Lap times 3rd practice 2018 Chinese F1 Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel Chinese GP F1/2018
Event: Chinese Grand Prix
Track: Shanghai International Circuit
Weather: Dry, overcast 12.8ºC
Tarmac: dry 14.8ºC
Humidity: 82.5%
The final practice for qualifying started under dry but cold conditions. During the night it rained in Shanghai,. The rain washed away the rubber of yesterday's practice sessions.
Stoffel Vandoorne, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso were the first to go out on the track.
After 20 minutes Stoffel Vandoorne had to go back to the garage because the team could not read out any telemetry of his car.
Half way the session Lewis Hamilton was struggling with the W09 and had a huge 540 spin with his when he gone wide coming out of turn 10. He drove full throttle on the wet artificial grass had no grip there and spun.
With 25 minutes to go Daniel Ricciardo had to stop his Red Bull after having a turbo failure with his Renault engine. He stopped his car near the pit entry and caused a virtual safety car.
With 10 minutes to go both Ferrari drivers topped the time sheet with Sebastian Vettel on P1 with a gap of 7 tents to their Rivals Mercedes.
Red Bull still was nowhere near the top when Max Verstappen got some fresh ultra soft tyres on his RB14 and put in a good lap and scored P4.
Haas again was best of the rest with Kevin Magnussen at the VF18 steeringwheel. He even set his quickest lap time on the slower soft Pirelli tyres.
Both Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen are the ones who will fight for pole position during qualifying in 2 hours from now.
3rd practice results 2018 Chinese GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tires |
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33,018 | 14 | ultra s | |
| 2 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:33,469 | 0,451 | 21 | ultra s |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:33,761 | 0,743 | 16 | ultra s |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:33,969 | 0,951 | 14 | ultra s |
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34,057 | 1,039 | 14 | ultra s |
| 6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:34,329 | 1,311 | 25 | soft |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:34,445 | 1,427 | 14 | ultra s |
| 8 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:34,456 | 1,438 | 16 | ultra s |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:34,582 | 1,564 | 20 | ultra s |
| 10 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:34,741 | 1,723 | 13 | ultra s |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:34,841 | 1,823 | 16 | ultra s |
| 12 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:34,851 | 1,833 | 13 | ultra s |
| 13 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:34,977 | 1,959 | 16 | ultra s |
| 14 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:34,991 | 1,973 | 20 | ultra s |
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:35,061 | 2,043 | 4 | sift |
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:35,079 | 2,061 | 16 | ultra s |
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:35,375 | 2,357 | 16 | ultra s |
| 18 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:35,497 | 2,479 | 14 | ultra s |
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35,679 | 2,661 | 13 | ultra s |
| 20 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:35,756 | 2,738 | 6 | ultra s |
