Malaysian GP – Practice 3 – Results

Mercedes slammed their opposition during Saturday’s final free practice session in Sepang, as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton finished well ahead of the rest of the field.

Hamilton had initially been fastest on the hard Pirelli with 1m 40.552s, but on the mediums Rosberg seized the initiative with a blistering lap of 1m 39.008s.

Hamilton, who also experienced a problem with his F1 W05’s seat, responded with a 1m 39.240s that left him 0.232s adrift. The Mercedes drivers’ laps redefined the ante after Kimi Raikkonen had gone fastest as the first runner to use the mediums, with a lap of 1m 40.156s for Ferrari.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	06 – Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:39.008	13
02.	44 – Lewis Hamilton	Scuderia Ferrari	1:39.240	13
03.	07 – Kimi Raikkonen	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:40.156	13
04.	01 – Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:40.387	14
05.	27 – Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:40.523	15
06.	03 – Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:40.686	14
07.	14 – Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:40.736	14
08.	19 – Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:40.781	20
09.	77 – Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:40.891	20
10.	11 – Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:41.029	15
11.	26 – Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:41.182	18
12.	25 – Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:41.441	18
13.	99 – Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:41.552	15
14.	21 – Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.041	17
15.	08 – Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:42.749	18
16.	13 – Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:43.539	17
17.	04 – Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:43.977	16
18.	17 – Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:44.170	18
19.	09 – Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:44.457	12
20.	10 – Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:46.015	7
21.	22 – Jenson Button	McLaren F1	2:05.555	4
22.	20 – Kevin Magnussen	McLaren F1	no time	5