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FP3 - Rosberg keeps Mercedes on top in Melbourne

Nico Rosberg rammed home an uncomfortable truth for Mercedes' rivals in this afternoon's final free practice session in Albert Park, when he lapped his F1 W05 1.391s faster than Jenson Button's McLaren.Lewis Hamilton had set the pace for Mercedes while teams were running the medium compound Pirelli, but as he made mistakes on his laps on the soft tyre, Rosberg kept his cool and jumped to the top with 1m 29.375s. As Hamilton failed to improve on his medium-tyre time of 1m 30.919s and thus finished fourth, Button jumped up to second on 1m 30.766s chased by Fernando Alonso's Ferrari on 1m 30.876s.Daniel Ricciardo got beneath 1m 31s, with 1m 30.970s for Red Bull, which left them 1.595s off...
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