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FP3: Rosberg pips Verstappen in final practice
- Updated: September 17, 2016
Nico Rosberg narrowly beat Max Verstappen to the final practice P1 in Singapore in a session where Lewis Hamilton got to know the Turn 7 escape road.
It was a slow start to final practice, not helped by Pascal Wehrlein’s early crash. The German driver lost the back end of his Manor through Turns 11/12 and was pitched into a spin.
That ended with Wehrlein’s car suffering rear end damage as he hit the barrier backwards. The session was red flagged for a few minutes as the marshals cleared the debris.
There was more drama as Verstappen uttered the words “wow, there is a giant lizard on the track” as a giant lizard stopped in its crossing of the track to allow his Red Bull by.
With the action back underway, Mercedes held down the 1-2 with Rosberg quickest on a 1:45.544, 0.262s up on Hamilton.
Sebastian Vettel was third, although the Ferrari driver was running the ultrasoft tyres to Mercedes’ supersofts.
As the Brackley pairing …
