Hello and welcome to our continued coverage of the Malaysian Grand Prix, with the third and final practice session before qualifying later today.

Formula 1 | Malaysian Grand Prix

Sepang International Circuit | 09.04.2011

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Free Practice 3

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ByMike Hytner

Updated 09/04/2011 at 06:04 GMT

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Now the real business begins, with qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix coming up in two hours time. Join us again then!

Webber, Button, Heidfeld and Vettel complete the top five.

60'

The flag is out and that's it for practice. Hamilton paces the third and final practice session.

59'

Vettel's running quick, but he's not going to challenge the current leaders. The world champion goes fifth.

57'

Webber now splits the McLaren pair as Heidfeld moves into fourth.

55'

The track is filled with cars for the final five minutes, as Hamilton knocks his McLaren team-mate Button off top spot with a 1:36.340.

53'

Button heads back to the top of the list with a 1:36.805 as things heat up in Malaysia!

51'

Liuzzi, the only man not to have been out on track this session, finally gets his installation lap under way.

49'

Alonso is out on softs and with just over 10 minutes remaining he goes top with a time of 1:37.284!

48'

The track goes relatively quiet for a moment as teams prepare for final runs before qualifying on soft tyres.

45'

Button, Buemi and Barrichello complete the top six.

44'

Vettel then betters his own time as Schumacher slips into second. Rosberg, whose Mercedes is on softs, moves up to third.

43'

Some teams are changing to soft option tyres, but Vettel is still on the hard compounds as he goes top of the timesheets with a 1:38.213.

42'

Time for Button to lead the pack as the McLaren man clocks a lap of 1:38.464.

40'

Karthikeyan returns to the track but it's not long before his car is smoking heavily again. There should be a government warning on his HRT.

38'

Vettel on team radio: "The wing does not stall any more."

36'

Di Resta spins again as he struggles with his grip, but again the Scot stays out on track to continue.

34'

The Ferraris are the cars to beat at the moment as Alonso goes second quickest before Massa puts in the fastest time of the day with a 1:38.926.

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The yellow flag is out briefly as Di Resta spins at Turn 15, but he carries on regardless.

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And then Massa goes fifth with a 1:39.247 to announce the Ferraris' intentions.

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