Australian GP Practice 3: Grosjean quickest as rain hits Melbourne

Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean put Lotus on top of the times in final practice for the Australian Grand Prix as the rain hit the Albert Park circuit and Sebastian Vettel hit trouble.

Grosjean posted a best time of 1m26.929s right before the heavens opened and that kept the Frenchman ahead of his rivals until the end.

As they were in yesterday’s first session, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and teammate Felipe Massa were second and third ahead of Force India's Paul di Resta and Grosjean's teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

Results

Pos No Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.929 0.000s 14
2 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:27.000 0.071s 7
3 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.241 0.312s 10
4 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:27.533 0.604s 9
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:27.625 0.696s 12
6 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:27.849 0.920s 19
7 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:27.860 0.931s 16
8 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:28.069 1.140s 15
9 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.253 1.324s 18
10 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.253 1.324s 20
11 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:28.486 1.557s 13
12 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:29.808 2.879s 9
13 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:30.073 3.144s 16
14 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:30.388 3.459s 17
15 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:30.598 3.669s 20
16 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:30.959 4.030s 19
17 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.236 6.307s 7
18 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.527 6.598s 8
19 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.232 12.303s 13
20 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.779 12.850s 13
21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:42.872 15.943s 13
22 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:47.246 20.317s 9