Good morning and welcome to ESPNF1's live coverage of the final free practice session ahead of the Indian Grand Prix. After the teams got to grips with the Buddh International Circuit yesterday, it's back down to the business of fine tuning the set-ups ahead of qualifying

Laurence is at the circuit and says: "Very hazy at the circuit this morning but so far this week it's tended to lift by the afternoon. It felt cooler when I arrived at the circuit this morning but the temperatures are on the rise. 27C air temp and 32C track temp."

The main headlines from yesterday's running were that Felipe Massa topped the timesheets after FP2, although that was somewhat overshadowed by Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez being given grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags at the end of FP1

It was great to get so many questions and comments from you all yesterday, and we'd like more of the same today. We'll try and answer or publish as many as possible, so whether you have an opinion on yesterday's sessions, Hamilton's penalty or just want to talk about the circuit, get in touch with us using the link above or via Twitter @ESPNF1_live

And our first comment this morning is a qualifying prediction from Shankar who says: "I bet that Ferrari will be on pole"

A brave bet when you consider that there's only been one non-Red Bull pole all season, and that was McLaren's Lewis Hamilton last time out in Korea, but the Prancing Horse did look strong yesterday

Now, before we get too close to the start of the session this morning, here's a little pictorial summary of yesterday. First, Adrian Sutil and Force India got one up on Karun Chandhok:

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Then a dog caused a brief delay in the first session:

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Before Fernando Alonso's session was cut short when he had to stop his Ferrari:

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Jaime Alguersuari crashed...

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Pastor Maldonado's engine blew, causing the yellow flags that got Hamilton and Perez in to trouble:

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Jerome d'Ambrosio hit the wall:

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And at the end of it all, Massa was happiest:

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See, it's almost as good as being there...

Simon emails in to ask: "I was just wondering how much time Hamilton would have been losing per (lap approx.) due to his driveshaft problem in FP2? Also, do you think the McLaren is fast enough to fight for pole position today?"

Martin Whitmarsh revealed Hamilton had a driveshaft problem yesterday, but it only really seemed to effect his longer runs, so he may be worried about his race set-up. It won't have cost him much time compared to his fastest lap though. I think the McLaren is quick enough in Hamilton's hands, but unfortunately he won't start on pole if he can qualify there

Scott asks: "Whats going on with Hamilton? Why is he making so many mistakes this season?"

Well, we now know that one of his problems this year has been the break-up of his relationship with his long-term girlfriend, but on track it seems that his driving style lends itself to mistakes. Not having the fastest car earlier in the year meant that both Hamilton and Button were driving over the limit trying to challenge Red Bull, and Hamilton's combative style was getting him in to more scrapes than his team-mate

Vikrant's qualifying prediction is: "Lewis will do the pole lap and beat Vettel again... I'm a huge fan of Lewis frm India so I'll be damn happy if this happens..."

A few drivers are eager to get out on track and queue up at the end of the pit lane; Alguersuari ahead of Karthikeyan and Perez

And now they can join the circuit as the light goes green and the one-hour session is underway

Nishit asks on Twitter: "If a driver pits at the last lap and his pit garage is after the finish line, will that be allowed?"

No Nishit it won't; drivers must pit by the end of the penultimate lap to change tyres. The reason for his question is that Pirelli's Paul Hembery has said he expects to see drivers pitting late in the race to minimise time on the much slower hard compound tyres

Scott asks: "Are there anymore rumours about Raikkonen going to Williams which are floating about in the paddock this weekend?"

While there are rumours growing that he may join, Adam Parr was actually asked that very question in the press conference yesterday and replied: "I am afraid there is only one answer to that question, which is that our race drivers are Pastor Maldonado and Rubens Barrichello and if, and when, that changes we will make an appropriate announcement."

Himmat emails in from Kuala Lumpur to ask: "We will be having quite a few more new circuits in the coming years - Austin, New Jersey, Sochi - and there are also plans to bring some more in - Mumbai, Rome. So, where will it really stop? 22 races? Also, which circuits are most susceptible to the chop?"

You are correct with the three you say are joining, but with regards to Rome that race is a bit of a pipe dream and unlikely to ever come to fruition, while Mumbai is just the planning stage of an F1-spec circuit rather than a race lined up. I think the limit will remain at 20 for the coming years, with Turkey having dropped off for Austin next season. Korea is also under threat, and then you're looking at the likes of Valencia or Barcelona potentially making way for New Jersey and Sochi

Installation laps completed, Lewis Hamilton is all smiles as he enjoys a chat with Rowan Atkinson (aka Blackadder, Mr Bean, Johnny English) in the McLaren garage. Atkinson recently crashed his McLaren F1 in the UK...

Schumacher is the man who will set the first flying lap today, and his first effort is a 1:31.768 on the hard tyrep. Perez - also on the hard tyre - is 1.1s further back

Muruga says: "Kimi well could add some more excitements to the F1 if he makes a comeback."

He certainly could, and that would see six former world champions on the grid

Schumacher improves to a 1:30.948, and Senna then goes second with a 1:31.766 also on hard tyres

We're yet to see a driver on the soft tyre. Schumacher's making good use of the harder compound, lowering his mark to a 1:29.553

Replays show Karthikeyan spinning as his rear tyres locked under braking for the final corner

Vikrant asks: "I want to know which car will be strong in qualifying? Do u expect tight fight between Mclaren, Red Bull n Ferrari?"

Based on yesterday's running yes I do, as Red Bull were always very close to the pace, but it was a McLaren and Ferrari that set the fastest times in each session

Webber goes quickest with a 1:28.438 on the hard tyres

Both Ferraris and McLarens are yet to go back out after their installation laps

Red Bull, by contrast, is doing a lot of work and Vettel goes quickest with a 1:28.347 on the hard tyre. He's improving on this next lap too...

And Vettel does improve by 1.4 seconds, three fastest sectors giving him a 1:26.906

Di Resta goes 13th on the hard tyre for Force India

Hamilton and Button join the track, so just the Ferrari pair still to go out for a timed lap. They are preparing to leave the garage though

Vettel improves to a 1:26.311, improving in every sector

Hamilton now beginning a flying lap on the hard tyre

Schumacher jumps up to second place on the soft tyre

Hamilton's lap put him fifth, while Button goes third on the hard tyre; 1.4s off the pace of Vettel

Alonso's gone fifth, but we've seen Massa's front wing again heavily flexing and vibrating down the straight. It causes sparks as it hits the track surface, and it might be helping performance but doesn't look safe for a race distance

Petrov on soft tyres goes eighth, while Rosberg goes second also on the softs

Senna goes fifth on soft tyres, while we've just seen a shot of Romain Grosjean on the Renault pit wall, who will be running in FP1 at the final two races this season

With Mercedes running second and third at the moment, Sudhadip emails in: "Seeing a more determined Schumacher for last 5 races, do you think that he can beat Nico in the driver's point table by the end of this season?"

He certainly can Sudhadip, he's only seven points behind and with the current points system it could easily be either of them that finishes higher in the standings

Senna goes fourth on the soft tyre

Webber sets the fastest middle sector en route to the third fastest time. He's still on the hard tyre

Webber improves once again, he's now second and just 0.155s off Vettel

Hamilton improves to 12th, 1.6s off the pace, also on the hard tyre

Hitendra asks which tyres Rosberg is on: he's still on the softs

We're seeing a fairly mixed up order at present with different teams running different tyres, but the Red Bulls are looking very strong so far. Just under 12 minutes to go so hopefully we'll get qualifying spec runs soon

Maldonado improves on soft tyres but stays well down the order in 16th

Ferrari confirms it's time for a soft tyre run, and Massa leaves the pits

Button also heads out on the soft tyre

Sutil goes fourth on the soft tyre, and then di Resta slots in behind him in fifth

Hamilton out on soft tyres too. Red Bull leaving it a bit later

Alonso goes second on the soft tyre, 0.076s slower than Vettel. Massa and Button are on quick laps behind him

Massa goes quickest with a 1:26.058, but Button beats it immediately with a 1:25.942

Webber and Vettel now out on softs

Hamilton goes fourth, 0.383s slower than Button but he didn't seem to be pushing to the limit

Alonso goes quickest with a 1:25.784. The soft nature of the track might mean that it takes a while to get the tyres up in to the optimal working window

This is Red Bull's first laps on the soft tyres

Button improves a lot on his second lap, he's now quickest by over half a second on a 1:25.191

Webber goes fourth, 0.883s off the pace on soft tyres

Vettel's first lap on softs puts him second, 0.252s down on Button

Samarth asks: "How well are the Force Indias doing so far ? Can you rate their performance this FP3 please ?"

They're seventh and ninth now, with di Resta the quickest man, and they look strongest of the midfield teams behind Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes

Hamilton is told he needs to find half a second in the final sector, and he does to go second, less than 0.1s slower than Button

The chequered flag is out, and Webber completes a lap to go second, just 0.012s off the pace. Vettel is flying though...

And two fastest sectors puts Vettel quickest right at the end on a 1:24.824

Hamilton's final lap looked a bit more lively, but still not quite the maximum performance, whereas Vettel seemed to be pushing very hard

Bruno Senna has a high speed spin at turn 11, but keeps the car out of the barriers. His tyres will not be in a good way though

While the top four were separated by just 0.464s, Ferrari seemed to drop a touch off the pace in that session, with Alonso in fifth half a second slower than Hamilton in fourth

Best of the rest in that session was Force India thanks to Paul di Resta in seventh, but the Mercedes pair of Rosberg (8th) and Schumacher (11th) did their soft tyre runs very early in the session, so expect some more pace from them

It's the familiar name of Sebastian Vettel at the top, but it's close between Red Bull and McLaren, with Ferrari not too far behind. Thank you once again for all your emails and tweets, join us again for qualifying in two hours to see who will take the first ever pole position for the Indian Grand Prix