Mark Webber, without a win to his name this year compared to the 11 scored by
team-mate Vettel, was down in third, 0.137secs down, with McLaren’s Lewis
Hamilton fourth.
As has become the way of late there was a gap then to the Ferrari of Fernando
Alonso, who was three tenths of a second off the pace. But not as much as
team-mate Felipe Massa, with the Brazilian down in 10th, languishing
1.123secs behind Vettel and 0.8secs to Alonso.
In between the Ferrari pair were Adrian Sutil in his Force India in sixth, two
thirds of a second down, followed by Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Michael
Schumacher, with Paul di Resta ninth, almost a second behind.
Virgin’s Timo Glock was 23rd and last of those that set a time, the German
5.524secs adrift, with a hydraulic leak troubling Sebastien Buemi in his
Toro Rosso and restricting the Swiss to just three installation laps.
Times after third practice:
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull-Renault 1min 12.460secs
2 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.547
3 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:12.597
4 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.622
5 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:12.765,
6 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Mercedes 1:13.113
7 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:13.286
8 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:13.393
9 Paul Di Resta (Gbr) Force India-Mercedes 1:13.419
10 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:13.583
11 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:13.838
12 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams-Cosworth 1:14.283
13 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:14.286
14 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber 1:14.311
15 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams-Cosworth 1:14.454
16 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber 1:14.547
17 Bruno Senna (Bra) Renault 1:14.551
18 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus-Renault 1:15.843
19 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus-Renault 1:16.026
20 Jerome d’Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin-Cosworth 1:16.616
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) HRT-Cosworth 1:17.143
22 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) HRT-Cosworth 1:17.296
23 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin-Cosworth 1:17.984
24 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Toro Rosso-Ferrari No time