Rosberg fastest again in Bahrain Final Practice

Nico Rosberg continued his dominance at the Bahrain Grand Prix, setting the fastest time in the third free practice session at Sakhir. 

The Mercedes driver, who won his maiden GP victory in China last weekend, topped the timesheets for the second time in three practice sessions to cement his status as favourite for pole position.

His best lap of one minute 33.254 seconds was only threatened by world champion Sebastian Vettel, who nudged closest with his final flying lap before overheating problems forced him back to the pits.

Mark Webber took third, with McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button fourth and fifth.

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Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps  1.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m33.254s            14  2.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m33.401s  + 0.147s  14  3.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m33.663s  + 0.409s  15  4.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m33.782s  + 0.528s  16  5.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m33.796s  + 0.542s  16  6.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m33.899s  + 0.645s  14  7.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m33.976s  + 0.722s  14  8.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.197s  + 0.943s  14  9.  Romain Grosjean     Lotus-Renault         1m34.401s  + 1.147s  16 10.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m34.895s  + 1.641s  11 11.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m34.918s  + 1.664s  12 12.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.977s  + 1.723s  12 13.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m35.067s  + 1.813s  17 14.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m35.128s  + 1.874s  14 15.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m35.336s  + 2.082s  22 16.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m35.536s  + 2.282s  15 17.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m35.623s  + 2.369s  16 18.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m35.694s  + 2.440s  19 19.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m35.773s  + 2.519s  21 20.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m36.532s  + 3.278s  17 21.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m37.267s  + 4.013s  18 22.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m37.654s  + 4.400s  18 23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m38.973s  + 5.719s  11 24.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m39.221s  + 5.967s  9  All timing unofficial

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