Spanish GP: Rosberg nips Vettel in final practice

Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg turned a lap of 1m26.021s to lead final practice ahead of qualifying for the Spanish GP at Barcelona. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel showed that the Italian team has closed the gap with a 2nd quick time of 1m26.177s – just 1/10th slower than the Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton was 3rd in the 2nd Mercedes just behind Vettel with a time of 1m25.222s.

Valtteri Bottas was 4th in the Mercedes powered Williams with Kimi Raikkonen rounding out the top-5 in the second Ferrari but almost 1-second behind Rosberg.

Results
1 Rosberg, 1m26.021s
2 Vettel, 1m26.177s
3 Hamilton, 1m26.222s
4 Bottas, 1m26.682s
5 Raikkonen, 1m26.944s
6 Ricciardo, 1m27.048s
7 Massa, 1m27.109s
8 Verstappen, 1m27.132s
9 Kvyat, 1m27.313s
10 Sainz, 1m27.809s
11 Button, 1m27.938s
12 Hulkenberg, 1m28.082s
13 Nasr, 1m28.096s
14 Alonso, 1m28.304s
15 Grosjean, 1m28.578s
16 Maldonado, 1m28.618s
17 Ericsson, 1m28.788s
18 Perez, 1m28.996s
19 Stevens, 1m31.125s
20 Merhi, 1m31.749s