Summary

  • Vettel on pole by half a second, Ricciardo 2nd

  • Hamilton only 5th a second behind

  • Raikkonen 3rd, Kvyat 4th, Rosberg 6th

  • Sainz hits wall, McLarens out in Q2

  • Vettel top in Q2, Kvyat top in Q1

  • Maldonado, Saubers, Manors out in Q1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Upset on the cards?

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    Throughout this season, Mercedes have largely swept aside all before them. Whenever there has been a hint of a potential challenge to their dominance, they quickly put it to bed.

    However, something in Singapore seems a little different. For the first time in a long while, they genuinely seem a little flustered. 

    Could we be on course for a season first, with a car other than a Mercedes on pole?

  2. A challenge Mercedes want and it is a challenge it looks like they are going to get. Will they turn it up for qualifying? 

    We are going to take a short break. You can read Andrew Benson's FP3 report in the interim and join us at 13:00 BST for build-up to what could be a very intriguing qualifying session indeed.

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  5. The rest

    11) Bottas 12) Hulkenberg 13) Button 14) Massa 15) Maldonado 16) Perez 17) Grosjean 18) Nasr 19) Rossi 20) Stevens

  6. FP3 top 10

    1) Vettel 2) Raikkonen 3) Kvyat 4) Ricciardo 5) Hamilton 6) Rosberg 7) Alonso 8) Sainz 9) Verstappen 10) Ericsson 

  7. James Allen
    BBC Radio 5 live F1 commentator

    A great lap from Sebastian Vettel. He is a bit of a Singapore specialist, a three-time winner here and there is an element of the driver making a difference here. Plenty for Mercedes to think about. Have we seen the best they have to offer, or have they got more up their sleeve?

  8. A Ferrari one-two in FP3 as Sebastian Vettel finishes fastest ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. The Red Bulls of Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo are third and fourth respectively but Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are down in P5 and P6...

  9. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Sebastian Vettel finishes fastest in final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.

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  10. Three minutes left of the session as Sebastian Vettel heads into the pits. It looks like we are on for a Ferrari one-two in FP3 and that means just one of three practice sessions will have been topped by a Mercedes.

    Meanwhile, Max Verstappen gets in the way of Lewis Hamilton at Turn 13, prompting a little shake of the fist from the reigning world champion. 

  11. This is good from McLaren as Fernando Alonso goes seventh fastest with 1:47.223, pretty much level pegging with Nico Rosberg. That's not something we've been able to say this season.

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  13. Boom! Sebastian Vettel storms to the top of the timesheet with 1:45.682, almost half a second quicker than his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.

    Where are Mercedes? Fifth is the best placed one, Lewis Hamilton with a 1:46.802. Nico Rosberg is P6...

  14. James Allen
    BBC Radio 5 live F1 commentator

    "For reference, the Mercedes are in nowheresville through the first sector. They are not at the party at the moment."

  15. Daniel Ricciardo goes fastest of all with 1:46.259, but now Sebastian Vettel, on the supersoft is out on the circuit and he is fastest of all through sector one...

  16. Not great through the first sector for Daniel Ricciardo but fastest of anybody in the middle sector...

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  17. Daniel Ricciardo is back out, sporting the red walled supersoft tyres on his Red Bull and is starting his qualifying simulation run now...

  18. Tom Clarkson
    BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

    It is relevant that part of the engine upgrade Ferrari introduced a couple of weeks ago was the ability to turn the wick up a bit. A bit like Mercedes they can turn it up in Q3. The Renault is not able to do that, so I imagine Mercedes and Ferrari will keep their powder dry in that respect and I think it might be Red Bull one and two in this session."

  19. As it is quiet on the circuit - just the two Manors out there at the moment - here's a reminder that you can watch the qualifying highlights on BBC One later today.

  20. Mercedes worried?

    As teams prepare for their qualifying simulation run, Mercedes certainly seem impressed with the pace of their rivals. 

    The team has just tweeted: "There is no hiding the potential here... the pace of our rivals is genuine and very quick!"