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Germany’s reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel led the field in final practice for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix with the Red Bull driver eclipsing his rivals late in the session.
The 23-year-old, who has been fastest all weekend, clocked a time of one minute 34.968 seconds in the final minutes of Saturday’s practice session.
Vettel, who is aiming to be the first driver in seven years to take pole at the first three races of the season, finished two tenths of a second ahead of Briton Jenson Button’s McLaren.
Button’s team mate and fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton was two tenths of a second further back in third place.
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Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in First Practice at China
Formula 1: Chinese Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in Second Practice at China
Formula 1: Chinese Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in Final Practice at China
Championship leader Vettel’s fellow countryman Nico Rosberg of Mercedes was in fourth. AFP
It was not all good news for Red Bull, as Mark Webber had mechanical problems which restricted his running to only five laps and the Australian was down in 15th on the timesheets.
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg was fourth fastest, ahead of the Ferrari pair of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in cool but dry conditions.
Renault’s Vitaly Petrov had the seventh best time, with the Force India pair of Adrian Sutil and Paul Di Resta in eighth and tenth, either side of Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher. The Canadian Press
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 1 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 01:35.0 2 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:35.2 3 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:35.4 4 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:35.7 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:35.8 6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:36.0 7 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:36.1 8 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:36.1 9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 01:36.1 10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 01:36.4 11 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 01:36.4 12 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 01:36.6 13 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 01:36.6 14 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:36.7 15 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:36.9 16 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:37.0 17 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:37.0 18 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 01:37.3 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 01:38.2 20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 01:38.7 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:39.9 22 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 01:40.0 23 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 01:40.6 24 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 01:40.9
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