Final practice – Vettel pips Webber at the post

He sat in the pits for most of the final practice session as team mate Mark Webber set the pace, but right at the end Sebastian Vettel emerged with two and a half minutes to spare to take the honours with a brilliant lap, 0.084s faster than the Australian, whose best was 1.350s faster than Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes.

The two McLarens were next, with Lewis Hamilton shadowing Schumacher’s 1m 23.057s with 1m 23.068s and Jenson Button close on 1m 23.214s. Nico Rosberg completed the top six with 1m 23.397s for Mercedes