Jerez first 2014 test Test day three

19:12 That's it for AUTOSPORT's live coverage for the third and penultimate day here at Jerez.

Our team on the ground is sweeping the paddock as we type to get all the latest news and reaction after a day where Renault teams, and Red Bull in particular, struggled once more.

Keep up with all the reaction from the teams and drivers on autosport.com, and look out for the thoughts of JONATHAN NOBLE and KEVIN TURNER for subscribers to AUTOSPORT PLUS as well over the next few hours.

Our live service will resume first thing tomorrow.

Felipe Massa F1 Williams 2014

19:09 Day 3 results:

1. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1m23.276s, 52 laps
2. Felipe Massa (Williams-Mercedes) 1m23.700s, 47 laps
3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m23.952s, 62 laps
4. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1m25.030s, 40 laps
5. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1m25.495s, 58 laps
6. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India-Mercedes) 1m26.096s, 17 laps
7. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso-Renault) 1m29.915s, 30 laps
8. Adrian Sutil (Sauber-Ferrari) 1m30.161s, 34 laps
9. Robin Frijns (Caterham-Renault) No time, 10 laps
11. Max Chilton (Marussia-Ferrari) No time, 5 laps
10. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull-Renault) No time, 3 laps

19:02 Curious to know the main themes and major events of the day? Our full report is imminent.

19:02 And that's a wrap for day three. Kevin Magnussen keeps McLaren on top in his first official session for the team, while Felipe Massa leapfrogs Lewis Hamilton late on to secure second for Williams.

19:01 @Marussia_F1Team: "Nice round of applause from the grandstand as @maxchilton completes a fifth and final lap in the new #MR03. A good debut!"

19:00 Practice start at the pitlane exit for Alonso, who escapes just before the chequered flag flies.

18:58

Max Chilton F1 Marussia 2014

Chilton stays out for a first run down the main straight, but then pits next time round. No lap time then, but five laps on the board. Red Bull is on three, Caterham on 10.

18:56 Into the final five minutes of day three, and Magnussen, Massa and Chilton are out.

18:51 Green flag, and we're back underway.

18:51 Caterham meanwhile has wrapped up for the day, meaning Robin Frijns' first official day of running with the team encompasses 10 laps, none of them timed.

18:50 @ToroRossoSpy: "Another stop, unfortunately! We'll check #STR9 shortly."

18:48 McLaren uses the stoppage for a practice pitstop. It's an efficient one too, and Magnussen is on his way - for all of five metres at least, before he stops and is rolled back into the garage.

18:47

Jean-Eric Vergne F1 Toro Rosso 2014

Helmet in hand, Vergne takes a look around the car before trudging back down the pitlane, just as his crew coming running up from the garage.

18:46 Make that bad news - he doesn't even make it to the pit exit before pulling to a halt. Red flag.

18:45 Good news for Toro Rosso, as Jean-Eric Vergne heads out.

18:41 Magnussen heads back out. Can he go even quicker?

Team-mate Button said yesterday he thought someone would get into the 1m22s before the end of the week.

18:33 Magnussen brings the MP4-29 in after his fast run.

18:31 Hulkenberg pits. Magnussen has just done a 1m23.894s, so he has the top two times at Jerez so far.

18:29 Hulkenberg makes a big improvement to, moving the Force India to fifth.

18:28

Kevin Magnussen McLaren F1 2014

The rookie goes fastest, with 1m23.276s to put McLaren back on top.

18:27 And in sector two...

18:27 Magnussen is on the mediums and has just gone fastest of all in sector one.

18:25 Chilton has also taken the Marussia out. And Hulkenberg joins them now too.

18:25 Magnussen goes out again. He has already done 36 laps, despite only taking over from Button this afternoon.

18:21 Green again for the last 40 minutes.

18:19 Vergne has stopped just past the pit exit. He's out, but this just underlines how terrible this test has been so far for the Renault teams.

18:16

Toro Rosso F1 2014

And it's another red flag as the Toro Rosso grinds to a halt.

18:16 But he comes by the pits rather slowly and things don't look good.

18:15 He goes quicker again to move ahead of Sutil's Sauber.

18:14 Vergne now does a 1m30.595s, the quickest time achieved by any of the Renault-engined cars so far this week.

18:11 Alonso appears to be on the hard Jerez-spec tyre, so he is unlikely to be challenging the top times.

Vergne finally gets a proper time in, but he is still eighth.

18:10 Vergne has also gone out in the Toro Rosso, so we have three cars on-track.

18:09 GARY ANDERSON has a theory on the Sauber crash:

"Looking at the CCTV of the accident scene, I'd guess that the Sauber suffered a rear suspension failure. There's one set of solid black lines, which is Sutil being on the brakes, and there is the other set of broken tyre marks which will be the back of the car spinning.

"It's an odd place to go off as you are still under power, and if something happens at the rear it steers the car one way or the other. But there is no confirmation from the team on this and as I didn't see what happened, that's based only on what we could see after the crash.

"The interesting thing here will be to see how the anteater nose stood up to the impact. It appeared to be off the car after the impact, so that needs to be investigated because this is the first test of the new nose structures."

18:07 And that's a wrap. Thanks for all your questions, and of course thanks to Nico Rosberg for taking the time to visit and answer as many as he could.

18:06 Alonso and Magnussen are the first two to head out.

18:05 And we're up and running again, with just under an hour to go of day three in Jerez.

18:03

Nico Rosberg F1 Mercedes 2014

Our final question of "Ask Nico" relates to his relationship with team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg and Hamilton, remember, grew up in karts and have been competing ever since...

Brendan Delfino: You've grown up with Lewis in karting, however, since you've both come into Formula 1, Lewis has become a major celebrity. How much have you changed both as individuals and in your relationship with each other?

Nico Rosberg: "The relationship hasn't changed.

"It's just a bit more compicated in F1 because there's more involved, more people, more all over the place.

"Other than that it's pretty similar. We still have an occasional laugh together and it's still incredibly competitive as it always was."

18:02 Onto our next question - Kristian from Denmark asks: Of all the drivers in the paddock, who is the best dancer? My money is on you...

Nico Rosberg: "I have no idea! All I do know is that I am definitely not the best singer..."

18:00

KEKE ROSBERG

Nico's father Keke was one of the stars of F1's first turbo era.

He was not only the last man to beat the turbocharged factory teams to a title in the period in 1982 (in his Cosworth DFV powered Williams), but then produced one of the era's greatest turbo drives when the team got its hands on Honda power.

Last week's AUTOSPORT magazine celebrated the brutally powerful 1980s turbocharged grand prix cars, and Keke made appearances in both Derek Warwick's top 10 F1 turbo driver rankings and in our selection of the best turbo F1 drives.

17:56 Mark Gavan asks: Given the love-or-hate-quality to the new turbo engines this year, what is your favourite sound from F1's history?

Nico Rosberg: "Probably the V10s, because they were the most aggressive, the loudest, the most brutal."