Day 3 of testing was a good day for Force India, with Nico Hulkenberg being the leading man for the whole session. The German driver completed 99 laps and was more than 2 seconds ahead of Grosjean, who finished the session in 2nd. Rounding up the top 3 was Kimi Raikkonen, who, despite being delayed by a fuel system problem, still managed to rack up 78 laps.
Mercedes ran both drivers, with Rosberg in the AM session and Hamilton in the PM session. They finished 5th and 8th respectively.
There were a few red flag's during the day. The first being when Carlos Sainz had to stop at the exit of pit-lane due to a loose wheel nut and the second being when Rio Haryanto had a spin into the gravel trap near turn 5. Haryanto was OK and the car was recovered on a flat-bed truck before the session resumed.
McLaren suffered a Hydraulics failure during the afternoon session and their running was cut short. However, Button still did 51 laps during the running he had.
Here are the times from Day 3.
TIMES/LAPS:
1. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:23.110 / Force India-Mercedes / 99 Laps
2. Romain Grosjean - 1:25.874 / Haas-Ferrari / 82 Laps
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:25.977 / Ferrari-Ferrari / 78 Laps
4. Kevin Magnussen - 1:26.014 / Renault-Renault / 111 Laps
5. Nico Rosberg (AM) - 1:26.084 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 74 Laps
6. Carlos Sainz - 1:26.239 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / 161 Laps
7. Felipe Nasr* - 1:26.392 / Sauber-Ferrari / 115 Laps
8. Lewis Hamilton (PM) - 1:26.421 / Mercedes-Mercedes / 88 Laps
9. Daniil Kvyat - 1:26.497 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / 74 Laps
10. Felipe Massa - 1:26.712 / Williams-Mercedes / 109 Laps
11. Jenson Button - 1:26.919 / McLaren-Honda / 51 Laps
12. Rio Haryanto - 1:28.249 / Manor-Mercedes / 78 Laps
* - Notes running 2015 car
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