PRACTICE THREE
Report – The Ferrari F14 Ts of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen set the second and seventh fastest times respectively, in the final free practice for the Italian Grand Prix. In total, the Scuderia cars covered 28 laps of the Monza track. Both men started on Hard tyres, switching to the Medium compound, the softest of the two tyres supplied by Pirelli, after half an hour.
Fernando Alonso did 13 laps, the fastest in 1.25.931, while Kimi Raikkonen did 15, the best being a 1.26.327. Around halfway through the session, President Luca di Montezemolo arrived in the garage, before crossing the pit lane to wave at the fans, to warm applause. He then stayed to watch the rest of the session.
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Total laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m25.519s | – | 23 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m25.931s | 0.412s | 13 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m26.090s | 0.571s | 19 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m26.114s | 0.595s | 18 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 1m26.242s | 0.723s | 21 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 1m26.290s | 0.771s | 17 |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m26.327s | 0.808s | 15 |
| 8 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m26.437s | 0.918s | 21 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m26.482s | 0.963s | 16 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m26.608s | 1.089s | 17 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren/Mercedes | 1m26.829s | 1.310s | 20 |
| 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m27.207s | 1.688s | 18 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m27.312s | 1.793s | 10 |
| 14 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m27.479s | 1.960s | 22 |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m27.498s | 1.979s | 12 |
| 16 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m28.025s | 2.506s | 19 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Renault | 1m28.137s | 2.618s | 20 |
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham/Renault | 1m28.265s | 2.746s | 21 |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Renault | 1m28.459s | 2.940s | 14 |
| 20 | Max Chilton | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m28.579s | 3.060s | 19 |
| 21 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham/Renault | 1m29.251s | 3.732s | 22 |
| 22 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | s | 24h58m34.481s | 3 |
