British GP: Hamilton leads final practice

Hamilton tops the Mercedes row

Proving F1 is 99.9% car and 0.1% driver, i.e. an engineering exercise not a sport, drivers times for practice 3 for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone were dictated by what team you drove for.
Row 1: Mercedes Row
Row 2: Ferrari Row
Row 3: Toro Rosso Row
Row 4: Williams Row

Lewis Hamilton clocked a time of 1m32.917s on the medium tire, 0.552 seconds clear of Rosberg to lead the Mercedes row. Rosberg, who has won three of the last four races, was stuck in the garage for much of the final half of the Saturday morning session while Mercedes investigated a gearbox oil leak.

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen third ahead of Sebastian Vettel to lead the Ferrari row. Vettel was one of a number of drivers who ran wide at Copse corner, was fourth, a second behind Hamilton.

Max Verstappen led the Toro Rosso row fractionally quicker than teammate Carlos Sainz Jr in sixth.

Results:

Pos Driver Car Time Behind Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes/Mercedes 1m32.917s 0.000s 18
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes/Mercedes 1m33.469s 0.552s 14
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari/Ferrari 1m33.692s 0.775s 20
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari/Ferrari 1m33.918s 1.001s 17
5 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m34.147s 1.230s 20
6 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m34.282s 1.365s 23
7 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m34.501s 1.584s 19
8 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m34.538s 1.621s 19
9 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m34.545s 1.628s 16
10 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m34.708s 1.791s 25
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m34.886s 1.969s 21
12 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m34.896s 1.979s 15
13 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m35.121s 2.204s 22
14 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m35.246s 2.329s 22
15 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m35.587s 2.670s 19
16 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m35.695s 2.778s 19
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m35.919s 3.002s 20
18 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m36.101s 3.184s 6
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m37.989s 5.072s 19
20 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m38.285s 5.368s 18