Austrian GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

FP3 has just finished up and we're back for the Re-Cap! First of all, huge thanks to all who joined our commentary. We'll be bringing you updates about Qualifying as well.

So, in this session the weather was back to being pretty nice, slightley humid. There was luckily no rain, despite the clouds. Jenson was first out of the session with a brake issue that sparked a minor fire. Chilton also missed half of the session due to a problem with his Marussia.

It was not a Mercedes who topped the session this time, although it was Mercedes powered. It was the Williams of Valtteri Bottas! Could we be in for a surprise Pole-Sitter?

At the very end we saw Sergio Perez's Force India becme airbourne, almost in a wheelie-sort-of-way. Kamui also had an inccident that ended his session when he spun heavily into the gravel.

Now, on to the times from this Session!

TIMES: 

1. Valtteri Bottas - 1:09.848 / Williams

2. Lewis Hamilton - 1:09.898 / Mercedes

3. Felipe Massa - 1:09.901 / Williams

4. Daniil Kvyat - 1:09.927 / Toro Rosso

5. Nico Rosberg - 1:09.999 / Mercedes

6. Fernando Alonso 1:10.054 / Ferrari

7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:10.392 / Red Bull

8. Kevin Magnussen - 1:10.449 / McLaren

9. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:10.488 / Ferrari

10. Sebastian Vettel - 1:10.562 / Red Bull

11. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:10.683 / Force India

12. Pastor Maldonado - 1:10.776 / Lotus

13. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:11.043 / Toro Rosso

14. Romain Grosjean - 1:11.103 / Lotus

15. Sergio Perez - 1:11.235 / Force India

16. Adrian Sutil - 1:11.294 / Sauber

17. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:11.558 / Sauber

18. Jules Bianchi - 1:11.848 / Marussia

19. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:12.320 / Caterham

20. Marcus Ericsson - 1:12.892 / Caterham

21. Max Chilton - 1:12.915 / Marussia

22. Jenson Button - 1:14.237 / McLaren

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Canadian GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

Sorry we were unable to get things fixed in time for Free Practice 3, but we still have the re-cap for you and of course all the times from the session.

There was quite a bad accident, when the Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez, lost control and hit the barriers, causing a lot of damage to the chassis. Luckily, Esteban is unharmed and fine and he will race on Sunday. He however, had to sit-out of Qualifying, since the team had to replace the chassis of his car.

Let's go ahead and get straight to the times, now.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:15.610 / Mercedes

2. Felipe Massa - 1:16.086 / Williams

3. Nico Rosberg - 1:16.120 / Mercedes

4. Fernando Alonso - 1:16.488 / Ferrari

5. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:16.504 / Red Bull

6. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:16.528 / Ferrari

7. Valtteri Bottas - 1:16.684 / Williams

8. Daniil Kvyat - 1:16.820 / Toro Rosso

9. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:16.16.824 / Toro Rosso

10. Sebastian Vettel - 1:16.884 / Red Bull

11. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:16.944 / Force India

12. Kevin Magnussen - 1:16.993 / McLaren

13. Romain Grosjean - 1:17.121 / Lotus

14. Sergio Perez - 1:17.188 / Force India

15. Pastor Maldonado - 1:17.224 / Lotus

16. Jenson Button - 1:17.360 / McLaren

17. Adrian Sutil - 1:17.900 / Sauber

18. Jules Bianchi - 1:18.518 / Marussia

19. Max Chilton - 1:18.525 / Marussia

20. Marcus Ericsson - 1:19.865 / Caterham

21. Kamui Kobyashi - 1:20.227 / Caterham

22. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:22.388 / Sauber

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Monaco GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

Short re-cap of Free Practice 3 - This session is usually where teams make last minute fixes/changes to their car and make sure the set-up is good for their drivers. No major accidents happened during this session, thankfully.

The weather turned around majorly since Thursday and was hot and sunny for the last practice session, so lets get right to the times, shall we?

TIMES: 

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:16.758 / Mercedes

2. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:16.808 / Red Bull

3. Nico Rosberg - 1:16.874 / Mercedes

4. Sebastian Vettel - 1:17.284 / Red Bull

5. Fernando Alonso - 1:17.428 / Ferrari

6. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:17.448 / Ferrari

7. Sergio Perez - 1:17.725 / Force India

8. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:18.074 / Force India

9. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:18.136 / Toro Rosso

10. Daniil Kvyat - 1:18.166 / Toro Rosso

11. Kevin Magnussen - 1:18.249 / McLaren

12. Jenson Button - 1:18.262 / McLaren

13. Valtteri Bottas - 1:18.430 / Williams

14. Felipe Massa - 1:18.542 / Williams

15. Adrian Sutil - 1:18.598 / Sauber

16. Romain Grosjean - 1:18.776 / Lotus

17. Jules Bianchi - 1:18.872 / Marussia

18. Pastor Maldonado - 1:19.118 / Lotus

19. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:19.149 / Sauber

20. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:20.271 / Caterham

21. Max Chilton - 1:20.394 / Marussia

22. Marcus Ericsson - 1:20.589 / Caterham

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Spanish GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

Time for a quick re-cap of Free Practice 3 before Qualifying starts later!

In this session, Vettel was able to get his Redbull out on track and even set a time. Rosberg was fastest in this session, while the McLarens and Lotuses performed strongly. Max Chilton had a gravel moment bad enough to where his car had to be removed at the end of the session.

Most teams did performance/set-up runs to make sure everythingis ready for Qualifying. Someone who isn't too excited is surely Jean-Eric Vergne who now jas a 10-Place-Grid-Penalty after his tyre flew off in Free Practice 3.

On to the times, now!

TIMES: 

1. Nico Rosberg - 1:25.887 / Mercedes

2. Lewis Hamilton - 1:26.757 / Mercedes

3. Fernando Alonso - 1:27.188 / Ferrari

4. Felipe Massa - 1:27.223 / Williams

5. Romain Grosjean - 1:27.682 / Lotus

6. Kevin Magnussen - 1:27.806 / McLaren

7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:27.808 / Redbull

8. Jenson Button - 1:28.006 / McLaren

9. Pastor Maldonado - 1:28.076 / Lotus

10. Sebastian Vettel - 1:28.085 / Redbull

11. Valtteri Bottas - 1:28.101 / Williams

12. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:28.242 / Toro Rosso

13. Daniil Kvyat - 1:28.298 / Toro Rosso

14. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:28.419 / Ferrari

15. Sergio Perez - 1:28.571 / Force India

16. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:28.668 / Force India

17. Adrian Sutil - 1:28.715 / Sauber

18. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:28.865 / Sauber

19. Max Chilton - 1:30.169 / Marussia

20. Jules Bianchi - 1:30.670 / Marussia

21. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:30.712 / Caterham

22. Marcus Ericsson - 1:31.559 / Caterham

Check back for a Re-Cap of Qualifying later today!

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Chinese GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

Time for a Re-Cap of Free Practice #3 - It was wet and rainy during the session and there were some problems for the drivers. 

Lots of people still struggling with locking up and running off the track at certain turns. Some drivers even opted not to set a time, including: Rosberg, Hamilton, Alonso and Magnussen. Pastor Maldonado was told to stop his car during the session. When he asked what had happened, he got no quick response. 

Daniel Ricciardo climbed to take the top time of the session, with Massa and Grosjean also showing pace and shining during the hour. Force India also looked good and staed within the top 10 as did the Williams drivers. And with that said, here's the times!

TIMES:

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:53.958 / Redbull
2. Felipe Massa - 1:54.492 / Williams
3. Romain Grosjean - 1:54.514 / Lotus
4. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:55.032 / Force India
5. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:55.062 / Ferrari
6. Pastor Maldonado - 1:55.228 / Lotus
7. Daniil Kvyat - 1:55.235 / Toro Rosso
8. Valtteri Bottas - 1:55.381 / Williams
9. Jenson Button - 1:55.673 / McLaren
10. Sergio Perez - 1:56.019 / Force India
11. Sebastian Vettel - 1:56.233 / Redbull
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:56.380 / Toro Rosso
13. Adrian Sutil - 1:56.760 / Sauber
14. Max Chilton - 1:56.841 / Marussia
15. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:57.468 / Sauber
16. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:57.812 / Caterham
17. Jules Bianchi - 1:57.976 / Marussia
18. Marcus Ericsson - 1:59.507 / Caterham
19. Nico Rosberg - NO TIME SET / Mercedes
20. Kevin Magnussen - NO TIME SET / McLaren
21. Fernando Alonso - NO TIME SET / Ferrari
22. Lewis Hamilton - NO TIME SET / Mercedes

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Bahrain GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

We're about 6 hours away from the start of the Bahrain GP and so, it's time for a quick Re-Cap of Free Practice 3 from yesterday!

Mercedes was once again, dominating the time-sheets and also, a very happy Sergio Perez, made his way to the top, to join Hamilton & Rosberg. Force India is having an overall promising weekend and they're aiming for a podium finish in the race.

Ferrari is still having some issues with battery power while it seems Lotus can't quite figure out why their cars are much slower than last year. But, now, on to the times!

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:35.324 / Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg - 1:35.439 / Mercedes
3. Sergio Perez - 1:35.868 / Force India
4. Valtteri Bottas - 1:36.116 / Williams
5. Felipe Massa - 1:36.364 / Williams
6. Jenson Button - 1:36.394 / McLaren
7. Fernando Alonso 1:36.454 / Ferrari
8. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:36.455 / Force India
9. Daniil Kvyat - 1:36.680 / Toro Rosso
10. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:36.772 / Ferrari
11. Kevin Magnussen - 1:36.822 / McLaren
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:37.030 / Toro Rosso
13. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:37.119 / Redbull
14. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:37.325 / Sauber
15. Adrian Sutil - 1:38.089 / Sauber
16. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:38.400 / Caterham
17. Jules Bianchi - 1:38.736 / Marussia
18. Pastor Maldonado - 1:38.880 / Lotus
19. Marcus Ericsson - 1:38.971 / Caterham
20. Romain Grosjean - 1:39.208 / Lotus
21. Sebastian Vettel - 1:39.225 / Redbull
22. Max Chilton - 1:39.597 / Marussia

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Malaysian GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

So, during Free Practice 3, we saw The Mclaren-Mercedes team have issues with their Power Units and Kevin Magnussen was unable to set a time, meanwhile the Mercedes AMG Petronas team managed to get the top 2 spots on the times sheets. Not too much action going on in this round, as it's usually when teams make final set-up changes and make sure things are running smoothly. There's not too much want to go crazy and accidently mess up the car before Qualifying, so teams try to keep things calm. Here are the times from Session #3.

TIMES:
 
1. Nico Rosberg - 1:39.008 / Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton - 1:39.240 / Mercedes
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:40.156 / Ferrari
4. Sebastian Vettel - 1:40.387 / Redbull
5. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:40.523 / Force India
6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:40.686 / Redbull
7. Fernando Alonso - 1:40.736 / Ferrari
8. Felipe Massa - 1:40.781 / Williams
9. Valtteri Bottas - 1:40.891 / Williams
10. Sergio Perez - 1:41.029 / Force India
11. Daniil Kvyat - 1:41.182 / Toro Rosso
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:41.441 / Toro Rosso
13. Adrian Sutil - 1:41.552 / Sauber
14. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:42.041 / Sauber
15. Romain Grosjean - 1:42.749 / Lotus
16. Pastor Maldonado - 1:43.539 / Lotus
17. Max Chilton - 1:43.977 / Marussia
18. Jules Bianchi - 1:44.170 / Marussia
19. Marcus Ericsson - 1:44.457 / Caterham
20. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:46.015 / Caterham
21. Jenson Button - 2:05.555 / McLaren
22. Kevin Magnussen - No Time Set / McLaren

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Australian GP: Free Practice 3 - Results

Better late than never - Here are the times from Free Practice 3 from the Australian GP weekend. Please forgive me for having this up DAYS late as I've had internet issues and a load of work.

TIMES:

1. Nico Rosberg - 1:29.375 / Mercedes
2. Jenson Button - 1:30.766 / McLaren
3. Fernando Alonso - 1:30.8765 / Ferrari
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:30.919 / Mercedes
5. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:30.970 / Redbull
6. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:30.978 / Force India
7. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:31.156 / Ferrari
8. Kevin Magnussen - 1:31.251 / McLaren
9. Sergio Perez - 1;31.665 / Force India
10. Felipe Massa - 1:31.723 / Williams
11. Daniil Kvyat - 1:31.925 / Toro Rosso
12. Sebastian Vettel - 1:32.255 / Redbull
13. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:32.417 / Toro Rosso
14. Jules Bianchi - 1:34.184 / Marussia
15. Adrian Sutil - 1:34.188 / Sauber
16. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:34.413 / Caterham
17. Max Chilton - 1:34.717 / Marussia
18. Pastor Maldonado - 1:34.754 / Lotus
19. Marcus Ericsson - 1;36.159 / Caterham.
20. Valtteri Bottas - No Time Set / Williams
21. Esteban Gutierrez - No Time Set / Sauber 
22. Romain Grosjean - No Time Set / Lotus

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