PRACTICE THREE
Runners Up – Ferrari ended the final free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix in third and fourth places, behind the dominant Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton (1.48.984) and Nico Rosberg (1.49.482.) In the final sixty minutes of track time prior to the all important qualifying session, Sebastian Vettel (1.49.629) and Kimi Raikkonen (1.49.864) worked on aerodynamic testing and fine tuning their SF15-Ts, as well as running a comparison of the two Pirelli compounds on offer in Belgium. They used two sets of Mediums before doing a final run on Softs. [via ferrarif1.com]
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m48.984s | – | 15 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m49.482s | 0.498s | 19 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m49.629s | 0.645s | 17 |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m49.864s | 0.880s | 19 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m49.866s | 0.882s | 15 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m49.930s | 0.946s | 20 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m49.980s | 0.996s | 19 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m50.000s | 1.016s | 15 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m50.179s | 1.195s | 15 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m50.447s | 1.463s | 15 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m50.552s | 1.568s | 20 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m50.585s | 1.601s | 17 |
| 13 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m50.599s | 1.615s | 21 |
| 14 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m50.690s | 1.706s | 17 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m51.054s | 2.070s | 20 |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m51.187s | 2.203s | 18 |
| 17 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m51.981s | 2.997s | 12 |
| 18 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m54.262s | 5.278s | 16 |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m54.281s | 5.297s | 9 |
| – | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | – | – | 1 |
OTHER STUFF
Grosjean nearly loses the Lotus as he dodges around Raikkonen at the exit of Curve Paul Frere. #F1 #BelgianGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) August 22, 2015
Grosjean is furious: “Raikkonen is dangerous, it’s very dangerous what he did to me. Very, very dangerous.” #F1 #BelgianGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) August 22, 2015
.@RGrosjean coming close to Raikkonen #f1 pic.twitter.com/0Hix70nsYr
— Peter Hayes (@peterhayesf1) August 22, 2015
Kimi is under investigation, had to report to stewards at 12:45.
— Verena (@miezicat1) August 22, 2015
Kimi Raikkonen gets a reprimand for the FP3 incident with Romain Grosjean. He’s now just one reprimand away from a 10 place grid penalty #F1
— Connor (@cmckinleyF1) August 22, 2015
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE 