Singapore Grand Prix - Free Practice Three

3rd & 7 37yd

Hello and welcome to ESPN's live coverage of the third and final practice session from Marina Bay in Singapore.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:27:33 AM
Yesterday we saw Mercedes looking strongest, unsurprisingly, but its hard to gauge the picture emerging behind. Alonso looked strong, as he often does on Friday, and said after the race he was unsurprised by his pace. Red Bull were about three tenths off Mercedes in FP2 but won't have been helped by Vettel being limited to just five laps after an engine problem from Friday's first session.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:32:55 AM
Hello Nate... I really hope ferrari's position on friday practice remains for the rest of the weekend.

by MJ 9/20/2014 9:33:06 AM
Can't understand why he needs to do a crash test at every single circuit? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx92yTPCcAAngfh.jpg

by takiinoue via twitter 9/20/2014 9:34:11 AM
Oh yeah, and Maldonado crashed....

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:34:18 AM
@nate, it was obvious even if u didnt mention it :D

by MJ 9/20/2014 9:35:23 AM
Haha, quite!

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:35:29 AM
Wassup, Nate! It feels great to be back for fp3.

by Kelvin Matingo 9/20/2014 9:35:32 AM
@KelvinMatingo: It does indeed. Something very special about Singapore, too.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:35:43 AM
I do wonder when it will get to the point where Maldonado is causing more losses to them in terms of car repair than what he brings in terms of sponsorship??

by Siddhesh 9/20/2014 9:37:22 AM
Good day Nate! How are the chances of rain looking for today and the rest of the weekend? As I understand, we have never had a rainy race here yet, so surely that will throw a curveball into the mix.

by Siddhesh 9/20/2014 9:37:27 AM
@Siddhesh: There's a possibility of rain but at the moment it looks likely it will stay away. The thing is here, it's so humid that if it did rain the track would dry up very, very quickly anyway.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:37:56 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, Maldonado has had the most crushes this season. Is it mostly driver error, or his car is to blame a lot of the time.

by Kelvin Matingo 9/20/2014 9:38:36 AM
@KelvinMatingo: I would say driver error, more often that not. He's crashed while driving in a straight line this season, in Belgium, after all.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:39:00 AM
It rains EVERYDAY here in Singapore, but never on the F1 weekend!

by Ani 9/20/2014 9:40:08 AM
Good morning from Singapore. We've already had some track action thanks to the Masters historic series #F1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx94BYqCcAAXEHe.jpg

by ESPNF1 via twitter 9/20/2014 9:40:39 AM
Some great historic cars distracting a vast amount of the media from their jobs this afternoon.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:40:57 AM
Looks like Lotus managed to work through the night to fit a new chassis for Maldonado without breaking curfew. Imagine he will owe a few drinks to those chaps this weekend...

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:42:09 AM
Back to the future in 20 minutes with the start of FP3 #F1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx94XLoCQAAaODP.jpg

by ESPNF1 via twitter 9/20/2014 9:42:30 AM
Some breathtaking views at Marina Bay. Absolutely superb.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:42:45 AM
@nate.. at lotus overtime is regular for crashonado's side of garage :D

by MJ 9/20/2014 9:43:36 AM
It is. I hope they get good overtime rate!

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:43:44 AM
What a gorgeous sight.Absolutely stunning! Wish I was there in person right now.

by Kelvin Matingo 9/20/2014 9:44:24 AM
It 'aint half bad, is it.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:44:36 AM
Any news on the PU front? Is anyone taking a penalty this weekend, or likely to?

by Siddhesh 9/20/2014 9:45:48 AM
@Siddhesh: Doesn't look like it currently, Red Bull are planning on taking one in Russia when they have to change Vettel to a new engine though. Quite a few drivers on the cusp, however, so a failure today could change things.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:46:21 AM
Hi Nate. FP2 indicated that tyre deg on the supersofts will impact race strategy significantly. Which teams are looked good with tyre deg?

by KP 9/20/2014 9:46:44 AM
@KP: Mercedes actually pulled out quite a long stint on it and kept the lap times consistent. Force India are always good in that regard, and were again yesterday.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:47:29 AM
15 minutes from the start of #FP3, here's a reminder of the tyre selections for the #SingaporeGP #F1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx957nqCcAAFMfn.png

by Formula 1 via twitter 9/20/2014 9:47:43 AM
HI NATE , What about Williams??

by Fényország 9/20/2014 9:48:15 AM
@Fényország: Williams looked off the pace yesterday, and both drivers were surprised by how behind they were.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:48:59 AM
I ve never seen so many updates from official F1 account in the past! some sorcery is going on!!

by MJ 9/20/2014 9:49:01 AM
I know. Maybe they finally hired someone to man the Twitter account.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:49:16 AM
Oh man!! i was thinking of applying

by MJ 9/20/2014 9:50:19 AM
thx nate & go kimi forever !!

by Fényország 9/20/2014 9:50:20 AM
Going by the photo posted by the F1 twitter, and the notations below it, that would leave them with only 1 set of softs for the race!

by Siddhesh 9/20/2014 9:52:11 AM
@Siddhesh: It shouldn't do, they get plenty of additional sets as the notation says.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:52:34 AM
Nate, what's your take on the possibility of losing the Sauber, Caterham and Marussia teams / other teams running a 3rd car? Viable option?

by KP 9/20/2014 9:52:38 AM
@KP: Those teams certainly couldn't run a third car.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:52:50 AM
Ah Ok. I misread the + as -!

by Siddhesh 9/20/2014 9:53:12 AM
Haha, I thought you may have!

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:53:19 AM
imagine ham, alo and vet in the same team if 3 car happens

by MJ 9/20/2014 9:54:09 AM
@MJ: That would be rather exciting. I personally would love to sit in on their driver meetings, too.

by Nate Saunders 9/20/2014 9:54:27 AM
Hypothetically, assuming that we have 3 car teams from next year, surely we can expect the likes of Hulkenberg/Bianchi to make a step-up to top teams! So in that aspect it can't be bad.

by Siddhesh 9/20/2014 9:54:32 AM
Maybe some teams will run one car ?

by Lebron 9/20/2014 9:54:36 AM

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