The afternoon started with tyre degradation still mixing things up. Not only with Mercedes, but Red Bull were also showing signs of tyre wear. Mark Webber was struggling, not as severe as what Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes was experiencing, but over a period of 10 laps, he went from running in the 1 minute 29's to the 1 minute 32's. A loss of 3 seconds over those 10 laps.
The Pirelli hard tyre compound seemed to be a favourite amongst drivers until rain dampened hopes of a complete dry running. The last hour saw rain and a bit of hail coat the circuit, where the intermediate tyres made their first appearance of 2012, and drivers began lapping in the 1 minute 40's.
Once the rain disappeared, action was limited on track, so we'll have to see what happens tomorrow on the finally day of testing before the season gets underway in Australia.
Will the teams be pulling out all the stops to get a feel of what they'll be running like in Australia? Or will they be coasting round to fool the competition and wait to show us the true potential they have in 2 weeks time?
A talking point off track was surrounding Ferrari. They made a statement that neither of their drivers would be talking to the media over the weekend. Not sure if they have something up their sleeve that they don't want the media to uncover or if they are making a statement after last nights 'rumour mill' was working over time.
Last night a rumour went around the world of twitter that Ferrari had announced they had sacked Felipe Massa. This seemed to upset them due to some of the, quite angry, we'll say, tweets that they posted.
Top tip of the day is to know who your reliable sources are.
Below are the times set this afternoon during testing.
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