Abu Dhabi GP: Rosberg tops final practice
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| Rosberg heads out for his fast lap |
Nico Rosberg comfortably beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in final practice for the Abu Dhabi GP.
The German set the fastest time of the weekend so far in the final practice session with a 1m41.424s, 0.7s faster than Hamilton's Friday fastest lap and, although Hamilton also improved, he fell short of Rosberg's best by 0.369s.
It was a Mercedes 1-2-3 again with the Mercedes powered Williams of Felipe Massa who was third ahead of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull and the McLaren of Jenson Button. Vettel's teammate Daniel Ricciardo was seventh fastest overall in his Red Bull ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the second Williams.
The field filling Caterhams were dead last as expected.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m41.424s | 0.000s | 19 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m41.793s | 0.369s | 17 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m42.429s | 1.005s | 18 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m42.653s | 1.229s | 8 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 1m42.679s | 1.255s | 19 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 1m42.768s | 1.344s | 20 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m42.773s | 1.349s | 14 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m42.794s | 1.370s | 19 |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m42.809s | 1.385s | 20 |
| 10 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m43.038s | 1.614s | 14 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren/Mercedes | 1m43.112s | 1.688s | 13 |
| 12 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m43.352s | 1.928s | 20 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m43.360s | 1.936s | 19 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m43.501s | 2.077s | 18 |
| 15 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m43.643s | 2.219s | 24 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Renault | 1m43.718s | 2.294s | 17 |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Renault | 1m43.778s | 2.354s | 18 |
| 18 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m44.022s | 2.598s | 22 |
| 19 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham/Renault | 1m45.044s | 3.620s | 16 |
| 20 | Will Stevens | Caterham/Renault | 1m45.959s | 4.535s | 21 |