JAPAN GP – FINAL PRACTICE RESULTS – KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE

PRACTICE THREE

Report – Scuderia Ferrari had mixed fortunes in the third free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso was third fastest, while Kimi Raikkonen’s session came to a premature end with a technical problem.

Fernando completed a total of 12 laps, the best in a time of 1.34.439, set on the Medium tyres, the softer of the two Pirelli compounds in use here. Kimi however only managed five laps before stopping with a problem that meant the team changed the power unit as a precautionary measure prior to qualifying. His best time, set on Hard tyres, was a 1.35.995, good enough for 12th fastest come the end of the 60 minutes.

FP3 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m33.228s	–	14
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m34.210s	0.982s	10
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m34.439s	1.211s	12
4	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m34.564s	1.336s	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m35.061s	1.833s	16
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m35.086s	1.858s	13
7	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren/Mercedes	1m35.251s	2.023s	16
8	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m35.494s	2.266s	8
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m35.538s	2.310s	17
10	Jenson Button	McLaren/Mercedes	1m35.549s	2.321s	16
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m35.732s	2.504s	15
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m35.995s	2.767s	5
13	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m36.365s	3.137s	8
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber/Ferrari	1m36.407s	3.179s	22
15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull/Renault	1m36.460s	3.232s	6
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Renault	1m36.558s	3.330s	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Renault	1m36.617s	3.389s	12
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber/Ferrari	1m36.626s	3.398s	20
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham/Renault	1m37.367s	4.139s	12
20	Max Chilton	Marussia/Ferrari	1m37.883s	4.655s	17
21	Jules Bianchi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m38.102s	4.874s	15
22	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham/Renault	1m38.784s	5.556s	12