Malaysian GP: Rosberg fastest as Mercedes dominates practice 3
Nico Rosberg |
Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in final practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as Mercedes continued to dominate the 2014 F1 season.
Rosberg finished ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton as the duo topped the timesheets throughout the hour. Hard or medium compound tires, it did not matter, they dominated a whole second ahead of the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen at a hot and overcast Sepang International Circuit.
Both the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo sat out most of the beginning of the session, only coming out halfway through the hour. Vettel's late lap gave him the fourth quickest time, two positions ahead of his teammate.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m39.008s | +0.000s | 13 |
2. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m39.240s | +0.232s | 13 |
3. | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m40.156s | +1.148s | 13 |
4. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.387s | +1.379s | 14 |
5. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m40.523s | +1.515s | 15 |
6. | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.686s | +1.678s | 14 |
7. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m40.736s | +1.728s | 14 |
8. | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1m40.781s | +1.773s | 20 |
9. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1m40.891s | +1.883s | 20 |
10. | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1m41.029s | +2.021s | 15 |
11. | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m41.182s | +2.174s | 18 |
12. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m41.441s | +2.433s | 18 |
13. | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m41.552s | +2.544s | 15 |
14. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m42.041s | +3.033s | 17 |
15. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m42.749s | +3.741s | 16 |
16. | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1m43.539s | +4.531s | 20 |
17. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m43.977s | +4.969s | 16 |
18. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m44.170s | +5.162s | 18 |
19. | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1m44.457s | +5.449s | 12 |
20. | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1m46.015s | +7.007s | 7 |
21. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 2m05.555s | +26.547s | 4 |
22. | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | N/A | N/A | 5 |