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Results: Practice 3, Vettel leads final practice
Posted: Saturday July 09th 2011, 10:03 GMT
Sebastian Vettel took the lead in the final practice session. The German drove a 1:31.401 and was leading Alonso, Webber, Massa and Maldonado. Button finished 6th and Lewis Hamilton was 13th.
The track conditions improved significantly in comparison to yesterday's wet practice sessions. The track was completely dry and the temperatures were a little higher. At the beginning of the session everyone went out for an installation lap to make the most of the hour of practice on the dry track.
The first driver to set a full lap was Jaime Alguersuari. The Spaniard lapped the circuit in 1:38.936. Which was a full 8 seconds faster than yesterday's time but still a long way from last year's pole time. His time was immediately beaten. It was Mark Webber leading with his time of 1:34.699. Not long after the Aussie set his time the rain started again which caused the cars to come in for a few minutes. When the track cleared again there was 30 minutes left in the session.
Rosberg took advantage immediately and drove a 1:33.044. Nobody would go faster until they switched to the soft tyres. Fernando Alonso made a huge jump and went to 1:31.464. Behind him were Pastor Maldonado and Jenson Button. In the last minutes it was Sebastian Vettel who took the top spot. The German drove a 1:31.401 and was leading Alonso, Webber, Massa and Maldonado.
Result
| P | Driver | Team | Time | Laps | Note |
| 1 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:31.401 | 17 | Season Best¹ |
| 2 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.464 | 20 | |
| 3 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:31.829 | 12 | |
| 4 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.169 | 20 | |
| 5 | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.496 | 20 | Season Best |
| 6 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:32.956 | 18 | Season Worst |
| 7 | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:33.014 | 20 | Season Best¹ |
| 8 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:33.044 | 23 | |
| 9 | S. Perez | Sauber | 1:33.264 | 21 | Season Best |
| 10 | P. Resta | Force India | 1:33.423 | 22 | Season Best¹ |
| 11 | M. Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:33.551 | 11 | Season Worst |
| 12 | A. Sutil | Force India | 1:33.660 | 22 | |
| 13 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.842 | 16 | Season Worst |
| 14 | R. Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.905 | 21 | |
| 15 | V. Petrov | Renault | 1:34.042 | 22 | Season Worst¹ |
| 16 | J. Alguersuari | STR | 1:34.329 | ||
| 17 | S. Buemi | STR | 1:34.799 | 20 | Season Worst |
| 18 | N. Heidfeld | Renault | 1:34.822 | 21 | |
| 19 | H. Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.225 | 21 | Season Worst¹ |
| 20 | J. Trulli | Lotus | 1:36.905 | 21 | |
| 21 | T. Glock | Virgin | 1:37.614 | 18 | |
| 22 | J. d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:38.068* | 20 | |
| 23 | D. Ricciardo | HRT | 1:38.289* | 19 | Season Worst |
| 24 | V. Liuzzi | HRT | 1:38.568* | 17 | Season Worst¹ |
