Japanese Gp - Practice 3 - Lotus Renault Gp Report

Bruno Senna, R31-04

P17, 1:35.389, 5 laps

Vitaly Petrov, R31-06

P9, 1:33.058, 15 laps

Lotus Renault GP endured a mixed performance during the final practice session in Suzuka this morning as Vitaly Petrov once again demonstrated impressive top 10 pace, whilst his counterpart Bruno Senna spun off the track 25 minutes into the session.

Vitaly ran on both the Pirelli medium and soft tyre compounds, and posted a best time of 1min 33.058secs on the soft tyres, improving by more than four tenths of a second from his times yesterday. The time left him in P9 at the end of the session. On the medium tyre, Vitaly managed a time of 1min 35.905secs.

Retaining the tighter bodywork package after it ran without fault yesterday, Bruno was 17th fastest with a best time of 1min 35.389secs on the white-marked medium tyres. Just before the halfway mark of the session, however, his track time was abruptly ended when he ran wide on the exit of the spoon curve and spun off the track, which resulted in a red flag whilst the debris was cleared. The incident left the front end of the car damaged, but it is expected to be easily mended in time for qualifying.

Jenson Button once again signalled his intent with a time of 1min 31.255secs, five tenths ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton.

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