Daniel Ricciardo moves back into P2 and within four tenths of a second of Max Verstappen, clocking 1:35.954.

Steering wheel changed, Lewis Hamilton heads on out for the first time in final practice with half an hour to go.

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Now Fernando Alonso goes second quickest as he posts a 1:37.450.

"The track is drying up quickly so I think this is the last run on inters," reports Alonso.

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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver

That sounds like an electronic problem for Hamilton.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

They are just changing Lewis Hamilton's steering wheel.

Sebastian Vettel has joined the intermediate party and he swiftly pops in the second quickest time of the session, getting to within 1.974 seconds of Max Verstappen's time.

Meanwhile, Max Verstappen is doing what Max Verstappen does best in wet conditions. He goes quickest of all with a 1:35.548. That puts him 2.3 seconds clear of his Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who is second quickest.

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Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

They've killed the engine and they will try and fire it back up again and see what happens.

Lewis Hamilton is ready to head out for the first time... or is he?

"Somethings wrong," reports Hamilton. "I can't pull away."

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Biggg twitch for Max Verstappen slap bang in the same place as Nico Hulkenberg as the back end of his Red Bull steps out, snapping towards the wall at the exit of Turn 10. Verstappen manages to catch it just in time.

"The white lines are very slippery out of 9," he reports.

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And Stoffel Vandoorne goes second quickest with 1:41.148.

That is indeed the cue for drivers to move onto inters. Stoffel Vandoorne heads out on that compound, as does Carlos Sainz, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.

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Ooooh a scary moment for Nico Hulkenberg as his Renault briefly snaps out of control heading onto the back straight. He's very close to the wall but keeps it together, managing to complete his lap in 1:39.082.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver

Everyone else will be watching this from their screens and if Hulkenberg does something that is half handy this might be the cue to make the switch.

Nico Hulkenberg joins Fernando Alonso in trying out the intermediate tyres. He tests the conditions before getting the all clear to put in the first flying lap of the session.

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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Melbourne

Official weather forecast: system shows the main rain has passed. Probably one or two light showers during FP3 - 40% chance. Improvement is expected to continue until qualifying

This was how it looked when Jennie Gow arrived at the track earlier this morning. It doesn't look like that anymore with things drying up pretty quickly.