Bahrain 2012 - Free Practice 3 results - Final practice in Bahrain sees Mercedes on top

Published 21 April 2012 by Christine

The sun was still high in the sky and shining strongly as the final practice session in Bahrain got underway. One hour of running provided a final opportunity for the teams to make their last minute setups ahead of qualifying. Mercedes remained on top, with Nico Rosberg fastest, and behind him, the Red Bull drivers lined up 2nd and 3rd. Force India were back in action after sitting out FP2, but they were about two seconds off the P1 time.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.254	14
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:33.401	14
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:33.663	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.782	16
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.796	16
6	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.899	14
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.976	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.197	14
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:34.401	16
10	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:34.895	11
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:34.918	12
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.977	12
13	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.067	17
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.128	14
15	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:35.336	22
16	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:35.536	15
17	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:35.623	16
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:35.694	19
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:35.773	21
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:36.267	18
21	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.267	18
22	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.654	18
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:38.973	11
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:39.221	9