(Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team)
Mercedes Nico Rosberg made it a hat trick of top spots as he lead the way in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for tomorrow's Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo. The German set the benchmark time of 1m 10.446s to finish the session just 0.114s ahead of team mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
Williams Martini Racing Team's Felipe Massa finished the session in third place just ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas as the Grove based outfit have shown that that are the main challengers to Mercedes this weekend.
Infiniti Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo was fifth fastest just 0.742s behind Rosberg. It was a great session for Jenson Button who recovered from an extremely difficult day on Friday to finish this mornings final session in 6th place just ahead of the Ferrari pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso.
McLaren's Kevin Magnussen was ninth fastest while Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top ten for the Toro Rosso team. There was just 1.388s separating the top ten.
Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel was 11th fastest in the second Red Bull finishing the session just ahead of the Lotus F1 Team's Pastor Maldonado who was 12th fastest showing that the team have improved pace this weekend.
The Sauber F1 Team's Adrian Sutil finished the session in 13th fastest for the Swiss outfit finishing the session just ahead of the Lotus F1 Team's Romain Grosjean.
Toro Rosso's Jean Eric Vergne finished the session in 14th place just ahead of the Esteban Gutierrez in the second Sauber.
The Mexican finished the session just ahead of the Sahara Force India F1 Team's Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez.
© Ben Johnston 2014
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