China EL3: Alonso and Ferrari confirm

Fernando Alonso was the fastest during the last free practice session, run under cloudy skies. Just like the day before, Ferrari therefore had the best time for the last free session of the Chinese Grand Prix. During a session dominated by the Mercedes ? the other team in very good shape since the start of the weekend? there Team Ferrari and its two drivers put themselves forward in the final minutes when putting on the soft compounds, which had already been successful for Felipe Massa the day before. The double Spanish world champion therefore signs his best performance in 1:35:391. He is the only one to have gone below the 1?36 mark but did not beat the best time set by his Brazilian teammate the day before. The latter is second in 1?36??013 while Lewis Hamilton completes the top 3 at 0??674 from the leader.

Sebastian Vettel, 1?36??286, finished for the first time this weekend ahead of his teammate at Red Bull Mark Webber, fifth with a best lap of 1:36:420. Adrian Sutil, sixth, confirms the good form of the Force India while Kimi Räikkönen, second on Friday, could not do better than seventh. The Lotus driver is nevertheless well ahead Romain Grosjean, who is in 18th place, 2 behind Fernando Alonso.

Consequently, it was Jean-Eric Vergne who had the best performance among the French drivers. JEV, 11th, concludes the last free practice session just in front of the other man from Toro Rosso, Daniel Ricciardo. Jules Bianchi (Marussia) and Charles Pic (Caterham) are 19 and 20 respectively, they are both ahead of their teammates.