Nico Rosberg beats Hamilton in FP3 in Brazil

In the final practice session at an wet weather Interlagos circuit today, Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in a session that saw the drivers perfecting their set ups and seeing where they need to improve before Qualifying later.

During the early part of FP3, Lewis Hamilton went off the circuit at Turn 5 but managed to regain himself back on the track. In the latter part of FP3, Romain Grosjean had a spin at Turn 5. He managed to get himself back on the track and able to run in the session once more.

But it was Nico Rosberg who was fastest with a lap time of 1:11.740 ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second place who was 0.093 seconds behind him and ahead of Sebastian Vettel in third place who was 0.219 seconds behind Rosberg.

Kimi Raikkonen finished the session in fourth place ahead of Max Verstappen in fifth place, Daniel Ricciardo in sixth place, Valtteri Bottas in seventh place, Jolyon Palmer in eighth place, Felipe Massa in ninth place and Fernando Alonso who rounded off the top ten finishers.

Nico Hulkenberg ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Sergio Perez in twelfth place, Kevin Magnussen in thirteenth place, Carlos Sainz Jr in fourteenth place and Romain Grosjean in fifteenth place.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Esteban Gutierrez ended the session in sixteenth place ahead of Daniil Kvyat in seventeenth place, Jenson Button in eighteenth place, Pascal Wehrlein in nineteenth place, Felipe Nasr in twentieth place and Esteban Ocon in twenty-first place. Marcus Ericsson did not run in the session due to engine problems.

The classification of FP3 for the Brazilian GP is as follows:-

1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1.11.740
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 0.093s
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 0.219s
4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.287s
5. Max Verstappen, Red-Bull-TAG Heuer, 0.337s
6. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-TAG Heuer, 0.547s
7. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 0.874s
8. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1.228s
9. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 1.250s
10. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 1.262s
11. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.463s
12. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 1.491s
13. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1.515s
14. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.553s
15. Romain Grosjean, Haas Ferrari, 1.604s
16. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas Ferrari, 1.856s
17. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1.869s
18. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 2.010s
19. Pascal Wehrlein, MRT Racing, 2.232s
20. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.252s
21. Esteban Ocon, MRT Racing, 2.482s
22. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, Not Classified

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa