The final practice session for the 2013 Indian GP would see Williams F1 driver Pastor Maldonado finish a promising 12th. Team-mate Valtteri Bottas could not match his team-mate dropping to be 16th. Both drivers should be able to get into the second period of qualifying but deyond that will be a very difficult task.
Indian GP Saturday
Practice
The final
practice session for the 2013 Indian Grand Prix would be delayed with the
session only running for forty minutes. The delay was due to visibility
issues and the fact that the medical helicopter could nt operate in such
conditions.
With the start delayed many teams would bring forward their runs on the soft tyre in
preparation for the qualifying session. Both Williams cars would take to the
track very early coming out on the medium tyre with Alonso moving to the top
of the times with a 1m:27.792. But Webber would improve to take this spot.
For Williams Pastor Maldonado was down in twelfth in these early runs.
Vettel would switch to the soft tyre and would set a 1m:25.332 to be
quickest by some margin. Webber would follow his team-mate setting a
1m:25.892 to be second, while Raikkonen was third on the medium tyre.
There would be a moment in the Sauber pits with a mechanic being clipped by Hulkenberg who
was coming into the pits. He would hobble away, to be treated by the medics.
In the closing moments of the session Pastor would move up to be ninth with
a 1m:26.641. But prior to this Pastor had several off track moments.
Valtteri Bottas was down in eleventh with a 1m:883. Both times had been set
on the soft tyre with the pair switching with about ten minutes left in the
session. As the times dropped Pastor and Valtteri would see themselves
finish in twelfth and sixteenth.
An encouraging time from Pastor as the Williams team prepares for the qualifying session.
But Valtteri had dropped off the pace somewhat despite matching Pastor in
the earlier practice sessions. Both drivers would complete practice pit
stops as they came back in.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.332s 16
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m25.892s 14
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m26.105s 19
4. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.306s 17
5. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m26.350s 16
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m26.435s 20
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.438s 15
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m26.441s 19
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.489s 15
10. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m26.557s 17
11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m26.635s 14
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m26.641s 13
13. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.737s 13
14. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m26.847s 17
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.876s 17
16. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m26.883s 15
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.259s 18
18. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m27.941s 18
19. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.019s 15
20. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m28.498s 16
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m29.094s 11
22. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m29.169s 13
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