Singapore GP: Williams Martini fail to improve in FP3

Team Summary:
The final hour long practice would be the big test to see if both Williams Martini cars
could get closer to the front of the times. Friday had see the Williams drivers eleventh and seventeenth. Both Williams drivers would come out early in the session. The first time was set by Rossi with a 1m:53.249. Both Williams drivers would pit after a single installation lap. A 1m:48.716 from Kvyat with Ericsson second, with these times set on the soft tyre while the Manor was on the super soft tyre. Sainz was now second with a 1m:48.946. Verstappen would move ahead of his team-mate followed by Sainz and Perez.

With twelve minutes of the session completed both Williams drivers were still in their pits. Valtteri Bottas would be the first to return shortly after followed by Felipe Massa. A 1nm:47.968 from Kvyat to remain quickest. Valtteri was now fifth while Felipe was ahead in third. Valtteri had dropped to sixth. Rosberg was now third seeing Felipe fourth and Valtteri seventh with forty minutes remaining. Hamilton would move up to second, 1m:47.969, seeing Felipe now fifth and Valtteri eighth. Rosberg was now second, 1m:47.891, followed by Hamilton and Verstappen.

Vettel would put in a quick lap to go quickest with a 1m:46.728. With thirty five minutes remaining Felipe and Valtteri were seventh and tenth. Raikkonen would backup his team-mate going second. Felipe and Valtteri would drop down the times with the pair now ninth and twelfth. Both Williams drivers continued on their soft tyre runs with thirty minutes remaining. Both drivers were lapping in the low 1m:51s. Kvyat and Ricciardo were now second and third. Eighteen minutes left and Felipe and Valtteri were now ninth and thirteenth.

Felipe would return to the track still on the used soft tyres but this was to enable them to complete a practice pit stop. Drivers would start to come out on the option tyre for their qualifying simulations. Ricciardo would be first out while in Williams both drivers were still in their pits wit nine minutes remaining. A 1m:46.359 from Ricciardo to be quickest. Vettel would go quicker with a 1m:45.682 with Raikkonen second. Kvyat was now third as Valtteri took to the track. Ricciardo was fourth followed by Hamilton and Rosberg. After their runs Valtteri and Felipe were eleventh and fourteenth. Not the result I would think the team was looking for.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would follow Valtteri out also on the soft tyre. Felipe would follow Valtteri back out also on the soft tyre. Felipe was on a quick lap and would set a 1m:48.638 to move into third. Felipe would tell his engineer that oversteer was getting worse in his car and that they should be looking at the front wing. Felipe had completed eleven laps with twenty five minutes remaining. Felipe would also pit also having completed fourteen laps. Felipe would complete a practice pit stop prior to going into his garage. Felipe would also come out for his super soft tyre run. Felipe was down in sixteenth and his best effort would see him only move into fourteenth, 1m:47.733.

Valtteri Bottas:
Valtteri would leave the pit lane for his first lap running on the soft tyre. He would pit and would be the first to return to the track. He was again running on the soft tyre and would set a 1m:49.057 on his first lap. This would see him fifth but he would drop to sixth courtesy of his team-mate who would push Valtteri down to sixth. Valtteri would pit briefly coming back out. Like Felipe he was on a long run on the soft tyer having completed twelve laps. Valtteri would pit after his run but it would again be brief. He would pit after fourteen laps. Valtteri would be first back out for his option tyre run. He would set a 1m:47.587 to be eleventh. Perez would come on the radio say that Valtteri had blocked him.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1  Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1m45.682s 12
2  Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari			1m46.132s 12
3  Daniil Kvyat		Red Bull-Renault	1m46.167s 19
4  Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1m46.359s 14
5  Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1m46.802s 15
6  Nico Rosberg		Mercedes		1m47.223s 16
7  Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		1m47.237s 14
8  Carlos Sainz		Toro Rosso-Renault	1m47.301s 18
9  Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1m47.464s 17
10 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		1m47.568s 20
11 Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1m47.587s 20
12 Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m47.640s 16
13 Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		1m47.715s 14
14 Felipe Massa		Williams-Mercedes	1m47.733s 21
15 Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes		1m47.817s 16
16 Sergio Perez		Force India-Mercedes	1m48.002s 15
17 Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes		1m48.116s 15
18 Felipe Nasr		Sauber-Ferrari		1m48.932s 20
19 Alexander Rossi	Marussia-Ferrari	1m52.588s 26
20 Will Stevens		Marussia-Ferrari	1m55.293s 22