Saturday morning track conditions improved somewhat after the races support races, but despite the forecast, the weather was cool, so that problems with the heating condition, which many complained on Friday, remained. Team adjusted the settings based on information gathered yesterday and continued to work on the machines to qualifying and the race.
Button had problems with the brakes, the British drove a few laps and stopped in the pits, handing the car mechanics. Hamilton had to change elements of the front suspension.
Many were wrong in the first and eighth turn, Charlie Whiting again warned drivers, they can not cut the eighth rotation – due to this can be an advantage, therefore, in such a qualification round will not be counted.
At the last minute Kobayashi departed after turning the last corner, but he was able to return. Session passed without major incident.
Valtteri Bottas protocol led, driving range in 1:09.848. On a short round results were very tight – qualification will be interesting!
Results:
Pos. | Car | Driver | Team | Nation | Laps | Time | Gap | |
1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams – Mercedes | FIN | 22 | 1:9,848 | ||
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | GBR | 25 | 1:9,898 | + 0,05 | |
3 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams – Mercedes | BRA | 21 | 1:9,901 | + 0,053 | |
4 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | R | Toro Rosso – Renault | RUS | 25 | 1:9,927 | + 0,079 |
5 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | GER | 31 | 1:9,999 | + 0,151 | |
6 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | SPA | 17 | 1:10,054 | + 0,206 | |
7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing – Renault | AUS | 19 | 1:10,392 | + 0,544 | |
8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | R | McLaren – Mercedes | DAN | 23 | 1:10,449 | + 0,601 |
9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | FIN | 22 | 1:10,488 | + 0,64 | |
10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing – Renault | GER | 21 | 1:10,562 | + 0,714 | |
11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India – Mercedes | GER | 22 | 1:10,683 | + 0,835 | |
12 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus – Renault | VEN | 26 | 1:10,776 | + 0,928 | |
13 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso – Renault | FRA | 22 | 1:11,043 | + 1,195 | |
14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus – Renault | FRA | 22 | 1:11,103 | + 1,255 | |
15 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India – Mercedes | MEX | 18 | 1:11,235 | + 1,387 | |
16 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber – Ferrari | GER | 24 | 1:11,294 | + 1,446 | |
17 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber – Ferrari | MEX | 23 | 1:11,558 | + 1,71 | |
18 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia – Ferrari | FRA | 21 | 1:11,848 | + 2 | |
19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham – Renault | JAP | 23 | 1:12,32 | + 2,472 | |
20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | R | Caterham – Renault | SWE | 27 | 1:12,892 | + 3,044 |
21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia – Ferrari | GBR | 14 | 1:12,915 | + 3,067 | |
22 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren – Mercedes | GBR | 4 | 1:14,237 | + 4,389 |