After watching his Mercedes teammate be quickest in both Friday practices, Nico Rosberg topped the timesheet in the final practice session of the 2014 Formula One season. The German topped the session with a fastest lap at 1:41.424 seconds with his teammate Lewis Hamilton 0.369 seconds back. Rosberg has ten pole positions this season while Hamilton has scored seven.
Felipe Massa was third fastest, 1.005 seconds back of Rosberg. Masha's former Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso was fourth, 0.224 seconds back of the Brazilian. Alonso completed the fewest amount of laps during the session after completed only eight circuit. His second practice on Friday was cut short due to a mechanical issue. Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top five, 0.026 seconds behind the man he will be replacing at Ferrari in 2015.
Jenson Button made it three former world champions in a row on the time sheet as the British driver was 0.089 seconds back of Vettel. Daniel Ricciardo was seventh in the session, only 0.005 seconds behind Button. Valtteri Bottas was eighth followed by Daniil Kvyat and Kimi Räikkönen. The top ten were covered by 1.614 seconds.
Kevin Magnussen was 11th, less than an tenth behind Räikkönen and was followed by Jean-Éric Vergne. The Toro Rosso driver was 0.008 seconds clear of Sergio Pérez. Nico Hülkenberg followed his Force India teammate, 0.141 seconds back of the Mexican. Esteban Gutiérrez rounded out the top fifteen and ran a session high 24 laps. He was followed by the Lotus-Renaults of Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean. Adrian Sutil was eighteenth with the Caterhams of Kamui Kobayashi and Will Stevens rounding out the timesheet. The field was covered by 4.535 seconds.
Qualifying from the final round of the Formula One season will take place at 8:00 a.m. ET and can be seen live on NBCSN.
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