China 2012 - Free Practice 3 results - McLaren head the times in China as final practice is completed

Published 14 April 2012 by Christine

McLaren led the way in the final practice session ahead of qualifying today, with Lewis Hamilton topping the times, followed closely by Jenson Button. The results were almost team by team, with the Mercedes duo next in line for third and fourth. There were no major incidents throughout the session and no one broke the 20 lap mark. Ferrari struggled for pace and finished way down the order - 15th and 18th for Alonso and Massa respectively. A bit of work still ahead for the Scuderia before qualifying gets underway.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:35.940	13
2	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:36.093	12
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:36.389	16
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:36.512	17
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:36.635	16
6	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:36.765	17
7	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:36.781	19
8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:36.880	17
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:37.039	15
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:37.061	17
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:37.237	16
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:37.274	19
13	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:37.288	16
14	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:37.425	14
15	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:37.465	12
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:37.493	13
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:37.628	14
18	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:37.831	14
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:38.701	19
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.198	19
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:39.796	18
22	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:40.048	17
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:41.263	14
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:41.499	18