Lap times 3rd practice 2017 Malaysian F1 Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari GP MALESIA F1/2017
Event: Malaysian Grand Prix
Track: Sepang International Circuit.
Weather: 33°C dry & sunny
Tarmac: 47°C dry
Final practice for tomorrow's Singapore GP again showed both Mercedes drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas struggling to keep up with the lap times of both Ferrari drivers.
It's clear to see that the Mercedes W08 is slower in the extremely hot tarmac of Sepang, that reaches almost 50°C..
At the end of the session Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari had a technical problem and had to go into the pit to check the engine.
Mercedes even tested the cars with and without the new updates on their W08, which showed that the car of Bottas without the new parts was quicker then Hamilton's Mercedes who drive around with the new updates.
Red Bull also showed good pace with Ricciardo very close to the Ferrari's. Max Verstappen wasn't able to really show his speed, because he had a collision with Jolyon Palmer's Ferrari just before he wanted to start a quali lap in the last moments of the session. Qualifying and pole position later to day looks to go between Ferrari and Red Bull.
The gap between Ferrari and Mercedes is a lot less then yesterday, but they still are around 0,5 sec slower.
FP3 Lap Times 2017 Malaysian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps |
| 1. | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31,880 | 19 | |
| 2. | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32,042 | 0,162 | 14 |
| 3. | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:32,091 | 0,211 | 16 |
| 4. | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32,329 | 0,449 | 24 |
| 5. | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32,539 | 0,659 | 20 |
| 6. | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:32,579 | 0,699 | 17 |
| 7. | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:33,209 | 1,329 | 20 |
| 8. | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:33,240 | 1,360 | 20 |
| 9. | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:33,290 | 1,410 | 21 |
| 10. | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:33,321 | 1,441 | 16 |
| 11. | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:33,530 | 1,650 | 17 |
| 12. | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:33,538 | 1,658 | 21 |
| 13. | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:33,787 | 1,907 | 10 |
| 14. | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:33,871 | 1,991 | 14 |
| 15. | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:33,924 | 2,044 | 22 |
| 16. | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34,206 | 2,326 | 24 |
| 17. | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:34,475 | 2,595 | 12 |
| 18. | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:34,914 | 3,034 | 19 |
| 19. | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34,936 | 3,056 | 19 |
| 20. | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:35,045 | 3,165 | 19 |
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