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Chinese GP: Webber tops practice 3

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Australian Mark Webber topped the times in final practice for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday. The Red Bull driver set a best time of 1m35.323s to beat Lewis Hamilton by over two tenths of a second ahead of this afternoon's qualifying.

Malaysian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel was third fastest in the second Red Bull, the German just edging world champion Jenson Button as McLaren and Red Bull set what looks to be a thrilling battle for pole.

Fernando Alonso completed the top five in the Ferrari, but the Spaniard was half a second off the pace set by Webber.

Results

Pos

 Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:35.323 +0.000 16
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.564 +0.241 12
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:35.691 +0.368 14
4. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.747 +0.424 14
5. Alonso Ferrari 1:35.857 +0.534 13
6. Rosberg Mercedes 1:35.913 +0.590 12
7. Schumacher Mercedes 1:36.262 +0.939 10
8. Kubica Renault 1:36.343 +1.020 16
9. Massa Ferrari 1:36.416 +1.093 11
10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.634 +1.311 16
11. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.879 +1.556 17
12. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:37.031 +1.708 16
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:37.192 +1.869 18
14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.240 +1.917 18
15. Petrov Renault 1:37.339 +2.016 13
16. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:37.585 +2.262 13
17. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.664 +2.341 19
18. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:37.784 +2.461 14
19. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.579 +4.256 15
20. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.616 +4.293 17
21. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.749 +4.426 13
22. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.776 +4.453 16
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:40.316 +4.993 19
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:41.141 +5.818 18