Hamilton dominates final practice in Sepang
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| Lewis Hamilton |
Driving the superior Aldo Costa designed Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the final free practice session ahead of the Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Mercedes driver Hamilton topped the timesheets at Sepang with a time of 1m34.434s, almost half a second faster than Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
His teammate Nico Rosberg to only get within 0.619s.
The championship leader was demoted to third as Max Verstappen managed to split the Mercedes pair – 0.445s behind Hamilton.
The Ferrari duo Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were fourth and fifth quickest respectively, albeit seven tenths of a second off the pace, with Ricciardo down in sixth, just over a second adrift.
Results
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM | CAR/ENGINE | TIME | BEHIND | LAPS |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m34.434s | 0.000s | 16 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull/Renault | 1m34.879s | 0.445s | 14 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m35.053s | 0.619s | 16 |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m35.150s | 0.716s | 15 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m35.170s | 0.736s | 14 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull/Renault | 1m35.461s | 1.027s | 22 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | Force India/Mercedes | 1m35.776s | 1.342s | 16 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams Martini Racing | Williams/Mercedes | 1m35.902s | 1.468s | 17 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m36.222s | 1.788s | 18 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams Martini Racing | Williams/Mercedes | 1m36.227s | 1.793s | 20 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Sahara Force India F1 Team | Force India/Mercedes | 1m36.259s | 1.825s | 15 |
| 12 | Jenson Button | McLaren Honda | McLaren/Honda | 1m36.363s | 1.929s | 11 |
| 13 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas F1 Team | Haas/Ferrari | 1m36.553s | 2.119s | 14 |
| 14 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault Sport F1 Team | Renault/Renault | 1m36.604s | 2.170s | 20 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | Haas/Ferrari | 1m36.687s | 2.253s | 15 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault Sport F1 Team | Renault/Renault | 1m36.741s | 2.307s | 19 |
| 17 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m36.752s | 2.318s | 20 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber F1 Team | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m36.765s | 2.331s | 19 |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber F1 Team | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m37.106s | 2.672s | 18 |
| 20 | Esteban Ocon | Manor Racing MRT | Manor/Mercedes | 1m37.961s | 3.527s | 17 |
| 21 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Racing MRT | Manor/Mercedes | 1m38.089s | 3.655s | 13 |
| 22 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Honda | McLaren/Honda | 1m41.199s | 6.765s | 15 |