Abu Dhabi GP practice 3 results: Nico Rosberg steals the lead

The first part of the session was led by Fernando Alonso in F14-T on supersoft slicks. But then two title contenders were out of their garages. Lewis Hamilton failed to overcome his teammate's laptime.

Felipe Massa was much faster than his teammate Valtteri Bottas, both on used supersofts, clinched third place on the timesheets.

For the last 10 minutes of the third free practice drivers switched for supersoft sets of the tyres. Most of the laptimes were improved.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.424		19
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.793	0.369	17
3	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:42.429	1.005	18
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:42.653	1.229	8
5	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:42.679	1.255	19
6	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:42.768	1.344	20
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.773	1.349	14
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:42.794	1.370	19
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:42.809	1.385	20
10	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:43.038	1.614	14
11	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	1:43.112	1.688	13
12	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:43.352	1.928	20
13	11	Sergio Perez	Force India	1:43.360	1.936	19
14	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:43.501	2.077	18
15	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	1:43.643	2.219	24
16	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:43.718	2.294	17
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:43.778	2.354	18
18	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	1:44.022	2.598	22
19	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	1:45.044	3.620	16
20	46	Will Stevens	Caterham	1:45.959	4.535	21