Sebastian Vettel confirmed his role as the favorite for the best starting position at the Malaysian Grand Prix after being the fastest in the last training session in Sepang. The Red Bull racer recorded the best time of the whole weekend with 1: 36.435, beating his closest follower, Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes, by 0.133 seconds. Adian Sutil was third and Mark Webber in fourth place was just 0.178 seconds behind Vettl. Kimi Raikkonen was not happy with his Lotus today. He finished training as the fifth fastest with less than four tenths of a lag.
3. Free training, informal hours:
| Racer | Team | Hour | Circles | |
|
1. |
Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
01:36.435 |
20 |
|
2. |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
01:36.568 |
17 |
|
3. |
Adrian Sutil | Force India |
01:36.588 |
19 |
|
4. |
Mark Webber | Red Bull |
01:36.613 |
20 |
|
5. |
Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus |
01:36.806 |
19 |
|
6. |
Paul di Resta | Force India |
01:36.807 |
18 |
|
7. |
Jenson Button | McLaren |
01:36.822 |
16 |
|
8. |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari |
01:36.946 |
14 |
|
9. |
Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
01:36.949 |
25 |
|
10. |
Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
01:37.302 |
14 |
|
11. |
Pastor Maldonado | Williams |
01:37.359 |
11 |
|
12. |
Sergio Perez | McLaren |
01:37.538 |
12 |
|
13. |
Nico Hulkenberg | Clean |
01:37.685 |
23 |
|
14. |
Romain Grosjean | Lotus |
01:37.690 |
14 |
|
15. |
Valtteri Bottas | Williams |
01:37.936 |
16 |
|
16. |
Esteban Gutierrez | Clean |
01:38.294 |
17 |
|
17. |
Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso |
01:38.376 |
16 |
|
18. |
Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso |
01:38.425 |
15 |
|
19. |
Charles Pic | Caterham |
01:38.995 |
18 |
|
20. |
Jules Bianchi | Marussia |
01:39.717 |
21 |
|
21. |
Giedo van der Garde | Caterham |
01:40.209 |
18 |
|
22. |
Max Chilton | Marussia |
01:40.495 |
18 |