Formula One News » Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Free Practice 3 – Hamilton top Posted on 03/11/2012
Lewis Hamilton sets the pace for McLaren in final practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 0.290 seconds up on team-mate, Jenson Button; Sebastian Vettel completes the top three despite brake problems, which saw the Red Bull pilot miss most of the session and only do 7 laps in total; Mark Webber, Nico Hulkenberg and Romain Grosjean come in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively; Fernando Alonso ends proceedings down in eighth in his Ferrari, just over a second off the pace…
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Free practice times 3
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 42.130s |
| 2. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 42.420s |
| 3. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 42.614s |
| 4. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 42.743s |
| 5. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 42.750s |
| 6. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m 43.015s |
| 7. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m 43.064s |
| 8. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 43.133s |
| 9. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m 43.184s |
| 10. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 43.338s |
| 11. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 43.480s |
| 12. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 43.571s |
| 13. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 43.593s |
| 14. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 43.635s |
| 15. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 44.010s |
| 16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 44.025s |
| 17. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m 44.071s |
| 18. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 44.149s |
| 19. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m 45.301s |
| 20. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 45.879s |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 46.036s |
| 22. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m 46.261s |
| 23. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m 46.554s |
| 24. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m 47.032s |
all times unofficial

