As conditions at the upgraded Mexican track normalized, Mercedes got back on top in the free practice three and Nico Rosberg edged out team mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.014s.
The Red Bull looked strong and Daniel Ricciardo was only 0.118 tenths slower than Hamilton while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was another 0.093 tenths apart. The FP3 confirmed for us how close it will be this afternoon, with Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari, Force India, Williams and Toro Rosso packet within one second.
| Nr. | Driver | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 06 - Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 01:21.083 | |
| 2 | | 44 - Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 01:21.097 | |
| 3 | | 03 - Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Renault | 01:21.201 | |
| 4 | | 05 - Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 01:21.294 | |
| 5 | | 26 - Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Renault | 01:21.530 | |
| 6 | | 11 - Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 01:21.603 | |
| 7 | | 77 - Valtteri Bottas | Williams Mercedes | 01:21.772 | |
| 8 | | 55 - Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:21.775 | |
| 9 | | 19 - Felipe Massa | Williams Mercedes | 01:21.945 | |
| 10 | | 27 - Nico Hulkenberg | Force India Mercedes | 01:22.010 | |
| 11 | | 33 - Max Verstappen | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:22.039 | |
| 12 | | 13 - Pastor Maldonado | Lotus Mercedes | 01:22.042 | |
| 13 | | 08 - Romain Grosjean | Lotus Mercedes | 01:22.184 | |
| 14 | | 09 - Marcus Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 01:22.871 | |
| 15 | | 14 - Fernando Alonso | McLaren Honda | 01:23.065 | |
| 16 | | 12 - Felipe Nasr | Sauber Ferrari | 01:23.067 | |
| 17 | | 07 - Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 01:24.648 | |
| 18 | | 28 - Will Stevens | Manor Ferrari | 01:25.654 | |
| 19 | | 53 - Alexander Rossi | Manor Ferrari | 01:28.176 | |
| 20 | | 22 - Jenson Button | McLaren Honda | 01:29.336 |
