Rosberg tops final practice at Hungary

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Nico Rosberg was fastest in the final free practice session at the Hungaroring, narrowly edging out Max Verstappen who proved to be right on it. Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest, ahead of Lewis Hamilton who appeared to struggle following his lost track time during Friday's FP2.

Lewis Hamilton had a difficult time to keep up with his team mate, and pushed hard through the entire session. He was however repeatedly caught out at turns 4 and 5 where he ran wide frequently. The World Champion also had his team fit a new seat after his first one was overheating.

Behind Hamilton, Raikkonen was the fastest Ferrari driver as Vettel struggled with his car's handling in similar fashion as Lewis Hamilton did. He too was more than 4 tenths slower than his team mate.

Fernando Alonso once again posted the 7th fastest time, topping Williams' Valtteri Bottas, Force India's Sergio Perez and Jolyon Palmer in the Renault who completed the top 10.

Results

Pos.No.DriverCarTimeGapLaps
16Nico RosbergMercedes1:20.261-25
233Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:20.263+0.002s10
33Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:20.726+0.465s22
444Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:20.769+0.508s23
57Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:20.859+0.598s18
65Sebastian VettelFerrari1:21.185+0.924s22
714Fernando AlonsoMcLaren Honda1:21.584+1.323s11
877Valtteri BottasWilliams Mercedes1:21.649+1.388s21
911Sergio PerezForce India Mercedes1:21.672+1.411s22
1030Jolyon PalmerRenault1:21.935+1.674s19
1119Felipe MassaWilliams Mercedes1:21.975+1.714s28
1220Kevin MagnussenRenault1:21.989+1.728s13
1322Jenson ButtonMcLaren Honda1:22.009+1.748s11
1421Esteban GutierrezHaas Ferrari1:22.142+1.881s15
158Romain GrosjeanHaas Ferrari1:22.284+2.023s13
1655Carlos SainzToro Rosso Ferrari1:22.402+2.141s21
1727Nico HulkenbergForce India Mercedes1:22.427+2.166s22
1826Daniil KvyatToro Rosso Ferrari1:22.541+2.280s18
1912Felipe NasrSauber Ferrari1:22.816+2.555s23
209Marcus EricssonSauber Ferrari1:23.219+2.958s23
2194Pascal WehrleinMrt Mercedes1:23.311+3.050s24
2288Rio HaryantoMrt Mercedes1:23.513+3.252s23