World champion Sebastian Vettel put in a late charge on the super softs to take top spot from Fernando Alonso in final practice at the Canadian Grand Prix.
With the super soft tyres bolted to his Ferrari, Alonso emerged as the leading contender, taking the P1 slot off Rosberg, who did a short two-lap run to set his best time.
But it seemed as if it was just a matter of time before Vettel would come out on top and when he switched to a qualifying-style run that’s exactly what he did with a 1:13.381.
Alonso was second ahead of Rosberg and Felipe Massa.
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Meanwhile, Pedro de la Rosa had a sad end to his first full practice session with Sauber as the Spaniard crashed in the final minute, causing significant damage to his C30. SkySports
McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were fifth and sixth quickest followed by Michael Schumacher in the second Mercedes and Vitaly Petrov of Renault.
Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul Di Resta completed the top 10 although the Scottish rookie lost control of his car and crashed into a barrier in the final seconds of the session.
Australian Mark Webbber did not make an appearance on track and was left fuming as the Red Bull mechanics hurried to fix a technical problem with his car. AFP
Pastor Maldonado was 11th for Williams with 1m 15.312s, ahead of Heidfeld on 1m 15.350s, the Toro Rossos of Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari on 1m 16.138s and 1m 16.145s, Kamui Kobayashi’s Sauber on 1m 16.236s, Rubens Barrichello in the second Williams on 1m 16.438s and De la Rosa on 1m 16.706s.
Heikki Kovaainen was back in charge at Team Lotus, with an 18th fastest lap of 1m 17.093s, leaving Jarno Trulli one place behind with 1m 17.523s. Then Tonio Liuzzi blew off the Virgins in his updated HRT with 1m 18.910s from Timo Glock in the first of the Dinnington cars on 1m 19.073s, Narain Karthikeyan in the second HRT on 1m 19.213s and Jerome D’Ambrosio in his rebuilt MVR-02 on 1m 20.475s. Formula 1
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