FP3 Suzuka: Rosberg untouchable while Hamilton crash

Nico Rosberg once again headed a Mercedes one-two in the third and final practice session at Suzuka on Saturday morning, but team mate Lewis Hamilton ended the session in the barriers after crashing late on at Turn 1.

Fernando Alonso put Ferrari third, just ahead of the Williams duo of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo fractions of a second back in fifth.

Vettel got problems with the care, same as Raikkonen did, while Hamilton crash!

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:33.228 14
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.210 0.982 10
3 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.439 1.211 12
4 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:34.564 1.336 12
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:35.061 1.833 16
6 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:35.086 1.858 13
7 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.251 2.023 16
8 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:35.494 2.266 8
9 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:35.538 2.310 17
10 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.549 2.321 16
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:35.732 2.504 15
12 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.995 2.767 5
13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:36.365 3.137 8
14 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.407 3.179 22
15 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.460 3.232 6
16 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:36.558 3.330 19
17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:36.617 3.389 12
18 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.626 3.398 20
19 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:37.367 4.139 12
20 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:37.883 4.655 17
21 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:38.102 4.874 15
22 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:38.784 5.556 12