Mark Webber ended the final practice session of his Formula One career fastest at Interlagos.
Conditions remained wet for the third session in a row and this session saw the slowest lap times of the weekend so far. However the conditions eased sufficiently for several drivers to set times on intermediate tyres before the chequered flag came out.
Lewis Hamilton had become the first driver to lap the circuit in under 90 seconds when Webber ventured out of the pits on intermediate tyres. He cut two seconds off Hamilton’s time and that remained the quickest time of the session.
As the clock ran down Romain Grosjean moved up to second ahead of team mate Heikki Kovalainen. Valtteri Bottas also ran on the intermediate tyres and took fourth for Williams, followed by Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber.
The other Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez was the only car to set a time during the very wet first half hour of the session. He logged the most laps of any driver and ended practice seventh behind Jean-Eric Vergne.
Four drivers did not set times at all during the session including both of the Ferraris.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’27.891 | 5 | |
| 2 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’28.195 | 0.304 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1’28.595 | 0.704 | 6 |
| 4 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1’28.600 | 0.709 | 12 |
| 5 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’28.830 | 0.939 | 15 |
| 6 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’28.921 | 1.030 | 5 |
| 7 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’29.215 | 1.324 | 21 |
| 8 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1’29.686 | 1.795 | 10 |
| 9 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1’29.736 | 1.845 | 6 |
| 10 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’29.913 | 2.022 | 8 |
| 11 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’29.980 | 2.089 | 8 |
| 12 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’29.988 | 2.097 | 9 |
| 13 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’30.635 | 2.744 | 9 |
| 14 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1’30.837 | 2.946 | 14 |
| 15 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’30.972 | 3.081 | 10 |
| 16 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1’31.154 | 3.263 | 14 |
| 17 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’31.857 | 3.966 | 4 |
| 18 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 1’32.731 | 4.840 | 4 |
| 19 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | ||
| 20 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 2 | ||
| 21 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 |
Combined practice times
| Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Fri/Sat diff | Total laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’24.781 | 1’27.306 | 30 | ||
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’25.230 | 1’28.147 | 1’29.980 | +4.75 | 30 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’25.387 | 1’27.531 | 1’31.857 | +6.47 | 31 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1’25.391 | 1’31.770 | 32 | ||
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’25.593 | 1’28.928 | 25 | ||
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’25.797 | 1’27.592 | 1’27.891 | +2.094 | 40 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 1’25.946 | 1’30.748 | 1’32.731 | +6.785 | 27 |
| 8 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’26.064 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1’26.133 | 1’28.129 | 1’28.595 | +2.462 | 50 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’26.232 | 1’28.560 | 1’28.830 | +2.598 | 52 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1’26.248 | 1’28.540 | 26 | ||
| 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’26.326 | 1’29.049 | 1’29.215 | +2.889 | 66 |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’26.570 | 1’28.891 | 1’28.195 | +1.625 | 45 |
| 14 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’26.593 | 1’28.405 | 1’28.921 | +2.328 | 38 |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’27.115 | 1’29.783 | 1’29.913 | +2.798 | 40 |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1’27.269 | 1’30.425 | 1’28.600 | +1.331 | 50 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1’27.358 | 1’29.717 | 1’29.686 | +2.328 | 46 |
| 18 | James Calado | Force India-Mercedes | 1’27.436 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1’28.107 | 1’31.118 | 1’31.154 | +3.047 | 48 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1’28.199 | 1’31.165 | 1’30.837 | +2.638 | 46 |
| 21 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’28.739 | 1’29.988 | +1.249 | 24 | |
| 22 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1’29.174 | 1’29.736 | +0.562 | 17 | |
| 23 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’30.004 | 1’31.061 | 1’30.635 | +0.631 | 51 |
| 24 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’31.211 | 1’30.972 | -0.239 | 29 | |
| 25 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’32.646 | 19 |
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Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
23rd November 2013, 14:11
Pole is really quite tricky to predict, and I’m not sure that I want Hülkenberg in my top 5 having seen how unstable the car looks in the wet!
iAltair (@)
23rd November 2013, 14:24
So many untimed laps. What a FP3
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
23rd November 2013, 14:38
McLaren are really keeping their cards close to their chest, ahead of qualifying!
Sam (@)
23rd November 2013, 14:42
A lot of tyre saving could swing the balance. Cars might be way out of place by the end of the race because they are driving on 30+ lap old tyres
kpcart
23rd November 2013, 15:11
would be nice if webber or massa got pole here. wouldn’t predict it though.
Corrado (@)
23rd November 2013, 15:49
+1 ! And win the race too ! Someone should “slap” Vettel quickly. This is getting ridiculous, with so many consecutive wins.