(Mercedes AMG F1 Team)
Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team's Lewis Hamilton lead the way in the final practice session ahead of this afternoon's qualifying session for tomorrow's inaugural Russian Grand Prix despite a spin. The 2008 world champion set a time of 1m 38.726s to finish the session just 0.290s ahead of team mate and world championship rival Nico Rosberg.
Williams Martini Racing Team's Valtteri Bottas was best of the rest as he finished the session in third place just ahead of Infiniti Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo.
Felipe Massa did a great job in the second Williams as he finished the session in fifth place, 1.228s behind Hamilton. It was another fantastic session for Daniil Kvyat as the Russian finished the session in 6th place just ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Fernando Alonso was 8th fastest in the second Ferrari as the Spaniard finished just ahead of Toro Rosso's Jean Eric Vergne while reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top ten for Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Following a great opening day yesterday McLaren's Jenson Button was 11th fastest in the MP4-29 just ahead of the Sahara Force India F1 Team duo of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez.
It was a great session for the Sauber F1 Team as Adrian Sutil finished in 14th place while Esteban Gutierrez finished the session in 15th place. The Lotus F1 Team's Romain Grosjean finished the session in 16th place.
Kevin Magnussen finished the session in 17th place ending the session just ahead of the Caterham F1 Team's Marcus Ericsson who was 18th for the Leafieald based outfit while Kamui Kobayashi was 19th fastest.
Magnussen will receive a five place grid penalty after a gearbox change following Free Practice 3.
Magnussen will receive a five place grid penalty after a gearbox change following Free Practice 3.
The Marussia F1 Team's Max Chilton was 20th for the Banbury based outfit while Pastor Maldonado failed to set a time for the Lotus F1 Team.
© Ben Johnston 2014
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