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Mercedes continues at the top

The team Mercedes AMG continues relentless in the final free practice for the Grand Prix of Australia followed by Ferrari and Williams respectively.


Lewis Hamilton has been the great ruler of the third free session in the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. Since their arrival to Australia Mercedes team drivers have not abandoned the top positions in any session and the third was not going to be the exception.

Although the team has not done many laps, the British driver would only need 11 laps to set the fastest time of the session (1.27,867) almost a second faster than his teammate Nico Rosberg. And it was the only driver able to get a lap in 27. A session where times were generally slower than in previous free practices.

But among the silver cars has crept Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, setting the second fastest time of the FP3 and demonstrating that this year the Italian Scuderia may be fighting for the podium.

Williams drivers have been close to the Mercedes and Ferrari with Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, fourth and fifth respectively, followed by the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkönnen and both Lotus, Grosjean and Maldonado.

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Lap Time
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 11 1:27,867
2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 13 1:28,563 + 0,696
3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 14 1:28,821 + 0,954
4 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 14 1:28,912 + 1,045
5 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 18 1:28,988 + 1,121
6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 13 1:29,017 + 1,150
7 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 12 1:29,481 + 1,614
8 55 Carlos Sainz (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 15 1:29,864 + 1,997
9 55 Carlos Sainz (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 19 1:29,869 + 2,002
10 12 Felipe Nasr (R) Sauber-Ferrari 24 1:29,934 + 2,067
11 33 Max Verstappen (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 16 1:29,952 + 2,085
12 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 21 1:30,613 + 2,746
13 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 14 1:30,741 + 2,874
14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 17 1:30,993 + 3,126
15 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 10 1:31,185 + 3,318
16 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Honda 14 1:31,391 + 3,524
17 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 13 1:31,666 + 3,799
18 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-Renault 6 1:32,830 + 4,963
19 28 Will Stevens Manor-Ferrari 0 0,000 + 0,000
20 98 Roberto Merhi (R) Manor-Ferrari 0 0,000 + 0,000