Championship leader Fernando Alonso looks like he means business on arrival at a sun-drenched Sepang Circuit for third practice and qualifying for the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Renault driver Vitaly Petrov makes it through security at the Kuala Lumpur track and will hope to put in some good times ahead of the third grand prix of his debut Formula 1 season
All eyes divert to McLaren's area of the paddock, where reigning world champion Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes driver Jenson Button rocks up with his girlfriend Jessica Michibata
The pit girls are out in force ahead of the day's action, providing a cheerful welcome to one and all on another morning of high temperatures and humidity
Fresh from posting the fastest lap in both of Friday's practice sessions, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton is a picture of calm as he continues his bid for a first grand prix victory of the season
Ferrari used Friday's practice sessions to work on their race set up but Saturday is all about qualifying and Alonso starts posting some impressive lap times from the start of third practice
Jenson Button will be hoping for some more of the same after he won the Australian Grand Prix in changeable conditions at Albert Park
The skies above Michael Schumacher hint at the weather to come, it stayed dry for Saturday's final practice session but the rain is certainly on its way...
Mark Webber makes up for the time he missed after his engine problems on Friday with an intensive run out in final practice - the Australian clocks the weekend's fastest time to top the timesheets
The rain arrives just before the first qualifying session and it seems to flummox Ferrari and McLaren, who stay in the garage waiting for it to clear, it doesn't. Cue a desperate dash on wet tyres for Alonso
Both Alonso and Lewis Hamilton make heroic efforts to move out of the bottom seven on wet tyres, amazingly they only miss out by 0.2secs, but both are out along with Ferrari's other driver Felipe Massa
Lewis Hamilton dejectedly steps out of his McLaren after being eliminated in the first round of qualifying. Hamilton starts Sunday's race from 20th on the Sepang grid
Jenson Button is not very far in front of his McLaren team-mate, the world champion starts from 17th after he aquaplaned at Turn Six and failed to make it out of the gravel
Webber takes full advantage of the absence of so many title rivals to secure pole position. The Australian chose to use intermediate tyres in the top 10 shootout and it paid off handsomely
Webber is joined on the front row by Mercedes' Nico Rosberg for Sunday's race, his Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel starts from third
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