Formula One News » Italian Grand Prix: Free Practice 3 – Hamilton edges Alonso Posted on 08/09/2012
Lewis Hamilton leads the way in final practice the Italian Grand Prix, albeit only 0.001 seconds up on Fernando Alonso; Paul di Resta takes third followed by Felipe Massa and Jenson Button; Nico Rosberg completes the top six; Michael Schumacher lost his KERS (again); Sebastian Vettel stops out on track right near the end with battery problems – and finishes down in 12th, one spot behind team-mate, Mark Webber…
Italian Grand Prix: Free practice times 3
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 24.578s |
| 2. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 24.579s |
| 3. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 24.849s |
| 4. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 24.909s |
| 5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 24.994s |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 25.036s |
| 7. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 25.160s |
| 8. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m 25.255s |
| 9. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 25.289s |
| 10. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m 25.383s |
| 11. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 25.389s |
| 12. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 25.406s |
| 13. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m 25.461s |
| 14. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 25.563s |
| 15. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 25.689s |
| 16. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 25.706s |
| 17. | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Lotus-Renault | 1m 25.973s |
| 18. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 26.003s |
| 19. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m 26.657s |
| 20. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m 27.267s |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 27.454s |
| 22. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 27.728s |
| 23. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m 28.035s |
| 24. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m 28.384s |
all times unofficial

