Posted on 20th September 2015
In the final practice session in Singapore this morning (afternoon in Singapore, Sebastian Vettel lead his team mate Kimi Raikkonen for a Ferrari 1-2 finish ahead of Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat in a session where the Mercedes drivers were over a second off the pace.
During FP3, we saw many drivers such as Max Verstappen going off at Turn 7 but were able to keep going during the session despite this.
But it was Sebastian Vettel who topped the timesheets with a lap time of 1.45.682 ahead of his team Kimi Raikkonen in second place who was 0.450 seconds behind him but was ahead of Daniil Kvyat who finished in third place who was 0.485 seconds behind the Ferrari of Vettel.
Daniel Ricciardo finished the session in fourth place ahead of Lewis Hamilton in fifth place, Nico Rosberg in sixth place and Fernando Alonso in a brilliant seventh place. Carlos Sainz Jr ended the session in eighth place ahead of his team mate Max Verstappen in ninth place and Marcus Ericsson who rounds off the top ten finishers.
Valtteri Bottas ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in twelfth place, Jenson Button in thirteenth place, Felipe Massa in fourteenth place and Pastor Maldonado in fifteenth place.
As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Sergio Perez finished the session in sixteenth place ahead of Romain Grosjean in seventeenth place, Felipe Nasr in eighteenth place and the two Manor drivers of Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens finishing in nineteenth and twentieth places.
The classification of FP3 for the Singapore GP is as follows:-
1. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1.45.682
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.450s
3. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Renault, 0.485s
4. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 0.677s
5. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1.120s
6. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1.541s
7. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 1.555s
8. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.619s
9. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1.782s
10. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.886s
11. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 1.905s
12. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.958s
13. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 2.033s
14. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 2.051s
15. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.135s
16. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 2.320s
17. Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.424s
18. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 3.250s
19. Alexander Rossi, Manor, 6.906s
20. Will Stevens, Manor, 9.611s
Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa
