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Australian Grand Prix FP3 results: Hamilton back on top
Not a Mercedes 1-2 this time as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel joins the frontrunners.
Edited: Mar 14, 2015, 5:08 AM
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Final results from Free Practice 3 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne. Lewis Hamilton dominated the times, ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg.
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:27.867 11 2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:28.563 0.696 13 3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:28.821 0.954 14 4 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:28.912 1.045 14 5 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:28.988 1.121 18 6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:29.017 1.150 13 7 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 1:29.481 1.614 12 8 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 1:29.864 1.997 15 9 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso-Renault 1:29.869 2.002 19 10 Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1:29.934 2.067 24 11 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 1:29.952 2.085 16 12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:30.613 2.746 21 13 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:30.741 2.874 14 14 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:30.993 3.126 17 15 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1:31.185 3.318 10 16 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Honda 1:31.391 3.524 14 17 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:31.666 3.799 13 18 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 1:32.830 4.463 6
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