European GP: Button tops Practice 3
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Jenson Button |
Jenson Button, using his McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton's setup, beat him and all others with a lap of 1m38.562s to top the final practice session in Valencia, Spain ahead of qualifying for the European GP in a few hours.
Romain Grosjean was second for Lotus ahead of his teammate Kimi Raikkonen. Nico Rosberg was fourth for Force India.
Paul di Resta was fifth in the second Force India, with Sergio Perez sixth for Sauber, Michael Schumacher seventh for Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton eighth, Felipe Massa in ninth spot for Ferrari and Pastor Maldonado 10th for Williams.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.562 | +0.000s | 17 |
2. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.655s | +0.093 | 18 |
3. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.759s | +0.197 | 18 |
4. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m38.819s | +0.257 | 17 |
5. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m38.892s | +0.330 | 17 |
6. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m39.084s | +0.522 | 20 |
7. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m39.141s | +0.579 | 15 |
8. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m39.178s | +0.616 | 17 |
9. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m39.318s | +0.756 | 15 |
10. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m39.357s | +0.795 | 18 |
11. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m39.358s | +0.796 | 19 |
12. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m39.395s | +0.833 | 15 |
13. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m39.434s | +0.872 | 13 |
14. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m39.543s | +0.981 | 13 |
15. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m39.946s | +1.384 | 20 |
16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m40.037s | +1.475 | 17 |
17. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m40.134s | +1.572 | 20 |
18. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m40.681s | +2.119 | 15 |
19. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m41.282s | +2.720 | 4 |
20. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m41.931s | +3.369 | 15 |
21. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m42.758s | +4.196 | 14 |
22. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m42.815s | +4.253 | 16 |
23. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m42.943s | +4.381 | 14 |
24. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m43.124s | +4.562 | 16 |