Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the third free practice session of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore where Mercedes disheartening have shown potential to fight for the pole.
Third free practice session where the Red Bull Racing have gone to work with Daniil Kvyat who started setting the pace while other drivers like Raikkonen made modifications box which modified the height of the car and Rosberg, who “saved” laps.
Many drivers have complained in this session traction problems or sub-turn like Force India Nico Hulkenberg. Also seen braking forces past the bend and track outputs 7 as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. In the McLaren pilots complained of problems under braking.
In the first 30 minutes, the Ferrari of Raikkonen and Vettel have been very comfortable with the soft tires, also better than the Red Bull Mercedes who suffer a lot with the super soft.
In the last 10 minutes, when the riders took the track with the super soft tires, we saw the first glimpse of what we see in classification. A taste which has seen the Mercedes in fifth and sixth place behind Ferrari with some changes this morning have been setting higher than Red Bull, and present themselves as favorites in the pole position. Alonso (McLaren) finished seventh just behind Rosberg time. Also remarkable pace for Toro Rosso.
The classification will be held at 15:00 European time.