Free practice 3

Hello and welcome to ESPNF1's live coverage of the final practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. One final hour to fine-tune set-ups before qualifying awaits, when we should see a true representation of everyone's pace

While McLaren - and Lewis Hamilton in particular - looked strong throughout Friday, Red Bull appeared to be struggling slightly following the engine map clarification. Both drivers insist there was no difference in the car, but we'll find out today if that's really the case...

Although we had some rain during the second half of FP2 - when Hamilton was again quickest - we're all set for another hot and dry session this morning. There's a slight threat of another shower forming this afternoon, but only slight

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And our first email comes in from Hinesh who asks: "Who do u think is the best driver in dry and wet condition (separately)??"

Obviously it's just opinion and always hard to compare, but personally I'd say Fernando Alonso in the dry - he just always gets 110% from his machinery - and Lewis Hamilton in the wet. I was tempted to say Alonso in both conditions but having been present for Hamilton's drive at Silverstone in 2008 he just gets the nod

One driver to keep an eye on in this session is Mark Webber. He was NOT happy yesterday following FP2; he was seen shaking his head in the Red Bull garage and did very little media before leaving the circuit. He has a lot of work to do this morning

I won't lie, it's tough to keep on top of all the F1 news this weekend with the small matter of the Olympics kicking off too. If you've got time before FP3 though, then there's a little story for you to read about engine manufacturer PURE having to suspend developments on its 2014 units

Max emails in with the million-dollar question: "The weather channel forecasts 100% chance of T-storms tomorrow, but yesterday some teams reported the race should be dry according to their forecasts. So will it be dry or wet?"

It will be wet. Or dry. Or both. Does that help? In all seriousness, hot and humid conditions mean thunderstorms have been forming during the day all week and it looks likely that it will rain at some point tomorrow. The big question is when, but from the forecasts I've seen it'll start dry but finish wet.

The conditions for this session are pretty much perfect, with some scattered cloud but an air temperature of 28C and track temperature of 37C

FP3 is under way and Kovalainen is the first man out on track for Caterham

Installation laps taking place on the medium tyres, and Maldonado is the only man to continue for a second lap

According to the FIA's live timing, it is wet at present. Believe me, it isn't.

Rosberg's stayed out and set the first time of the day - a 1:31.902

Vergne beats it with a 1:25.368 and then Button does a 1:29.641

Webber does a 1:26.340 while Alonso sits calmly in the Ferrari garage

Robert asks: "Do you think Webber will be able to bounce back in FP3 and qualifying?"

Yes, if the engine map change really isn't affecting his car. If it is, however, Webber does seem to struggle with changes to the way the car handles more than Vettel does

Speaking of Webber, he's gone quickest with a 1:23.359

Yesterday's fastest time was a 1:21.995 from Hamilton in FP2

Vergne getting in a lot of early running - five laps already - and he's second on a 1:23.783

Schumacher has completed six laps this morning after his crash in FP2. His car wasn't heavily damaged having gone head on in to the tyres and only broken the front wing and nose

Vettel goes fastest with a 1:23.058. Hamilton's only just left the pits for the first time; he's happy with his McLaren so far this weekend while Red Bull appears to have work to do

Raikkonen's looked good so far this weekend and he's just gone quickest with a 1:22.718

Raikkonen was running the double DRS yesterday as Lotus learnt more about the device ahead of the high-speed Spa and Monza circuits

Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:23.008. Everybody on medium tyres so far this morning

Senna is unhappy with Glock after diving past him in to turn one, lost the rear a touch and then having the Marussia retake him on exit - getting a bit too close to his front wing for comfort

Alonso still relaxing in the rear of the Ferrari garage, and Massa isn't ready to head out yet either. Neither driver is in their car and both have done just the one installation lap so far. Likewise Paul di Resta

Rahul emails in to ask: "I've read a lot about the setup changes for Dry weather and wet weather. What is that change they will do to the car when it rains? How big are the changes?"

There used to be a few changes with ride-height to prevent aquaplaning, but the tread depth on the wet tyres now means there's no need to do that as the car is automatically raised when the wets go on. It's generally downforce levels that change, so wing angles are adapted for the wet weather. Differential settings can be changed from the steering wheel too

Hamilton splits the two Lotuses to go second with a 1:22.773

Hamilton is going even quicker this time around, and he's gone quickest with a 1:22.224

Alonso preparing to go out for the first time - Ferrari waiting for the track to get even faster. As the Hungaroring is rarely used it evolves a lot during the race weekend as more rubber is laid down and grip levels increase

Bruno Senna has been looking strong so far this weekend despite not having taken part in FP1. He's currently fifth quickest and was improving but pits

Raikkonen improves his best time to a 1:22.300 but Hamilton is about to lower the best mark again...

And Hamilton does the fastest lap of the weekend so far with a 1:21.706

Vergne had gone third on soft tyres and Vettel is now out on softs too...

Webber also on softs

Vettel goes quickest with a 1:21.671 - just 0.035s quicker than Hamilton

Webber goes third on his soft tyres; 0.2s slower than Vettel

Alonso and Massa have both joined the party - no lap time from Massa yet but Alonso is 15th on a 1:24.760 on medium tyres

And Alonso improves on his second lap to a 1:22.754 - one second slower than Vettel

Webber improving after a lap cooling the tyres... and he's fastest on a 1:21.550

Alex asks: "Is it possible that the Mercedes cars are doing a dry full tank race run? There laps are slower than the HRT's or Marussia's, and lap times tend to slow down by about 5-10 seconds during the race. Also, they have run more laps than anyone else."

You're right there Alex, 17 laps for Rosberg and 18 for Schumacher, and both drivers admitted that the car was too harsh on its tyres yesterday, with Rosberg saying he "expected to be stronger"

A nod to Siddhesh who had also worked out the Mercedes long-run programme as well

Alem asks: "What kinda weather are we expecting for tommorows race. Should I bring umbrella with me?"

Short answer is yes - the threat of rain is pretty high tomorrow but not a certainty

Senna goes fourth quickest on soft tyres - 0.326s slower than Webber

Grosjean starts a flying lap on softs. He's not been happy with his car so far this weekend and has backed off on this lap too

Gino asks: "Is automatic adjustment of ride height permitted now if not how do they compensate between full fuel load and near empty in a race?"

No it isn't permitted Gino. If you're reading in to my answer to the wet set-up changes, when I say the ride-height automatically changes it's because the tread depth of the wet tyres raise the car

Grosjean goes fifth quickest with a 1:22.110

Ian says: "Webber struggled in the middle sector yesterday but it looks like a different setup has now made that his best sector."

He is looking strong in every sector now, which suggests a good balance. As you say, yesterday Webber was unhappy with the car in certain parts of the track

Senna was improving but catches Grosjean so pits. Vettel has headed back out on soft tyres so is probably about to start a long run on heavy fuel

Maldonado goes seventh on softs - 0.831s slower than Webber and half a second off his team-mate. He did run wide exiting the chicane on that lap

Rosberg is on soft tyres and begins a flying lap

Rosberg isn't on high fuel any more but only does a lap 1.7s off the pace

Damien asks: "It doesn't seem the FIA's technical changes over engine maps have affected Red Bull's performance this weekend? What do you think?"

In this session it looks that way, but neither Ferrari nor McLaren have done soft tyre low-fuel runs yet to see how they compare. Our first definite answer to that question will come in qualifying

Schumacher does his soft-tyre lap and is 16th quickest - two seconds off the pace

Rahul asks: "Can you explain the logic behind ferrari doing single digit laps until now?"

I can, it's just because it started its running later in the session - waiting until 25 minutes in before heading on track as the circuit got quicker

Alonso is on a low-fuel lap and 0.2s down through the first two sectors

Alonso goes fifth, 0.334s behind Vettel

Tirthankar asks about Raikkonen's tyres - he's yet to set a time on softs. His best time was set on mediums and he's not got the softs on but was blocked by Vettel in the final sector and backed off to try again

Raikkonen then does a 1:21.953 for sixth quickest but there's more time in that car

Hamilton starts a lap on soft tyres and does the fastest middle sector

Hamilton goes second with a 1:21.643 - just 0.093s slower than Webber. He lost time in the final sector and had a couple of moments on that lap where he got out of shape

Di Resta goes ninth on softs - 0.6s off the pace and just behind Massa

Button has the soft tyres on and is about to start a flying lap

Button is not that quick on his first flying lap on softs and only goes 11th - 0.8s off the pace

Raikkonen going for another low-fuel lap and he's 0.4s down through sector two

Hamilton asks where he needs to find more time to beat Webber's time and starts another flying lap

Webber's last lap on high fuel was a 1m26.8s, while Vettel is slower after running wide at turn three

Few others doing heavy fuel run to compare times late in the session, with Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen and Massa in the pits and done for the morning

Vettel runs wide again at turn four after losing the rear. I'd say that's a sign of the torque map change - the old one was designed to give smoother talk delivery but without that it's a less consistent delivery of torque to the rears

Chequered flag is out and Button has just improves to a 1:22.233. Still down in tenth but within 0.7s of the best time

Grosjean is flying at the end of the session - fastest middle sector before he pits

Schumacher has to take a touch of evasive action entering the pits. He was attacking the pit limiter line but Maldonado was ahead of him cruising in. No harm done

So after his struggles yesterday, Webber is the quickest man in FP3 and looking more competitive. Hamilton is still very strong and Vettel keeps Red Bull up there, while Senna continues his impressive pace in fourth place. Will this be his first top ten of the season and can he realistically challenge the big boys? Join us for the build up to qualifying in 90 minutes. See you then.