24/09/2011
Vitaly Petrov, R31-06
P16, 1:50.229, 15 laps
Bruno Senna, R31-04
P17, 1:50.523, 14 laps
Lotus Renault GP completed its preparations for the Singapore Grand Prix with the third and final session of free practice on another hot evening in the tropics. Though showers started to appear on the radar in the vicinity of the Marina Bay Street Circuit during the session, the track stayed dry.
After the initial installation lap, the two Lotus Renault cars went out for their first run at the 20-minute mark. Both Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov were on the Pirelli ‘soft’ tyre for their first laps of the artificially-lit track.
With 25 minutes remaining the first cars went out to try the supersoft tyre, but Bruno and Vitaly stayed on the soft tyre for their second run. The pair were then among the very last cars to go out for the final run on the supersoft tyres, going out with just five minutes of the session remaining.
Vitaly put in a lap of 1m 50.229s to go 16th fastest while Bruno hit traffic and backed off on his first flying lap before recording a lap of 1m 50.523s on his second to go 17th.
Mark Webber’s Red Bull set the pace at the front with a lap of 1m 46.081s as the F1 field finalised its settings for qualifying, scheduled for 2200 local Singapore time.
Credit: Lotus Renault GP (www.lotusrenaultgp.com)
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