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FP3: Vettel usurps Mercedes in final practice
- Updated: November 26, 2016
Sebastian Vettel claimed the final practice P1 for the 2016 championship as he edged Max Verstappen at the Yas Marina circuit.
Formula 1’s final practice session for this season got underway in the sunshine of Abu Dhabi where Mercedes did not have it all their own way.
Although Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were quickest on the supersoft tyres, edging the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo, they were usurped by Vettel on the ultrasofts.
Kimi Raikkonen led the early running on the purple-marked tyres but lost out to the Mercedes pairing.
Heading out one after the other, Hamilton was a hundredth ahead of Rosberg in the first sector. Rosberg lost time overall in the second sector whereas Hamilton found it.
Rosberg crossed the line with a 1:41.168. Hamilton responded with a 1:41.065. That put him 0.103s up on his team-mate and looked fast enough to hand him the weekend’s practice hat-trick.
That was until Vettel went out for another ultrasoft run.
The Ferrar driver crossed the line with a 1:40.775 to grab the final …
