Lewis Hamilton was fastest by almost half a second in the final practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix.
But the two Mercedes drivers were separated at the top of the times by Felipe Massa’s Williams. Neither of the W05 drivers were able to improve their time after switching to the super-soft tyre.
Hamilton posted the quickest lap of the weekend so far on the soft tyre. But despite then improving his middle sector time on the super-softs he was not quicker over the full lap.
Behind Nico Rosberg in third was a trio of drivers separated by four-hundredths of a second: the two Ferrari drivers and Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull.
He team mate Sebastian Vettel was only tenth, and near the end of the session was told to return to the pits as the team had identified “some issues” on his car.
The session was red-flagged early on after Esteban Gutierrez spun into the barrier at turn four. The Sauber driver lost control of his car in the first part of the corner and damaged the left-rear of his car as he went in.
After practice resumed Kevin Magnussen had an off-track excursion at the first corner, but didn’t hit anything. He ran wide in the first part of the corner and spun the McLaren across the hairpin.
There was more trouble for Caterham as well, as Kamui Kobayashi came to a stop in his car before the chequered flag came out.
Combined practice times
| Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Fri/Sat diff | Total laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’17.254 | 1’16.118 | 1’15.610 | -0.508 | 85 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’19.575 | 1’16.774 | 1’16.086 | -0.688 | 60 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’17.384 | 1’16.293 | 1’16.120 | -0.173 | 91 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’17.238 | 1’16.701 | 1’16.488 | -0.213 | 63 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1’18.435 | 1’17.644 | 1’16.504 | -1.14 | 77 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’18.578 | 1’16.648 | 1’16.528 | -0.12 | 68 |
| 7 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’18.131 | 1’16.573 | 1’16.884 | +0.311 | 69 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1’18.361 | 1’16.893 | 1’16.684 | -0.209 | 77 |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’19.177 | 1’18.732 | 1’16.820 | -1.912 | 51 |
| 10 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’18.643 | 1’17.180 | 1’16.824 | -0.356 | 73 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1’18.733 | 1’17.712 | 1’16.944 | -0.768 | 82 |
| 12 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’18.516 | 1’17.052 | 1’16.993 | -0.059 | 92 |
| 13 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’18.446 | 1’17.059 | 1’17.360 | +0.301 | 94 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’19.142 | 1’17.626 | 1’17.121 | -0.505 | 81 |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’18.959 | 1’17.819 | 1’17.188 | -0.631 | 74 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1’19.340 | 1’17.868 | 1’17.224 | -0.644 | 82 |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’19.108 | 1’17.964 | 1’17.900 | -0.064 | 94 |
| 18 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’19.804 | 1’18.340 | 1’22.388 | +4.048 | 64 |
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’20.200 | 1’32.127 | 1’18.518 | -1.682 | 43 |
| 20 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’20.844 | 1’18.693 | 1’18.525 | -0.168 | 79 |
| 21 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1’21.404 | 1’22.418 | 1’19.865 | -1.539 | 69 |
| 22 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1’20.244 | 1’20.227 | -0.017 | 52 | |
| 23 | Alexander Rossi | Caterham-Renault | 1’21.757 | 27 |
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Koni (@mariosf1)
7th June 2014, 16:12
Yeah! Keep going Massa!
Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
7th June 2014, 16:20
I think both Merc and possibly other top teams turned down the power units to save them.
Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
7th June 2014, 16:22
Ferrari definitely appear to have made a step forward, on this type of circuit anyway. Kudos to Massa too.
chris
7th June 2014, 16:39
It’s good to see Massa enjoying F1 again after being Alonsos servant for so long.
That would’ve sucked the soul out of any driver.
Nin13 (@nin13)
7th June 2014, 16:50
Mercedes set those times on soft tyres while others on supersoft. Of course, practice times means not much these days but surely they can get pole even with soft tyres because I hear commentators saying difference in lap times not much between 2 types.
OmarR-Pepper (@)
7th June 2014, 16:54
Nad just when everybody started talking about “closing the gap” Mercedes pulls half a second again.
pSynrg (@psynrg)
7th June 2014, 17:09
I think you mean Hamilton pulls half a second…
Slava (@)
7th June 2014, 17:18
Another foolish decision from Ferrari. There were sings of improvement and they have nothing to lose. Yet, they decided to be overcautious and do not use all new parts for a car because it is hot in Canada. They are again 1,5-1,7 sec off the pace. It is not Mercedes who killing intrigue, it’s Ferrari.