Nico Rosberg continued to show Mercedes dominance over one lap time this morning in Monaco GP’s free practice three.
The German driver set a blistering fast time of 1:14.378s and place himself at more than half a second ahead of Romain Grosjean who despite his speed managed to touch the barriers twice in this session and ruined his car.
The Red Bull’s came back strong this morning proving that they might have been sandbagging a little on Thursday and Vettel set the third fastest time of 1:15.261. He was followed closely by Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton who complete the top five.
Felipe Massa caused a red flag after his brakes locked and he smashed the F138 into the barriers, following him Adrian Sutil also ended his session into the barriers.
Here are the full results:
Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
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Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:14.378 | 22 |
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Lotus F1 | 1:15.039 | 13 |
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Red Bull Racing | 1:15.261 | 17 |
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Scuderia Ferrari | 1:15.286 | 17 |
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Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:15.311 | 20 |
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Lotus F1 | 1:15.380 | 19 |
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Red Bull Racing | 1:15.550 | 20 |
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Sahara Force India | 1:15.594 | 17 |
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Williams F1 | 1:15.861 | 15 |
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Sauber F1 | 1:15.926 | 25 |
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.958 | 23 |
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.976 | 19 |
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Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:15.976 | 21 |
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Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:16.060 | 16 |
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Sahara Force India | 1:16.068 | 12 |
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Scuderia Ferrari | 1:16.105 | 8 |
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Sauber F1 | 1:16.427 | 26 |
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Williams F1 | 1:16.933 | 17 |
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Caterham F1 Team | 1:17.902 | 20 |
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Caterham F1 Team | 1:18.102 | 20 |
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Marussia F1 Team | 1:18.706 | 22 |
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Marussia F1 Team | 1:19.228 | 22 |
Stay tuned for more info and don’t forget about the qualifying session who is about to start in less than 2 hours time.