Vettel storms to the top in FP3
F1 Grand Prix, GP Malaysia, Sepang International Circuit
In the dying moments of FP3, Sebastian Vettel managed to get in a few fast laps where he managed to set the quickest lap of the weekend thus far. The Red Bull man was followed by Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Force India's Adrian Sutil to round off the top three.
Results
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m36.435 | --- | 20 | |
2. Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m36.568s | + 0.133s | 17 | |
3. Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m36.588s | + 0.153s | 19 | |
4. Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m36.613s | + 0.178s | 20 | |
5. Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m36.806s | + 0.371s | 19 | |
6. Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m36.807s | + 0.372s | 18 | |
7. Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m36.822s | + 0.387s | 16 | |
8. Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m36.946s | + 0.511s | 14 | |
9. Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m36.949s | + 0.514s | 24 | |
10. Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m37.302s | + 0.867s | 14 | |
11. Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m37.359s | + 0.924s | 11 | |
12. Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m37.538s | + 1.103s | 12 | |
13. Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m37.685s | + 1.250s | 23 | |
14. Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m37.690s | + 1.255s | 14 | |
15. Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m37.936s | + 1.501s | 16 | |
16. Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m38.294s | + 1.859s | 17 | |
17. Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m38.376s | + 1.941s | 16 | |
18. Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m38.425s | + 1.990s | 15 | |
19. Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m38.995s | + 2.560s | 18 | |
20. Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m39.717s | + 3.282s | 21 | |
21. Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1m40.209s | + 3.774s | 18 | |
22. Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m40.495s | + 4.060s | 18 |