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FP3: Practice hat-trick for Rosberg
- Updated: October 8, 2016
Nico Rosberg was back up in P1 in a damp final practice for the Japanese GP, a session in which Lewis Hamilton was over a second off the pace.
With the track damp following earlier rain, it was a slow start to Saturday’s final practice session for the Japanese GP with just installation laps in the first 15 minutes.
But, with more rain forecast and dark clouds threatening, the action began to pick up with Fernando Alonso posting the day’s first time, a 1:35.935 on the mediums.
Esteban Gutierrez showed that the track conditions were not ideal as he ran wide at Spoon and followed that up with a spin in the Esses.
Mercedes went out and grabbed the 1-2 with Rosberg posting a 1:33.230 to edge Hamilton by 0.054s.
Kimi Raikkonen slotted into third place, 0.360s down, while Daniel Ricciardo was …
