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Ferrari on top of FP3 ahead of Mercedes

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Ferrari led the third free practice session in Bahrain ahead of Mercedes, with Vettel ahead of his teammate Räikkönen. Nico Rosberg completed the top 3.

The session didn’t have an ideal start for McLaren, since both cars were sent back to the box after an oil leak was detected. In the first half of the session, Räikkönen led the way with his Ferrari on softs. Bottas was 2nd with the supersofts ahead of both Mercedes on softs and the exact same time.

The Mclarens were eventually able to go on track and they did some laps on the medium tyre while everybody else waited for the end of the session to test the supersofts for qualifying. The Ferraris were fastest, with Vettel 0,04s ahead of Räikkönen. The Mercedes ended 0,4s behind Ferrari. The top 10 was completed by Bottas, Grosjean, Kvyat, Gutiérrez, Massa and Ricciardo. Neither the Toro Rosso nor the Force India drivers used the supersoft compound.

However, it is important to bear in mind that qualifying will take place during nighttime. Therefore, temperatures will be much lower than during Free Practice 3 and might benefit Mercedes rather than Ferrari.

Pos. Car Driver Team Lap Time
1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:31,683
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:31,723 + 0,040
3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:32,104 + 0,421
4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:32,160 + 0,477
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:32,675 + 0,992
6 8 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team 1:33,082 + 1,399
7 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 1:33,113 + 1,430
8 21 Esteban Gutiérrez Haas F1 Team 1:33,337 + 1,654
9 19 Felipe Massa Williams 1:33,363 + 1,680
10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:33,519 + 1,836
11 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:33,569 + 1,886
12 20 Kevin Magnussen Renault Sport F1 Team 1:33,617 + 1,934
13 22 Jenson Button McLaren 1:33,704 + 2,021
14 47 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:33,744 + 2,061
15 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:33,778 + 2,095
16 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:34,003 + 2,320
17 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1:34,013 + 2,330
18 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India 1:34,128 + 2,445
19 11 Sergio Pérez Force India 1:34,281 + 2,598
20 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault Sport F1 Team 1:34,424 + 2,741
21 88 Rio Haryanto Manor F1 Team 1:35,546 + 3,863
22 94 Pascal Wehrlein Manor F1 Team 1:35,724 + 4,041