Vettel and Webber lead final practice in Abu Dhabi
Fast man again, Sebastian Vettel |
The Red Bull duo to Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber topped the third and final practice session for tomorrow's F1 finale in Abu Dhabi. The other two drivers in the championship hunt, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was third and points leader Fernando Alonso 4th in his Ferrari.
However, we do not yet know whether the Ferraris are sandbagging. They both set their times earlier on and returned to the pits for the final minutes of the session, only popping back out at the end to take part in the practice starts after the end.
Track temperature was a blistering 43 degrees C for the start of this afternoon’s third and final free practice session of the 2010 Formula One championship season. Qualifying is up next.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.696s | +0.000s | 18 |
2. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.829s | +0.133s | 15 |
3. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m41.280s | +0.584s | 13 |
4. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m41.490s | +0.794s | 14 |
5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m41.578s | +0.882s | 17 |
6. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m41.689s | +0.993s | 17 |
7. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m41.690s | +0.994s | 18 |
8. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m41.729s | +1.033s | 17 |
9. | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1m41.877s | +1.181s | 18 |
10. | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m41.893s | +1.197s | 20 |
11. | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1m41.934s | +1.238s | 18 |
12. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m41.978s | +1.282s | 14 |
13. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m42.316s | +1.620s | 15 |
14. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m42.566s | +1.870s | 16 |
15. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m42.587s | +1.891s | 18 |
16. | Tonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1m42.858s | +2.162s | 14 |
17. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m42.993s | +2.297s | 20 |
18. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m43.344s | +2.648s | 18 |
19. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1m44.876s | +4.180s | 15 |
20. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1m45.048s | +4.352s | 23 |
21. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m45.050s | +4.354s | 20 |
22. | Bruno Senna | Hispania-Cosworth | 1m45.490s | +4.794s | 16 |
23. | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m45.629s | +4.933s | 22 |
24. | Christian Klien | Hispania-Cosworth | 1m46.464s | +5.768s | 17 |