

by Rohan Mehta 3/28/2015 6:30:43 AM
And the funny thing is, at some point this season, probably earlier than anyone thinks, Honda and or Ferrari are going to take something out of Merc and we'll all be happy again.

by mfbull 3/28/2015 6:30:46 AM
Alonso's flying lap put him 10th - some 2.3s down on Rosberg.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:31:11 AM
Hamilton has a bit of a lock up coming into Turn 9, a very poor middle sector from the world champion. Is he still chasing set-up after lost time yesterday?

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:31:38 AM
After going purple in the first sector, that sloppy middle sector costs Hamilton and he can only manage fourth - seven tenths off Rosberg.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:32:15 AM
Massa runs onto the tarmac at Turn 4.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:32:31 AM
Which tyre for VET ROS & RIC????

by rockedin123 3/28/2015 6:32:37 AM
@rockedin123: Hard tyres all round.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:32:42 AM
MER pointed out FER are faster than expected.. ...and WIL said FER are stronger than expected...

by Rohan Mehta 3/28/2015 6:32:45 AM
Turn 9 again...what's the problem, drivers trying to run in too deep?

by mfbull 3/28/2015 6:33:42 AM
@mfbull: Seems very easy to lock the brakes on the run down to the corner.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:33:56 AM
I think Alo with that car at 11 is good ! Hope at least one McLaren will not start from the last. Nate, which tyre was he using?

by Surendran Selvaraj 3/28/2015 6:34:02 AM
@SurendranSelvaraj: Hard tyre for Alonso.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:34:07 AM
I tell you what, it's great to see Alonso back. He's absolutely throwing that MP4-30 around this circuit.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:34:30 AM
Button still not happy with the other McLaren, though, telling the team: "Initial pick-up on the throttle is not easy."

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:35:18 AM
Hamilton still four tenths down on Rosberg's middle sector, suggesting he is still chasing the set-up. He's just bailed out of another flying lap and jumped into the pits.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:35:52 AM
What I like about HUL is his consistency... What is the current term signed with SFI? Maybe a promotion to better team in future?

by Rohan Mehta 3/28/2015 6:35:57 AM
@RohanMehta: Possibly, but it's hard to see where he'll end up. You can't help but feel Hulkenberg could miss his chance with a big team through no real fault of his own. Williams could be a potential landing spot in future. Personally I'd love to see him at a big team.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:36:43 AM
"Today the braking is all over the place," Hamilton complains as we see a replay of Kvyat having another big lock up in the middle sector. There's going to be a lot of shredded tyres this afternoon.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:37:11 AM
Last year Kimi said F14-T doesn't suit him. But how come SF15-T suits Vettel better though he joined late?

by rockedin123 3/28/2015 6:37:15 AM
@rockedin123: I wouldn't say it suits him better. In Melbourne and over the race sims this weekend Raikkonen was quicker and more consistent over the long stints. He was just unlucky his race was compromised at Turn 1 in Melbourne. You are very keen to make assumptions from one race!

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:37:51 AM
If Kimi retires, I hope it's Vettel-Hulkenburg in Ferrari, that would be a pretty strong team.

by Jason Arellano 3/28/2015 6:37:56 AM
Pardon me, Ricciardo's headline time was set on medium tyres.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:38:27 AM
Here's how things have gone in #FP3 so far as we pass the halfway point #MalaysiaGP #F1inMalaysia http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBKio5HUUAAhLgd.jpg

by Formula 1 via twitter 3/28/2015 6:38:33 AM
That was posted about five minutes ago.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:38:47 AM
Excellent analysis of Kimi at Melbourne, Nate

by RCC 3/28/2015 6:38:57 AM
So we expect RAI to be beating VET if both stay in the race?

by Rohan Mehta 3/28/2015 6:38:59 AM
I'm very excited for Kimi this season.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:39:13 AM
Got excited there for a min about redbull lol

by Sammie 3/28/2015 6:39:16 AM
@Sammie: Apologies!

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:39:22 AM
@JasonArellano: That's the question: Bottas or Hulk?

by mfbull 3/28/2015 6:39:49 AM
@mfbull: Bottas will land at Mercedes sooner rather than later.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:40:02 AM
We're into the final 20 minutes.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:40:21 AM
Hope to see Kimi battling it out with the silver arrows this season.

by mtpineda2003 3/28/2015 6:40:26 AM
"A lot of vibrations on the tyres now," complains Verstappen.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:41:03 AM
Alonso currently seven tenths up on Button.

by Nate Saunders 3/28/2015 6:42:29 AM

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