GP India, Free Practice 3: Vettel precedes Button and Webber

Best time for Sebastian Vettel in the third and final free practice session of the Formula 1 Indian GP. The Red Bull driver lapped in 1.24.824, edging out 367 thousandths of a second from Jenson Button (McLaren Mercedes) in the final moments of the session. Third time for the other Red Bull of Mark Webber (+0.379).

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) is fourth, more than 4 tenths behind and precedes the two Ferraris of Fernando Alonso (+0.960) and Felipe Massa, more than a second behind.

Seventh and ninth times for the home team, Force India, with Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil separated by Nico Rosberg's Mercedes. Sebastien Buemi with Toro Rosso closes the top 10, Michael Schumacher with the other Mercedes is only 11th.

Meanwhile, the new Ferrari front wing mounted on Massa's car continues to arouse interest, characterized by vibrations so accentuated that they often streak with very visible sparks. The Brazilian also tested a more conventional version at the end.

Spin on track for Narain Karthikeyan in the early stages. The HRT driver then managed to close the session in 22nd position. Excursions for Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado while in the final Bruno Senna avoided contact with the barriers.

F1 GP India, Times and results Free Practice 3

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.824s 18 2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.191s + 0.367s 15 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m25.203s + 0.379s 19 4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.288s + 0.464s 16 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.784s + 0.960s 17 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m26.058s + 1.234s 16 7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.785s + 1.961s 19 8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m26.873s + 2.049s 22 9. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m26.958s + 2.134s 19 10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.146s + 2.322s 20 11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m27.217. 2.393s + 21s 12 1. Bruno Senna Renault 27.235m2.411s + 20s 13 1. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 27.262m2.438s + 19s 14 1. Vitaly Petrov Renault 27.280m2.456s + 18s 15 1. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Red- Ferrari 27.387m2.563s + 20s 16 1. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 27.749m2.925s + 21s 17 1. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 27.793m2.969s + 17s 18 1. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 27.875m3.051s + 20s 19 1. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 29.355m4.531s + 21s 20 1. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 29.750m4.926s + 19s 21 1. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 30.683m5.859s + 23s 22 1. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 30.900m6.076 .25s + 23s 1 32.851. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 8.027m19s + 24s 1 33.246. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 8.422m16s + XNUMXs XNUMX