Chinese GP: Vettel on top in practice 3
Sebastian Vettel did it again Saturday morning in Shanghai, China. The Red Bull driver turned the fastest lap in the third free practice session to make a clean sweep of the China practice sessions.
The Red Bull driver, was so fast that each time he ran in the session, he set a fastest lap time.
Jenson Button got closest to Vettel with a lap just 0.208s slower, while Lewis Hamilton moved up to third position in the closing stages.
Nico Rosberg was a promising fourth fastest, Fernando Alonso was 6th behind Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m34.968s | +0.000s | 13 |
2. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m35.176s | +0.208s | 15 |
3. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m35.373s | +0.405s | 14 |
4. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m35.677s | +0.709s | 18 |
5. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m35.818s | +0.850s | 17 |
6. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m35.971s | +1.003s | 15 |
7. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m36.098s | +1.130s | 18 |
8. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m36.125s | +1.157s | 15 |
9. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m36.141s | +1.173s | 14 |
10. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m36.370s | +1.402s | 18 |
11. | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1m36.404s | +1.436s | 16 |
12. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m36.582s | +1.614s | 18 |
13. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m36.596s | +1.628s | 17 |
14. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m36.717s | +1.749s | 16 |
15. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m36.896s | +1.928s | 5 |
16. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m36.953s | +1.985s | 14 |
17. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m37.007s | +2.039s | 20 |
18. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m37.304s | +2.336s | 18 |
19. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.176s | +3.208s | 12 |
20. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.739s | +3.771s | 12 |
21. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m39.938s | +4.970s | 17 |
22. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m39.998s | +5.030s | 16 |
23. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m40.593s | +5.625s | 17 |
24. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m40.881s | +5.913s | 18 |