FP3: Raikkonen hits the front at Spa

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Kimi Raikkonen claimed the top spot on the final practice timesheet for the Belgian GP as a late supersoft run, and a mistake, left Lewis Hamilton down in fifth place.

Another beautiful day at Spa began with a P1 for Nico Rosberg, the first driver to set a competitive time of a 1:48.880.

The Mercedes driver held the position by 0.574s ahead of Nico Hulkenberg while Sergio Perez a further 0.012s down on his Force India team-mate.

Swapping to the supersoft rubber, Ferrari hit the front.

Raikkonen posted a 1:48.406 to lead his team-mate Sebastian Vettel by 0.096. Vettel, though, wasn’t entirely happy with what was going on out on track.

A moment with Kevin Magnussen had him telling Ferrari: “What an idiot. Did you see that? It’s Free Practice. It’s called Free Practice, who gives a shit?”

But as Ferrari’s rivals changed over to the red-marked Pirellis, the Scuderia drivers began to fall.

Daniel Ricciardo was the next to lead the way but a second supersoft run from …

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