Australian GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Times

AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE #3

    The weather showed a complete turn around for FP3 with the rain gone and the sun breaking through the clouds for near-perfect track conditions. However, not everyone got off to a perfect start.

    Romain Grosjean was heading out of pit-lane for his first run, when Rio Haryanto also exited and crashed into Grosjean, getting the nose of his Manor, stuck under the floor of the Haas. This resulted in the Haas team having to put Grosjean's car up on the jack and replace the floor of his car. Haryanto was reprimanded for the accident and also given 2 Penalty Points to his license and a 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for the race.

    Lewis Hamilton once again topped the time-sheets and Nico Rosberg was right behind him in 2nd, while Sebastian Vettel rounded up the top three. The other Ferrari, with Raikkonen behind the wheel, finished in 5th. Sainz finished 4th in the Toro Rosso, which is powered by Ferrari this year.

   Despite the great weather, some of the grass areas remained wet and slick, causing multiple cars to spin, including Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso. Thankfully, no red flags had to be called out in the session.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:25.624 / Mercedes-Mercedes

2. Nico Rosberg - 1:25.800 / Mercedes-Mercedes

3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:25.852 / Ferrari-Ferrari

4. Carlos Sainz - 1:26.256 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

5. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:26.435 / Ferrari-Ferrari

6. Max Verstappen - 1:26.701 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

7. Valtteri Bottas - 1:26.730 / Williams-Mercedes

8. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:26.768 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

9. Felipe Massa - 1:27.151 / Williams-Mercedes

10. Sergio Perez - 1:27.242 / Force India-Mercedes

11. Fernando Alonso - 1:27.263 / McLaren-Honda

12. Jenson Button - 1:27.341 / McLaren-Honda

13. Daniil Kvyat - 1:27.430 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

14. Marcus Ericsson - 1:27.659 / Sauber-Ferrari

15. Kevin Magnussen - 1:27.871 / Renault-Renault

16. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:27.988 / Force India-Mercedes

17. Jolyon Palmer - 1:28.117 / Renault-Renault

18. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:28.284 / Haas-Ferrari

19. Romain Grosjean - 1:28.292 / Haas-Ferrari

20. Felipe Nasr - 1:28.293 / Sauber-Ferrari

21. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:29.046 / Manor-Mercedes

22. Rio Haryanto - 1:29.272 / Manor-Mercedes

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