2012 Hungarian Grand Prix FP3 results: Webber leads the way

Mark Webber topped the timesheets during the final practice for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix, ending Lewis Hamilton’s run of fastest times as he beat the Briton by 0.093 seconds.

The McLaren driver was sandwiched by the two Red Bulls after double world champion Sebastian Vettel managed to post the third quickest time.

Bruno Senna’s promising form continued; the Brazilian was 4th fastest for Williams ahead Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari and the two Lotuses of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.

Felipe Massa crossed the line in 8th place, followed by a strong Paul Di Resta in 9th for his Force India team, while Jenson Button managed to squeeze into the final spot of the top 10.

Mercedes duo Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg were running heavy for most of the session; the Germans ended up 17th and 18th respectively.

 


Pos  Driver                Team                  Time          Gap
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m21.550s           
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.643   + 0.093  
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m21.671s  + 0.121  
 4.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m21.876s  + 0.326  
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m21.884s  + 0.334  
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m21.953s  + 0.403  
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m22.110s  + 0.560  
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m22.136s  + 0.586  
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m22.191s  + 0.641  
10.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.233s  + 0.683  
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m22.381s  + 0.831  
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.387s  + 0.837  
13.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.492s  + 0.942  
14.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m22.530s  + 0.980  
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.597s  + 1.047  
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.716s  + 1.166  
17.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m22.868s  + 1.318  
18.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m22.931s  + 1.381  
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m24.036s  + 2.486  
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m24.547s  + 2.997  
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.224s  + 3.674  
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.497s  + 3.947  
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m26.785s  + 5.235  
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m26.898s  + 5.348