PRACTICE THREE
Report – The Scuderia Ferrari drivers ended the third free practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix in sixth and ninth places. Looking at the times, it seems qualifying positions will be decided by hundredths rather than tenths of a second. Twelve cars all lapped within a second this morning, while even more startling the top six are all within two tenths. Fernando Alonso did a 1.10.054 and Kimi Raikkonen lapped in 1.10.488. Quickest was Valtteri Bottas, who did a 1.09.848 in the Williams.
The two Ferrari men again did a lot of laps, bringing in more data which will be particularly useful for tomorrow’s race. Kimi did 22 laps and Fernando 17. The battle for pole gets underway at 14h00.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps
1. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m09.848s 22
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m09.898s +0.050s 25
3. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m09.901s +0.053s 21
4. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m09.927s +0.079s 25
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m09.999s +0.151s 31
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m10.054s +0.206s 17
7. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m10.392s +0.544s 19
8. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m10.449s +0.601s 23
9. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m10.488s +0.640s 22
10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m10.562s +0.714s 21
11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m10.683s +0.835s 22
12. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m10.776s +0.928s 26
13. Jean-Rric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m11.043s +1.195s 22
14. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m11.103s +1.255s 22
15. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m11.235s +1.387s 18
16. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m11.294s +1.446s 24
17. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m11.558s +1.710s 23
18. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m11.848s +2.000s 21
19. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m12.320s +2.472s 23
20. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m12.892s +3.044s 27
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m12.915s +3.067s 14
22. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.237s +4.389s 4
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE 