FP3: Vettel leads Alonso at damp Hockenheim

Saturday 24th July 2010, 11:34  

Sebastian Vettel managed the quickest time on a drying track in Germany ahead of the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso, who split the two Red Bull's.

Trailing Webber by just over a tenth of a second was the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa. The Brazilian slotted in ahead of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.

Final practice was a fairly sombre event with rain keeping the top teams in their garages until the final stages, when a flurry of activity saw several drivers getting caught in traffic.

Fewer drivers ran off-track compared to Friday, however the slow drying hairpin caught a handful of drivers out, including Michael Schumacher and Sakon Yamamoto.

Adrian Sutil, despite topping the times in FP1, finished last after suffering from a clutch issue after just two laps.

Final practice times for the German GP:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
01	S. Vettel	Red Bull	1:15.103	18
02	F. Alonso	Ferrari	+0.284	21
03	M. Webber	Red Bull	+0.605	16
04	F. Massa	Ferrari	+0.751	20
05	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	+0.943	20
06	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+1.104	13
07	M. Schumacher	Mercedes	+1.370	16
08	R. Barrichello	Williams	+1.378	23
09	R. Kubica	Renault	+1.543	20
10	N. Hulkenberg	Williams	+1.640	17
11	K. Kobayashi	Sauber	+1.779	19
12	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso	+1.887	21
13	J. Button	McLaren	+1.934	15
14	V. Petrov	Renault	+2.045	20
15	P. de la Rosa	Sauber	+2.117	19
16	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+2.238	21
17	V. Liuzzi	Force India	+2.435	22
18	H. Kovalainen	Lotus	+4.090	11
19	J. Trulli	Lotus	+4.504	10
20	B. Senna	Hispania	+5.430	9
21	S. Yamamoto	Hispania	+6.435	14
22	L. di Grassi	Virgin	+8.341	10
23	T. Glock	Virgin	+8.770	7
24	A. Sutil	Force India	No Time	2

(All timing unofficial)

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