Free Practice 3 results - Russia 2014 - Hamilton leads as Maldonado fails to set a time

Published 11 October 2014 by Christine

Limited running for Maldonado — Credit: Alastair Staley/Lotus F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado's preparations for the Russian Grand Prix took another hit, as the Lotus driver could only manage to complete an installation lap in final practice. He didn't set a lap time, remaining in the garage due to a problem with the ERS on the car. Meanwhile, Kevin Magnussen brought out the red flags after stopping on track with some kind of suspension issue.

At the top, Valtteri Bottas picked up the pace, finishing within three tenths of a second of pacesetter Lewis Hamilton. Daniel Ricciardo improved for Red Bull finishing fourth, but Sebastian Vettel was still back in tenth.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:38.726	15
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:39.016	25
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:39.097	20
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:39.755	16
5	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:39.954	22
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:40.009	27
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:40.011	20
8	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:40.151	15
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:40.205	26
10	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:40.338	21
11	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:40.355	19
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:40.669	23
13	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:40.699	26
14	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:41.146	21
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:41.520	20
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:41.915	22
17	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.436	4
18	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:43.109	11
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:43.975	12
20	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:44.737	9
21	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	No time	2