Free Practice 3 results - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2016 - Ferrari top the times for final practice sessions

Scuderia Ferrari — Credit: Ferrari top the times for final practice sessions

Vettel goes fastest, a surprise to everyone. Mercedes and Ferrari had been vying for the top spot through the session, but Hamilton and Rosberg were demoted to fourth and fifth by the end of the hour. Ferrari appeared to pick up the pace, whereas Daniel Ricciardo struggled and ended up sixth.

Hülkenberg remained in the garage for much of the session due to a fuel system issue on his Force India, whilst Toro Rosso were back on track following problems in Friday practice that halted their running. Felipe Massa spun towards the end of the session, whilst Esteban Gutiérrez squeezed into the top ten with his Haas.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:40.775	16
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:40.912	21
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:40.999	14
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:41.065	15
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:41.168	19
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:41.831	20
7	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:41.885	19
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:42.067	13
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:42.076	19
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:42.354	16
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:42.585	14
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:42.616	18
13	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1:42.664	15
14	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:42.683	20
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:42.805	17
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:43.057	17
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	1:43.145	17
18	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:43.301	10
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:43.417	22
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor Racing MRT	1:43.733	15
21	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:44.105	13
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:44.238	20