Brazilian Felipe Massa overtook second Kimi Raikkonen in Lotus by just 0,006 seconds in the third free practice before qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. When the simulation qualifying runs were over, Ferrari, Lotus and Red Bull were separated by only 0,353 seconds, so very tense and close qualifications await us today.
Not to mention that Alonso quickly came to the top ahead of Vettl, both Mercedes and both Lotus, but then also became the fastest with a harder version of the tires and improved the time even further on medium-hard tires. Nevertheless, ten minutes before the end, Raikkonen proved that they are in excellent qualifying form at Lotus, as they overtook the Spaniard by 0,347 seconds. The fastest of the Red Bulls was Mark Webber, who finished third ahead of Grosjean and Vettl.
Sixth place in the end was taken by Fernando ahead of Paul di Resto and Adrian Sutil. Hamitlon and Vergne finished in the top ten. Let us mention that Mercedes concentrated heavily on the race, as they drove the most laps on longer distances. Rosberg thus finished training in eleventh place ahead of Buttn.
Third free practice times: 1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m21.901s 13 2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m21.907s + 0.006s 14 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m22.044s + 0.143s 17 4. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.069s + 0.168 s 13 5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m22.229s + 0.328s 17 6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.254s + 0.353s 15 7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.574s + 0.673s 11 8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m22.729s + 0.828s 17 9. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m22.740s + 0.839s 24 10. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.759s + 0.858s 15 11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.839s + 0.938s 26 12. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m23.151s + 1.250s 13 13. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.371s + 1.470s 21 14. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m23.373s + 1.472s 13 15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m23.385s + 1.484s 17 16. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.388s + 1.487s 18 17. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m23.660s + 1.759s 16 18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.767s + 1.866s 17 19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m24.775s + 2.874s 18 20. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m24.793s + 2.892s 16 21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.135s + 3.234s 17 22. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m25.250 .3.349s + 18s XNUMX
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