Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the third practice session in Singapore, three-tenths of a second ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with Fernando Alonso another three-tenths behind. Nico Hulkenberg was fourth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, Fleipe Massa, Paul di Resta, Nico Rosberg, Bruno Senna, Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber, who slowed his progress by clonking a wall and damaging some wheels.
Jenson Button was 12th ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, Kamui Kobayashi, Romain Grosjean, Pastor Maldonado, Jean-Eric Vergne, Sergio Perez, Charles Pic, Vitaly Petrov (who caused a red flag by crashing at the end of the session), Heikki Kovalainen, Narain Karthikeyan, Timo Glock and Pedro de la Rosa.
Heroics in practice is one thing but Qualifying ended up being Bull****, The global brand that is simply ‘Lewis’ earning that new paycheck!