{"id":15804,"date":"2014-04-05T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/17291-bahrain-free-practice-3-hamilton-mercedes-ease-vettel-off-track"},"modified":"2014-04-05T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T13:06:16","slug":"17291-bahrain-free-practice-3-hamilton-mercedes-ease-vettel-off-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casinoenligne.uk.com\/en\/f1\/news\/17291-bahrain-free-practice-3-hamilton-mercedes-ease-vettel-off-track","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain – Free Practice 3: Hamilton and Mercedes at ease, Vettel off track"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relaxed, Sebastian Vettel, in his RB10, grabs a photographer’s camera and takes a photo from the driver’s point of view.<\/p>\n

We’re off for this last practice session<\/b>, with Pastor Maldonado being the first on the track, followed by a large part of the pack. In the McLaren garage, Jenson Button’s car is unattended and they don’t seem ready to hit the track, given the lack of activity around the MP4-29. The same goes for Williams, as the drivers indicated yesterday that they feel they don’t need much running after extensive winter testing on the Sakhir circuit.<\/p>\n

The first driver to set a time is Sutil: the German strings together laps on medium tires. Still difficulties on the Lotus side: this time, it’s a lack of front grip that’s causing problems for Grosjean.<\/p>\n

Many small errors to report, with somewhat wide exits for Maldonado, Grosjean, Vettel, and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in particular, especially in the corner following the back straight where the wind seems to be an issue. The Mercedes begin their first flying laps after 25 minutes. Hamilton quickly takes the lead with a 1:37.340.<\/p>\n

At mid-session, Rosberg takes the lead, ahead of Hamilton, Button, H\u00fclkenberg, Kvyat, P\u00e9rez, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Alonso, Vettel, and Magnussen. On Grosjean’s side, the car is very difficult to drive: “I have absolutely no grip\u2026 I don’t know if it’s the tires or what, but it’s very bad,” he says over the radio. The Williams finally leave the pits.<\/p>\n

R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen is the first driver to switch to soft tires in this session. In turn 2, Vettel went off track and got stuck in the gravel trap. Most drivers have come in to fit soft tires.<\/p>\n

Quickly, Hamilton retakes the lead from Rosberg, but the two are within a tenth of a second. Behind them, there’s a fierce battle among the McLarens, Force Indias, Williams, and Ferraris. The qualifying session is likely to be quite tight starting from the second row!<\/p>\n

Finally, it is once again the Mercedes that take the double ahead of the surprising Force India of Sergio P\u00e9rez and the two Williams!<\/p>\n

Free Practice 3 Results of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix:<\/b><\/p>\n

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N\u00b0<\/td>\nDriver<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\nTimes<\/td>\nGap<\/td>\nLaps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
1<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Hamilton<\/td>\nMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team<\/td>\n1:35:324<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n
12<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
2<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Rosberg<\/td>\nMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team<\/td>\n1:35:439<\/td>\n+0.115<\/td>\n\n
12<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
3<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Perez<\/td>\nSahara Force India F1 Team<\/td>\n1:35:868<\/td>\n+0.544<\/td>\n\n
10<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
4<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Bottas<\/td>\nWilliams Martini Racing<\/td>\n1:36:116<\/td>\n+0.792<\/td>\n\n
10<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Massa<\/td>\nWilliams Martini Racing<\/td>\n1:36:364<\/td>\n+1.040<\/td>\n\n
8<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
6<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Button<\/td>\nMcLaren Mercedes<\/td>\n1:36:394<\/td>\n+1.070<\/td>\n\n
8<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
7<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Alonso<\/td>\nScuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n1:36:454<\/td>\n+1.130<\/td>\n\n
12<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
8<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
H\u00fclkenberg<\/td>\nSahara Force India F1 Team<\/td>\n1:36:455<\/td>\n+1.131<\/td>\n\n
11<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
9<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Kvyat<\/td>\nScuderia Toro Rosso<\/td>\n1:36:680<\/td>\n+1.356<\/td>\n\n
16<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
10<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen<\/td>\nScuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n1:36:772<\/td>\n+1.448<\/td>\n\n
13<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
11<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Magnussen<\/td>\nMcLaren Mercedes<\/td>\n1:36:822<\/td>\n+1.498<\/td>\n\n
8<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
12<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Vergne<\/td>\nScuderia Toro Rosso<\/td>\n1:37:030<\/td>\n+1.706<\/td>\n\n
11<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
13<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Ricciardo<\/td>\nInfiniti Red Bull Racing<\/td>\n1:37:119<\/td>\n+1.795<\/td>\n\n
11<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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14<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Gutierrez<\/td>\nSauber F1 Team<\/td>\n1:37:325<\/td>\n+2.001<\/td>\n\n
18<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
15<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Sutil<\/td>\nSauber F1 Team<\/td>\n1:38:089<\/td>\n+2.765<\/td>\n\n
24<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
16<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Kobayashi<\/td>\nCaterham F1 Team<\/td>\n1:38:400<\/td>\n+3.076<\/td>\n\n
17<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
17<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Bianchi<\/td>\nMarussia F1 Team<\/td>\n1:38:736<\/td>\n+3.412<\/td>\n\n
15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
18<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Maldonado<\/td>\nLotus F1 Team<\/td>\n1:38:880<\/td>\n+3.556<\/td>\n\n
21<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
19<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Ericsson<\/td>\nCaterham F1 Team<\/td>\n1:38:971<\/td>\n+3.647<\/td>\n\n
18<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
20<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Grosjean<\/td>\nLotus F1 Team<\/td>\n1:39:208<\/td>\n+3.884<\/td>\n\n
17<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
21<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Vettel<\/td>\nInfiniti Red Bull Racing<\/td>\n1:39:225<\/td>\n+3.901<\/td>\n\n
8<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
22<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chilton<\/td>\nMarussia F1 Team<\/td>\n1:39:597<\/td>\n+4.273<\/td>\n\n
14<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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