Bahrain GP: Mercedes unbeatable
Sebastian Vettel obviously disgusted with the Red Bull lemon |
Lewis Hamilton continued Mercedes' domination as he set the fastest time in final practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who was fastest in both Friday sessions at the Sakhir circuit, beat his teammate Nico Rosberg by 0.115 seconds.
Sergio Perez was third half a second behind of Hamilton's best lap, but clearly both Mercedes cars are sandbagging and have much more to show.
Valtteri Bottas was fourth fastest in his Williams ahead of his teammate Felipe Massa.
Sebastian Vettel sat out the final 20 minutes of the session after he spun his Red Bull off the track. The world champion seemingly lost control of his car on the exit of Turn 2 and looped his car around into the gravel trap. He had only completed eight laps when he spun off.
Vettel's teammate Daniel Ricciardo could only manage 13th best in the Red Bull lemon.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m35.324s | +0.000s | 12 |
2. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m35.439s | +0.115s | 12 |
3. | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1m35.868s | +0.544s | 10 |
4. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1m36.116s | +0.792s | 10 |
5. | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1m36.364s | +1.040s | 8 |
6. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m36.394s | +1.070s | 8 |
7. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m36.454s | +1.130s | 12 |
8. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m36.455s | +1.131s | 11 |
9. | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m36.680s | +1.356s | 16 |
10. | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m36.772s | +1.448s | 13 |
11. | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m36.822s | +1.498s | 8 |
12. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m37.030s | +1.706s | 11 |
13. | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1m37.119s | +1.795s | 11 |
14. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m37.325s | +2.001s | 18 |
15. | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m38.089s | +2.765s | 24 |
16. | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1m38.400s | +3.076s | 17 |
17. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m38.736s | +3.412s | 15 |
18. | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.880s | +3.556s | 21 |
19. | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1m38.971s | +3.647s | 18 |
20. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m39.208s | +3.884s | 17 |
21. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m39.225s | +3.901s | 8 |
22. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m39.597s | +4.273s | 14 |