2014 Malaysian Grand Prix Saturday - Qualifying
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Both Red Bulls and Pastor Maldonado's Lotus on the circuit. Renault bonanza!
Not for long, as here comes Daniel Ricciardo.
And now the Mercedes is back in so the track is empty.
Hamilton has the track to himself.
"Just remember you have new brake material on, and your race gearbox", is the message to Nico Rosberg from the pitwall.
Everyone is straight back in after just one installation lap. We've now seen everyone except the Red Bulls.
Hulkenberg and Rosberg have now been out too.
Only ones hanging back are the Red Bulls, Mercedes and Nico Hulkenberg's Force India.
Brisk start to the session with 16 cars heading out within the first 90 seconds. Make that 17 now as Esteban Gutierrez makes a move.
Green flag
Marcus Ericsson gets his Caterham to the pit exit first and we're away for practice three.
The Sepang weekend is throwing up a few interesting nuggets about events in Melbourne.
Yesterday AUTOSPORT discovered that both Ferraris had been hamstrung by a software glitch outside the team's control in the opening laps, and now Mercedes has revealed that it was a humble rubber tube that took Lewis Hamilton out of the season opener.
Yesterday AUTOSPORT discovered that both Ferraris had been hamstrung by a software glitch outside the team's control in the opening laps, and now Mercedes has revealed that it was a humble rubber tube that took Lewis Hamilton out of the season opener.
BEN ANDERSON: "About to head trackside with EDD STRAW to see what we can learn about the relative performance of the cars as they prepare for qualifying."
Sebastian Vettel
We suspect this is a trick of camera angle making it look like Pirelli chief Paul Hembery was among those requesting an autograph from Sebastian Vettel on his way into the circuit earlier today...
Yesterday the timesheets were dominated by Mercedes again, with Lewis Hamilton fastest in the morning and Nico Rosberg on top in the afternoon.
But it was a close-run thing, with just two tenths of a second covering the top six in practice two.
AUTOSPORT's EDD STRAW and GARY ANDERSON analysed what the times suggest in their GP form guide:
Mercedes under pressure in the heat
But it was a close-run thing, with just two tenths of a second covering the top six in practice two.
AUTOSPORT's EDD STRAW and GARY ANDERSON analysed what the times suggest in their GP form guide:
Mercedes under pressure in the heat
EDD STRAW: "Just under half-an-hour to go until free practice three gets underway. The air temperature is 30C and track temperature at 43C currently. Still hot, but feels less so than yesterday because of the cloud cover."
Good morning and welcome back to AUTOSPORT Live for our coverage of day two of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend.
We're just a few hours away from qualifying at Sepang, but first it's practice three.
We're just a few hours away from qualifying at Sepang, but first it's practice three.
By: Scott Mitchell, Edd Straw, Ben Anderson, Andrew van Leeuwen, Jonathan Noble, Pablo Elizalde
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