Free Practice 3 results - Malaysia 2014 - Rosberg on top once more, whilst McLaren finish last
Published by Christine
It was Mercedes on top again as Nico Rosberg was the fastest driver of the morning session. All eyes were on McLaren, however, as the team struggled with several reliability problems. Jenson Button spent most of the session in the garage, whilst Kevin Magnussen had a loss of power similar to that he experienced yesterday.
Pastor Maldonado finally managed to get some running in, completing 20 laps and the Lotus pair finished 15th and 16th. It's team by team towards the rear of the grid, with teammates together - Marussia ahead of Caterham, in turn ahead of McLaren.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:39.008 | 13 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:39.240 | 13 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:40.156 | 13 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:40.387 | 14 |
| 5 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:40.523 | 15 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:40.686 | 14 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:40.736 | 14 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Williams Martini Racing | 1:40.781 | 20 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams Martini Racing | 1:40.891 | 20 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:41.029 | 15 |
| 11 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:41.182 | 18 |
| 12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:41.441 | 18 |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber F1 Team | 1:41.552 | 15 |
| 14 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber F1 Team | 1:42.041 | 17 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 1:42.749 | 16 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 1:43.539 | 20 |
| 17 | Max Chilton | Marussia F1 Team | 1:43.977 | 16 |
| 18 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia F1 Team | 1:44.170 | 18 |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham F1 Team | 1:44.457 | 12 |
| 20 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham F1 Team | 1:46.015 | 7 |
| 21 | Jenson Button | McLaren Mercedes | 2:05.555 | 4 |
| 22 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren Mercedes | No time | 5 |
