Romain Grosjean managed to close the gap to Sebastian Vettel during final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, but it was still the German who topped the timing screens.
Vettel’s lead was cut to just under two tenths to Grosjean, but the gap behind the leading pair remained fairly large with Mercedes’s Nico Rosberg coming in third, over half a second off.
The second Red Bull of Mark Webber was fourth ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, McLaren’s Sergio Perez and Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.
Topping off the top ten was Jenson Button and Felipe Massa.
FP3 Times – 2013 Singapore Grand Prix:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:44.173 | 15 | |
| 02 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:44.364 | 0.191 | 16 |
| 03 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:44.741 | 0.568 | 18 |
| 04 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:44.906 | 0.733 | 14 |
| 05 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:44.921 | 0.748 | 14 |
| 06 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:45.257 | 1.084 | 13 |
| 07 | S. Perez | McLaren | 1:45.500 | 1.327 | 12 |
| 08 | N. Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:45.876 | 1.703 | 19 |
| 09 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:45.890 | 1.717 | |
| 10 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:45.935 | 1.762 | |
| 11 | J-E. Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:46.084 | 1.911 | |
| 12 | K. Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:46.147 | 1.974 | |
| 13 | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:46.338 | 2.165 | |
| 14 | D. Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:46.358 | 2.185 | |
| 15 | V. Bottas | Williams | 1:46.660 | 2.487 | |
| 16 | P. di Resta | Force India | 1:46.879 | 2.706 | |
| 17 | E. Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:46.893 | 2.720 | |
| 18 | A. Sutil | Force India | 1:47.249 | 3.076 | |
| 19 | G. van der Garde | Caterham | 1:48.931 | 4.758 | |
| 20 | C. Pic | Caterham | 1:49.037 | 4.864 | |
| 21 | J. Bianchi | Marussia | 1:49.182 | 5.009 | |
| 22 | M. Chilton | Marussia | 1:49.982 | 5.809 |
