Chinese Grand Prix – Free Practice 3

Shanghai, 11 April

In the final free practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix, dominated by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes, the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel (1.38.313) and Kimi Raikkonen (1.38.512) finished third and fourth. The English Mercedes driver did a 1.37.615 this morning, having been fastest in both Friday sessions too, with team-mate Nico Rosberg second in 1.37.841. The Ferrari duo started off on Medium tyres, working on set-up, before switching to the Soft compound for a qualifying simulation.
Pos
Name
Team
Best Time
Gap
Laps
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:37.615

14

2
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:37.841
0.226
16
3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:38.313
0.698
17
4
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
1:38.512
0.897
16
5
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing
1:39.020
1.405
8
6
Daniil Kvyat
Red Bull Racing
1:39.106
1.491
14
7
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
1:39.113
1.498
17
8
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
1:39.243
1.628
15
9
Max Verstappen
Toro Rosso
1:39.274
1.659
19
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus
1:39.405
1.790
14
11
Felipe Massa
Williams
1:39.410
1.795
17
12
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India
1:39.513
1.898
14
13
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
1:39.559
1.944
18
14
Felipe Nasr
Sauber
1:39.591
1.976
19
15
Jenson Button
McLaren
1:39.694
2.079
16
16
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus
1:39.766
2.151
16
17
Sergio Perez
Force India
1:39.781
2.166
17
18
Will Stevens
Marussia
1:42.928
5.313
15
19
Roberto Merhi
Marussia
1:44.956
7.341
9
20
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
No time

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