Chinese GP: Hamilton tops final practice in Shanghai

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton topped the final free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai.

The McLaren driver must serve a five-place grid penalty because of a gearbox change, so he needs to qualify as far up on the grid as possible.

Hamilton's fastest time came during a qualifying simulation on the soft Pirelli rubber late in the session, the 2008 world champion beating his teammate Jenson Button by just over a tenth of a second.

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Behind	Laps
1.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m35.940s	+0.000s	13
2.	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m36.093s	+0.123	12
3.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m36.389s	+0.449	16
4.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m36.512s	+0.572	17
5.	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m36.635s	+0.695	16
6.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1m36.765s	+0.825	17
7.	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1m36.781s	+0.841	19
8.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m36.880s	+0.940	17
9.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m37.039s	+1.099	15
10.	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1m37.061s	+1.121	17
11.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m37.237s	+1.297	16
12.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1m37.274s	+1.334	19
13.	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1m37.288s	+1.348	16
14.	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1m37.425s	+1.485	14
15.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m37.465s	+1.525	12
16.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m37.493s	+1.553	13
17.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m37.628s	+1.688	14
18.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m37.831s	+1.891	14
19.	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1m38.701s	+2.761	19
20.	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1m39.198s	+3.258	19
21.	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1m39.796s	+3.856	18
22.	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1m40.048s	+4.108	17
23.	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m41.263s	+5.323	14
24.	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1m41.499s	+5.559	18