2013 Singapore GP FP3: Vettel quickest again

Sebastian Vettel was fastest once again in final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, although the World Champion’s margin was not that which he enjoyed on Friday.

Vettel lapped the 5.065km Marina Bay circuit in a time of 1:44.173s seconds. Lotus’s Romain Grosjean was second fastest, 0.191s slower, with the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg third.

Vettel’s team-mate Mark Webber was fourth fastest ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso sixth ahead of Sergio Perez (McLaren). Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber), Jenson Button (McLaren) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari) completed the top ten.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap     
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m44.173s                 
 2.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m44.364s  +0.191s         
 3.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m44.741s  +0.568s         
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m44.906s  +0.733s          
 5.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m44.921s  +0.748s           
 6.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m45.257s  +1.084s           
 7.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m45.500s  +1.327s          
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m45.876s  +1.703s           
 9.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m45.890s  +1.717s          
10.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m45.935s  +1.762s         
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m46.084s  +1.911s           
12.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m46.147s  +1.974s          
13.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m46.338s  +2.165s          
14.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m46.358s  +2.185s          
15.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m46.660s  +2.487s         
16.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m46.879s  +2.706s          
17.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m46.893s  +2.720s          
18.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m47.249s  +3.076s        
19.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m48.931s  +4.758s          
20.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m49.037s  +4.864s          
21.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m49.182s  +5.009s        
22.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m49.982s  +5.809s