SAO PAULO, Nov 26, 2011 (AFP) - Sebastian Vettel edged out Jenson Button to top the times for Red Bull during Saturday morning's final practice for Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
The recently-crowned double champion, who already has 14 pole positions and 11 wins under his belt this season, clocked a time of one minute 12.460 seconds after drivers switched to super-soft tyres for their final stints of the session.
McLaren driver Button wound up 0.087 seconds off the German's time but quicker than Australian Mark Webber in the second Red Bull.
Briton Lewis Hamilton followed in fourth fastest in the second McLaren as the two British teams battled over the top four spots.
Double champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was fifth quickest ahead of Germans Adrian Sutil of Force India and Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher of Mercedes.
Scot Paul Di Resta was ninth quickest in the second Force India, while local hero Brazilian Felipe Massa wound up tenth fastest, who despite switching to the super soft tyres, was held up by traffic and unable to set a fast time.
2011 BRAZILIAN GRAN PRIX THIRD PRACTICE SESSION
|
POS
|
No.
|
DRIVER
|
TEAM
|
TIME
|
GAP
|
LAPS
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
1
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
RBR-Renault
|
1:12.460
|
|
21
|
|
2
|
4
|
Jenson Button
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:12.547
|
0.087
|
19
|
|
3
|
2
|
Mark Webber
|
RBR-Renault
|
1:12.597
|
0.137
|
21
|
|
4
|
3
|
Lewis Hamilton
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:12.622
|
0.162
|
15
|
|
5
|
5
|
Fernando Alonso
|
Ferrari
|
1:12.765
|
0.305
|
17
|
|
6
|
14
|
Adrian Sutil
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
1:13.113
|
0.653
|
22
|
|
7
|
8
|
Nico Rosberg
|
Mercedes
|
1:13.286
|
0.826
|
21
|
|
8
|
7
|
Michael Schumacher
|
Mercedes
|
1:13.393
|
0.933
|
19
|
|
9
|
15
|
Paul di Resta
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
1:13.419
|
0.959
|
19
|
|
10
|
6
|
Felipe Massa
|
Ferrari
|
1:13.583
|
1.123
|
18
|
|
11
|
10
|
Vitaly Petrov
|
Renault
|
1:13.838
|
1.378
|
20
|
|
12
|
11
|
Rubens Barrichello
|
Williams-Cosworth
|
1:14.283
|
1.823
|
19
|
|
13
|
19
|
Jaime Alguersuari
|
STR-Ferrari
|
1:14.286
|
1.826
|
20
|
|
14
|
16
|
Kamui Kobayashi
|
Sauber-Ferrari
|
1:14.311
|
1.851
|
24
|
|
15
|
12
|
Pastor Maldonado
|
Williams-Cosworth
|
1:14.454
|
1.994
|
22
|
|
16
|
17
|
Sergio Perez
|
Sauber-Ferrari
|
1:14.547
|
2.087
|
24
|
|
17
|
9
|
Bruno Senna
|
Renault
|
1:14.551
|
2.091
|
15
|
|
18
|
21
|
Jarno Trulli
|
Lotus-Renault
|
1:15.843
|
3.383
|
24
|
|
19
|
20
|
Heikki Kovalainen
|
Lotus-Renault
|
1:16.026
|
3.566
|
22
|
|
20
|
25
|
Jerome d'Ambrosio
|
Virgin-Cosworth
|
1:16.616
|
4.156
|
26
|
|
21
|
23
|
Vitantonio Liuzzi
|
HRT-Cosworth
|
1:17.143
|
4.683
|
23
|
|
22
|
22
|
Daniel Ricciardo
|
HRT-Cosworth
|
1:17.296
|
4.836
|
23
|
|
23
|
24
|
Timo Glock
|
Virgin-Cosworth
|
1:17.984
|
5.524
|
23
|
|
24
|
18
|
Sebastien Buemi
|
STR-Ferrari
|
No time
|
|
3
|
Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Räikkönen
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
Ferrari
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