Australian GP Practice 3: Grosjean quickest as rain hits Melbourne
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| Romain Grosjean |
Romain Grosjean put Lotus on top of the times in final practice for the Australian Grand Prix as the rain hit the Albert Park circuit and Sebastian Vettel hit trouble.
Grosjean posted a best time of 1m26.929s right before the heavens opened and that kept the Frenchman ahead of his rivals until the end.
As they were in yesterday’s first session, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and teammate Felipe Massa were second and third ahead of Force India's Paul di Resta and Grosjean's teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
Results
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:26.929 | 0.000s | 14 |
| 2 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:27.000 | 0.071s | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.241 | 0.312s | 10 |
| 4 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27.533 | 0.604s | 9 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:27.625 | 0.696s | 12 |
| 6 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.849 | 0.920s | 19 |
| 7 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.860 | 0.931s | 16 |
| 8 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:28.069 | 1.140s | 15 |
| 9 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:28.253 | 1.324s | 18 |
| 10 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:28.253 | 1.324s | 20 |
| 11 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:28.486 | 1.557s | 13 |
| 12 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:29.808 | 2.879s | 9 |
| 13 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:30.073 | 3.144s | 16 |
| 14 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:30.388 | 3.459s | 17 |
| 15 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:30.598 | 3.669s | 20 |
| 16 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:30.959 | 4.030s | 19 |
| 17 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.236 | 6.307s | 7 |
| 18 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.527 | 6.598s | 8 |
| 19 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:39.232 | 12.303s | 13 |
| 20 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:39.779 | 12.850s | 13 |
| 21 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:42.872 | 15.943s | 13 |
| 22 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:47.246 | 20.317s | 9 |