Vettel top again in India

Sebastian Vettel was the pacesetter once again in third
practice ahead of qualifying at the Indian Grand Prix on
Saturday.
The defending World Champion and current leader
continued to show an ominous turn of pace at the Buddh
International Circuit, lapping the 5.125km track in a time
of one minute 25.842 seconds.
That time was set on the hard tyre fairly early in the
session. Jenson Button led the chase of drivers on the
faster soft compound Pirelli, but he could only move
0.192s off Vettel's pace.
Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber was third quickest
ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Like Vettel, Hamilton did not
improve on the soft tyre but with McLaren second and
fourth on the timesheets, it suggests they may have
improved their single-lap pace compared with Friday.
It was a more muted session for Ferrari, though.
Fernando Alonso managed the seventh fastest time,
behind the Williams of Bruno Senna, with team-mate
Felipe Massa 11th.
Alonso and Massa lapped in close company during the
hour offering the suggestion that, as at Monza, they may
even try slipstreaming on the track's two long straights
during qualifying in an attempt to minimise the expected
performance loss to their main rivals.
Elsewhere, Kimi Raikkonen was fifth for Lotus while Nico
Hulkenberg (Force India), Michael Schumacher
(Mercedes) and Romain Grosjean completed the top 10.
Hulkenberg's team-mate Paul di Resta was 14th.