Did not allow the rain and bad weather in Melbourne to continue the third free practice in preparation for the qualifying race
Before the race was stopped French driver Romain Grosjean of Team Lotus achieve faster cycle time 1:26.929 minutes
And finished second Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of 1:27.000 minutes in advance either third returned to Brazilian Felipe Massa of Ferrari team time of 1:27.241 minutes
And under this atmosphere rainy Red Bull car stopped for Sebastian Vettel, who won first place in the first free practice and second.
In the event of rain will continue to postpone the qualifying race tomorrow.
Australian Grand Prix 2013 Free practice 3
| Rank | Driver | Teams | Time |
| 1 | R Grosjean (FRA) | Lotus | 1'26.929 |
| 2 | F Alonso (ESP) | Ferrari | 1'27.000 |
| 3 | F Massa (BRA) | Ferrari | 1'27.241 |
| 4 | P di Resta (GBR) | Force India | 1'27.533 |
| 5 | KM Räikkönen (FIN) | Lotus | 1'27.625 |
| 6 | D Ricciardo (AUS) | Toro Rosso | 1'27.849 |
| 7 | JE Vergne (FRA) | Toro Rosso | 1'27.860 |
| 8 | A Sutil (GER) | Force India | 1'28.069 |
| 9 | N Hülkenberg (GER) | Sauber | 1'28.253 |
| 10 | E Gutiérrez (MEX) | Sauber | 1'28.253 |
| 11 | N Rosberg (GER) | Mercedes | 1'28.486 |
| 12 | S Vettel (GER) | Red Bull | 1'29.808 |
| 13 | M Webber (AUS) | Red Bull | 1'30.073 |
| 14 | J Bianchi (FRA) | Marussia | 1'30.388 |
| 15 | G van der Garde (NED) | Caterham | 1'30.598 |
| 16 | C Pic (FRA) | Caterham | 1'30.959 |
| 17 | J Button (GBR) | McLaren | 1'33.236 |
| 18 | S Perez (MEX) | McLaren | 1'33.527 |
| 19 | P Maldonado (VEN) | Williams | 1'39.232 |
| 20 | V Bottas (FIN) | Williams | 1'39.779 |
| 21 | M Chilton (GBR) | Marussia | 1'42.872 |
| 22 | LC Hamilton (GBR) | >Mercedes | 1'47.246 |