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FP3 Rain is the main character today

It has been a fp3 where rain has been the main actor, all teams have tried to shoot dry as possible at the time the rain has allowed dry running in the Australian track. It has been only 15 minutes of the 60 minutes that have been dry running so during that time have not been able to draw many conclusions Fastest in session was Romain Grosjean followed by Fernando Alonso. After 15 minutes have not been many cars to improve they were simply making laps to train for and prepare ahead of the qualifying session to find the best position for Sunday’s race. At 25 minutes of the session Felipe Massa was the first to test the settings to test for qualifying practice. So finally we are in conditions where water is unknown to say a favorite so we will have to see how it develops the qualifying. If it was in itself predict who will get pole with rain now will be even harder.

Moreover Sebastian Vettel has had a hydraulic problem in the car and had to stop halfway of the track

These are the times through the first few minutes of dry conditions

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.929 14
2 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:27.000 0.071 7
3 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.241 0.312 10
4 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:27.533 0.604 9
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:27.625 0.696 12
6 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:27.849 0.920 19
7 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:27.860 0.931 16
8 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:28.069 1.140 15
9 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.253 1.324 18
10 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.253 1.324 20
11 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:28.486 1.557 13
12 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:29.808 2.879 9
13 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:30.073 3.144 16
14 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.388 3.459 17
15 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:30.598 3.669 20
16 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:30.959 4.030 19
17 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.236 6.307 7
18 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.527 6.598 8
19 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.232 12.303 13
20 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.779 12.850 13
21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:42.872 15.943 13
22 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:47.246 20.317 9