RUSSIA GP – FINAL PRACTICE RESULTS – KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE

PRACTICE THREE

Report – The final free practice for the Russian Grand Prix saw Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso end up in seventh and eighth place, split by just 140 thousandths of a second. In the first part of the hour, the Scuderia Ferrari duo worked on race simulation, continuing to analyse the behaviour of the Medium tyre. In the second part of the 60 minute session, the focus switched to qualifying, with both men fitting the Soft tyre, thus going quicker. The Finn completed a total of 20 laps, the best in 1.40.011, while the Spaniard did 15, the quickest being a 1.40.151.

FP3 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m38.726s	–	15
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m39.016s	0.290s	25
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m39.097s	0.371s	20
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m39.755s	1.029s	16
5	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m39.954s	1.228s	22
6	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m40.009s	1.283s	27
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m40.011s	1.285s	20
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m40.151s	1.425s	15
9	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m40.205s	1.479s	26
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull/Renault	1m40.338s	1.612s	21
11	Jenson Button	McLaren/Mercedes	1m40.355s	1.629s	19
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m40.669s	1.943s	23
13	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m40.699s	1.973s	26
14	Adrian Sutil	Sauber/Ferrari	1m41.146s	2.420s	21
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber/Ferrari	1m41.520s	2.794s	20
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Renault	1m41.915s	3.189s	22
17	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren/Mercedes	1m42.436s	3.710s	4
18	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham/Renault	1m43.109s	4.383s	11
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham/Renault	1m43.975s	5.249s	12
20	Max Chilton	Marussia/Ferrari	1m44.737s	6.011s	9
–	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Renault	–	–	2