Japan 2012 - Free Practice 3 results - Red Bull take charge with 1-2 Saturday morning lockout

Published 6 October 2012 by Christine

The Red Bull versus McLaren battle continued on to Saturday, with Sebastian Vettel taking top honours for his team in final practice. The pair were over half a second clear of their next place competitor Felipe Massa, with the McLaren duo concentrating on setup rather than speed. Nico Hülkenberg crashed into the barriers about halfway through the session, giving Force India some extra work to do.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32.136	17
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32.371	20
3	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:32.824	13
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:32.918	23
5	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:32.920	19
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:32.924	15
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.008	21
8	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.025	16
9	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:33.094	17
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:33.160	16
11	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.184	14
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.224	15
13	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.569	14
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:33.722	18
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.899	23
16	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:33.984	19
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.023	19
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:34.369	11
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:35.568	19
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:36.355	18
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:36.389	11
22	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:36.517	18
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:36.649	12
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:36.875	16