Vettel ahead as Mercedes struggle for pace in FP3

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Singapore, Marina Bay Street Circuitsg

Sebastian Vettel easily edged out the rest of the field in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Singapore GP. He was nearly half a second ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen.

Interestingly, Red Bull Racing's Kvyat and Ricciardo were third and fourth fastest as everybody ventured out on track on the super soft tyres in the final 15 minutes of the session.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton was a considerably 1.1s off the pace, much to his own surprise. Nico Rosberg was another 4 tenths slower in 6th, and crucially only 0.014s ahead of the usually uncompetitive McLaren Honda, steered by Fernando Alonso.

Results

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Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
15Sebastian VettelFerrari1:45.682-12
27Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:46.132+0.450s12
326Daniil KvyatRed Bull Racing1:46.167+0.485s19
43Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing1:46.359+0.677s14
544Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:46.802+1.120s15
66Nico RosbergMercedes1:47.223+1.541s16
714Fernando AlonsoMcLaren1:47.237+1.555s14
855Carlos SainzToro Rosso1:47.301+1.619s18
933Max VerstappenToro Rosso1:47.464+1.782s17
109Marcus EricssonSauber1:47.568+1.886s20
1177Valtteri BottasWilliams1:47.587+1.905s20
1227Nico HulkenbergForce India1:47.640+1.958s16
1322Jenson ButtonMcLaren1:47.715+2.033s14
1419Felipe MassaWilliams1:47.733+2.051s21
1513Pastor MaldonadoLotus1:47.817+2.135s16
1611Sergio PerezForce India1:48.002+2.320s15
178Romain GrosjeanLotus1:48.116+2.434s15
1812Felipe NasrSauber1:48.932+3.250s20
1953Alexander RossiMarussia1:52.588+6.906s26
2028Will StevensMarussia1:55.293+9.611s22