Canada: Rosberg tops red-flag interrupted 3rd practice
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| Nico Rosberg |
Red flags interrupted the third and final practice session for the Canadian GP led by Nico Rosberg who showed that the sandbagging Mercedes cars have plenty of power in hand despite Ferrari and Honda using engine tokens to try and catch up. Mercedes is just toying with the opposition.
Kimi Raikkonen was 2nd quick for Ferrari, but a massive 6/10ths off the pace.
Lewis Hamilton had a disastrous session, going off-course twice and ending up dead last. He did not manage a single clean flying lap without mistakes or a red-flag.
McLaren Honda also had bad session with Jenson Button causing the final red flag with 6 minutes left when his Honda stopped on course.
Button said to his crew on the radio: "I had a massive loss of power. We've got a bigger problem here."
Alonso managed to put a time on the board before his teammate caused the red flag, but he's only 18th.
Results
| Pos | Car No. | Driver | Time |
| 1 | 6 | N. ROSBERG | 1:15.660 |
| 2 | 7 | K. RAIKKONEN | 1:16.233 |
| 3 | 8 | R. GROSJEAN | 1:16.772 |
| 4 | 77 | V. BOTTAS | 1:16.914 |
| 5 | 11 | S. PEREZ | 1:16.993 |
| 6 | 26 | D. KVYAT | 1:17.021 |
| 7 | 19 | F. MASSA | 1:17.122 |
| 8 | 5 | S. VETTEL | 1:17.197 |
| 9 | 55 | C. SAINZ | 1:17.396 |
| 10 | 13 | P. MALDONADO | 1:17.573 |
| 11 | 9 | M. ERICSSON | 1:17.578 |
| 12 | 27 | N. HULKENBERG | 1:17.876 |
| 13 | 3 | D. RICCIARDO | 1:17.892 |
| 14 | 12 | F. NASR | 1:18.446 |
| 15 | 22 | J. BUTTON | 1:18.473 |
| 16 | 33 | M. VERSTAPPEN | 1:18.492 |
| 17 | 28 | W. STEVENS | 1:19.822 |
| 18 | 14 | F. ALONSO | 1:19.874 |
| 19 | 98 | R. MERHI | 1:20.231 |
| 20 | 44 | L. HAMILTON | 1:21.492 |
Mark C. reporting for AR1.com