Nico Rosberg threw down the gauntlet to Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by going fastest by three tenths of a second in the final practice session at Yas Marina on Saturday afternoon.The German lapped in 1m 41.424s - 0.369s faster than his British title rival, though Hamilton appeared to be on his way to a quicker lap late in the session before losing time in the last sector of his final flyer.The Mercedes duo were, as expected, way ahead of their opposition on the supersoft Pirellis, with Felipe Massa's third fastest lap of 1m 42.429s a full 1.005s slower than Rosberg's best. Massa's Williams team mate Valtteri Bottas had been very quick on the softs, but unusually the Finn made a...
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