Australian GP: Williams Martini 4th& 5th in FP3

Team Summary:
The Williams Martini team would see Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa finish in fourth and fifth with the pair separated by just 0.076 after their soft tyre qualification simulations. Valtteri's time was a 1m:28.912 and Felipe a 1m:28.088. It was a trouble free session for both drivers. Quickest was Hamilton with a 1m:27.867. Vettel was second followed by Rosberg in third.

Felipe Massa:
First lap on medium tyre. Pits after installation lap. Felipe out of the car allowing mechanics to do some cleaning of the FW37. Remember that Felipe had a water leak issue in FP2 that saw him stuck in his garage. Forty minutes remaining yet to come out but Felipe in the car with thirty five minutes left. Rosberg now quickest with a 1m:29.364. Felipe would start his flying lap with thirty minutes remaining. His first lap was a 1m:32.483 to be eleventh but there had been yellow flag with the stopped Red Bull of Ricciardo. Felipe would follow up with a 1m:31.269 to be sixth, but he was 1.905 seconds off the quickest time.

Next lap was an improved 1m:30.816 to be fifth. New quickest lap from Hamilton with a 1m:29.128 seeing Felipe now sixth. Felipe had completed ten laps with twenty minutes remaining. Felipe would continue to run despite seeing Valtteri back in his pit. Felipe was running laps in the 1m:31s. Fifteen minutes remaining and Felipe would pit. New quickest lap a 1m:28.939 from Rosberg. Ten minutes and Felipe was back out on soft tyres. Felipe would go quicker and set personal best in sector one. Felipe would set a 1m:29.11 to move into third. Felipe would drop to sixth behind fifth placed Raikkonen. Felipe would continue and would set a 1m:28.988 to move into fifth ahead of Raikkonen.

Valtteri Bottas:
Out first on the medium tyre. One lap then pits. Forty minutes remaining yet to come out. Valtteri joins Felipe in his car ready to come out. Valtteri would be first back out still on the medium tyre. Valtteri starts his flying lap and would finish with a 1m:30.004 to be second behind Rosberg by 0.640s. Valtteri continued to put in the laps running on the medium tyre. Valtteri drops to third with Mercedes first and second.

Valtteri completed eight laps with just under twenty minutes remaining. Valtteri was now 0.876 behind the quickest time and would pit. Valtteri would join Felipe for his stop tyre run. Valtteri would finish his lap with a 1m:28.912 to be second but this would become third as Hamilton went quickest with a 1m:27.867. Valtteri was now fourth as Vettel went second.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes 		1m27.867s 11 
2 Sebastian Vettel 	Ferrari 		1m28.563s 13 
3 Nico Rosberg 		Mercedes 		1m28.821s 14 
4 Valtteri Bottas 	Williams-Mercedes 	1m28.912s 14 
5 Felipe Massa 		Williams-Mercedes 	1m28.988s 18 
6 Kimi Raikkonen 	Ferrari 		1m29.017s 13 
7 Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Mercedes 		1m29.481s 12 
8 Pastor Maldonado 	Lotus-Mercedes 		1m29.864s 15 
9 Carlos Sainz Jr. 	Toro Rosso-Renault 	1m29.869s 19 
10 Felipe Nasr 		Sauber-Ferrari 		1m29.934s 24 
11 Max Verstappen 	Toro Rosso-Renault 	1m29.952s 16 
12 Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber-Ferrari 		1m30.613s 21 
13 Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes 	1m30.741s 14 
14 Sergio Perez 	Force India-Mercedes 	1m30.993s 17 
15 Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull-Renault 	1m31.185s 10 
16 Kevin Magnussen 	McLaren-Honda 		1m31.391s 14 
17 Jenson Button 	McLaren-Honda 		1m31.666s 13 
18 Daniil Kvyat 	Red Bull-Renault 	1m32.830s 6