Canadian GP: Vettel leads Ferrari 1-2 in final practice

The championship leader clocked a 1m12.572s with ultrasoft tyres on his qualifying simulation to finish 0.292s clear of teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

Vettel's title rival Lewis Hamilton, who was told by his Mercedes team that he was losing time in the final sector, was third quickest, 0.354s off the pace.

Mercedes chose to run the supersofts to begin its final practice programme, while rival Ferrari spent the session focusing on using the ultrasoft.

It was Vettel who set the early pace, when the track was dusty once again, with Raikkonen keeping him honest just over a tenth back.

When the teams took out the fuel ready to focus on qualifying preparation, Vettel was among the first out to take advantage of a quieter track.

The German completed a five-lap run on the ultrasofts, with his pace-setting time coming on the fifth and final effort.

Hamilton started off 0.506s adrift before making small improvements to close the gap but he ultimately had to settle for third.

Valtteri Bottas, who got baulked by traffic and then couldn't put a clean lap together in subsequent attempts, was fifth.

While Mercedes and Ferrari completed their low-fuel runs with around 20 minutes to go, Max Verstappen left it until the final few minutes.

The Red Bull driver made the most of a track that was ramping up to leap ahead of Bottas and finish fourth quickest, 0.393s off the pace.

His teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who made up for lost running in FP2 with a tally of 35 laps that included an opening 16-lap run, was eighth, nearly sixth tenths adrift.

Renault's Nico Hulkenberg was an impressive sixth, lapping within a second of Vettel, with Felipe Massa slotting into seventh in the Williams.

Force India's Esteban Ocon and Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz completed the top 10 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Fernando Alonso was the leading McLaren in 12th, 1.313s off the pace and three tenths clear of teammate Stoffel Vandoorne.

Lance Stroll, driving in front of his home crowd, was 18th quickest, 1.837s off the pace and nearly a second adrift of teammate Massa. 

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	20	1'12.572
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	Ferrari	19	1'12.864	0.292
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	22	1'12.926	0.354
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	TAG	22	1'12.965	0.393
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	24	1'13.210	0.638
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	Renault	20	1'13.493	0.921
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	Mercedes	22	1'13.527	0.955
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	TAG	35	1'13.545	0.973
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	Mercedes	26	1'13.635	1.063
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Renault	22	1'13.667	1.095
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Renault	23	1'13.788	1.216
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Honda	18	1'13.885	1.313
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	Mercedes	27	1'13.956	1.384
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	19	1'13.994	1.422
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Renault	22	1'14.102	1.530
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	Honda	22	1'14.228	1.656
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	18	1'14.392	1.820
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	Mercedes	25	1'14.409	1.837
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Ferrari	25	1'14.883	2.311
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	Ferrari	25	1'14.965	2.393