Sebastian Vettel leads Ferrari 1-2 in FP3 in Bahrain

In the final practice session in Bahrain yesterday, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was quickest ahead of his team mate Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg.

With many teams and drivers choosing FP3 to define tyre choices and set ups for the race on Sunday, we saw the midfield especially being incredibly tight and changing throughout the session.

But it was Sebastian Vettel who was fastest with a lap time of 1.31.683 ahead of his team mate Kimi Raikkonen in second place who was 0.040 seconds behind him and ahead of Nico Rosberg in third place who was 0.421 seconds behind Vettel.

Lewis Hamilton finished the session in fourth place ahead of Valtteri Bottas in fifth place, Romain Grosjean in sixth place, Daniil Kvyat in seventh place, Esteban Gutierrez in eighth place, Felipe Massa in ninth place and Daniel Ricciardo who rounded off the top ten finishers.

Marcus Ericsson ended the session in a brilliant eleventh place ahead of Kevin Magnussen in twelfth place, Jenson Button in thirteenth place, Stoffel Vandoorne in fourteenth place and Max Verstappen in fifteenth place.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Carlos Sainz Jr ended the session in sixteenth place ahead of Felipe Nasr in seventeenth place and ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in eighteenth place. Sergio Perez finished the session in nineteenth place ahead of Jolyon Palmer in twentieth place, Rio Haryanto in twenty-first place and Pascal Wehrlein in twenty-second place.

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

1. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1.31.683
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.040s
3. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.421s
4. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 0.477s
5. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 0.992s
6. Romain Grosjean, Haas Ferrari, 1.399s
7. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Renault, 1.430s
8. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas Ferrari, 1.654s
9. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 1.680s
10. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 1.836s
11. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.886s
12. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1.934s
13. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 2.021s
14. Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren-Honda, 2.061s
15. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 2.095s
16. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 2.320s
17. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.330s
18. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 2.445s
19. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 2.598s
20. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 2.741s
21. Rio Haryanto, MRT Racing, 3.863s
22. Pascal Wehrlein, MRT Racing, 4.041s

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa