Malaysia 2013 - Free Practice 3 results - Vettel tops the times, as weather watch begins at Sepang
Published by Christine
A reasonably incident free session saw Red Bull at the top of the leaderboards, showing the pace they can find when they don't need it! Lewis Hamilton was close behind, with Adrian Sutil also up there, finding the speed in that Force India where his teammate is struggling to do so. Meanwhile, Toro Rosso were down there with the "new" teams.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:36.435 | 20 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:36.568 | 17 |
| 3 | Adrian Sutil | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:36.588 | 19 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:36.613 | 20 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 Team | 1:36.806 | 19 |
| 6 | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:36.807 | 18 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:36.822 | 16 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:36.946 | 14 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:36.949 | 25 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:37.302 | 14 |
| 11 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 Team | 1:37.359 | 11 |
| 12 | Sergio Pérez | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:37.538 | 12 |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber F1 Team | 1:37.685 | 23 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 1:37.690 | 14 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams F1 Team | 1:37.936 | 16 |
| 16 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber F1 Team | 1:38.294 | 17 |
| 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:38.376 | 16 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:38.425 | 15 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Caterham F1 Team | 1:38.995 | 18 |
| 20 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia F1 Team | 1:39.717 | 21 |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham F1 Team | 1:40.209 | 18 |
| 22 | Max Chilton | Marussia F1 Team | 1:40.495 | 18 |
