German Grand Prix - FP3 - Sebastian Vettel back on top with Red Bull 1-2 in final practice

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German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Circuit - Saturday Practice Session 3 Result

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull mark their domination in the third practice session. Fernando Alonso slip to third position but still keep his toes with the Red Bulls. He was only 2tenth of a second slower than Vettel.

Alonso set the fastest lap to be on top with 1min 31.138sec. But then, Mark Webber went faster than him and in the dying stages, Sebastian Vettel became the first driver this weekend to cross 1min 30 barrier.

Mclaren was behind the Red Bull and Ferrari but the session brings a light to their speed with Lewis and Button grabbing P4 and P5. The duo were 6tenth of a second slower than the Red Bull.

Nico Rosberg again set a better lap time his teammate and was in 7th position ahead of the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa.

Adrian Sutil of Force India F1 set a amazing final session with 8th position ahead of his German competitor 7 time world champion Michael Schumacher.

Pastor Maldonado set his personal best in the dying moments to come on the 10th position.

Renault remain speculative for the pace with Petrov in the leading Renault could only post 11th fastest. Paul Di Resta in the second Force India was 12th fastest ahead of Nick Heidfeld.

Rubens Barrichello was P14 ahead of the two Saubers who continue to trail at the back.

Sauber were followed by the two Toro rosso and then come the leading Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen. Timo Glock was P20 ahead of Liuzzi at P21. Liuzzi will later be handed a 5stop grid penalty due to gear box change.

Karun continue at the back with spinning the car twice in the final practice session. Rookie Daniel Ricciardo was 24th and last.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 30.916sec		15
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 31.049sec	0.133	16
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 31.138sec	0.222	12
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 31.578sec	0.662	13
5	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 31.623sec	0.707	14
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 31.694sec	0.778	19
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 32.144sec	1.228	13
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India - Mercedes	1min 32.391sec	1.475	20
9	Michael Schmacher	Mercedes GP	1min 32.523sec	1.607	16
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams - Cosworth	1min 32.751sec	1.835	18
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 32.777sec	1.861	18
12	Paul Di Resta	Force India - Mercedes	1min 32.813sec	1.897	21
13	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 33.072sec	2.156	18
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams - Cosworth	1min 33.179sec	2.263	17
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 33.531sec	2.615	20
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 33.671sec	2.755	20
17	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	1min 33.948sec	3.032	21
18	Jaime Alguersuari	STR - Ferrari	1min 34.125sec	3.209	19
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus - Renault	1min 35.385sec	4.469	13
20	Timo Glock	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 36.724sec	5.808	21
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	1min 36.804sec	5.888	23
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 36.894sec	5.978	23
23	Karun Chandhok	Lotus - Renault	1min 36.959sec	6.043	18
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT - Cosworth	1min 37.554sec	6.638	22