2013-07-27
Romain Grosjean set the pace in the FP3 session in Budapest for Lotus, a tenth faster than Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari. Sergio Perez was third overall, but ended the session going sideways into a tyre barrier. Red BUll’s Sebastian Vettel was fourth, ahead of Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button and Adrian Sutil. Kimi Raikkonen was 11th but he was confident of doing better in the qualifying sessions.
In the midfield Pastor Maldonado was 12th for Williams ahead of Paul di Resta, Nico Hulkenberg, Daniel Ricciardo, Jean-Eric Vergne and Valtteri Bottas. Giedo Van der Garde was ahead of Charles Pic, Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton, while Esteban Gutierrez brought up the rear because of technical troubles.
