Hungarian GP, ​​Free Practice 3: Grosjean precedes Alonso

Best time for Romain Grosjean in the third and final free practice session of the Hungarian F1 GP. The Frenchman preceded Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and Sergio Perez's McLaren, which suffered an accident at the end of the session. The Mexican driver was unharmed, with damage to the front of the car. Fourth Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull. The German worked mainly on race pace. Fifth Felipe Massa with the other Ferrari ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber.

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After the first installation lap, all the drivers returned to the pits for the usual telemetry checks. The two Caterhams started running continuously straight away while Vettel began a 6-lap run with plenty of fuel on board.

Ferrari's program was different as it chose not to run in the first half hour.

Raikkonen set the provisional best time after the first 15 minutes, lapping in 1.22.717.

Grosjean then did better, lapping in 1.22.345, trailing Perez by two tenths.

After the first 25 minutes, on his second lap with the new medium tyre, Hamilton lapped in 1.22.266 to take the lead in the standings.
The Englishman continued to push, confirming that the mediums require more fast laps to reach temperature and on the third lap he lapped in 1.21.942.

10 minutes from the end Vettel, who was sailing in 19th position, concluded his long race stint simulation by returning to the pits while Alonso and Massa went out on soft tires for the qualifying run simulation.

Alonso took the lead with 1.20.898 while Sutil was six tenths behind him. However, Grosjean did better, taking the lead with 1.20.730.

Two minutes from the end Perez crashed into the barriers, damaging his car.

Grosjean therefore finished with the best time ahead of Alonso, Perez, Vettel, Massa, Hamilton, Webber, Rosberg, Button and Sutil.

F1 GP Hungary 2013 Times and Results Free Practice 3