Lewis Hamilton continued to dominate practice for the Russian Grand Prix during third practice despite a spin.
The Briton was almost three-tenths quicker than team-mate Nico Rosberg, whilst Williams’s Valtteri Bottas was third, just a tenth down on Rosberg.
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo split the Williams cars, whilst Daniil Kvyat wowed his home crowd to go sixth quickest.
FP3 Full Times – 2014 Russian Grand Prix:
| # | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.726 | 15 | |
| 02 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.016 | 0.290 | 25 |
| 03 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:39.097 | 0.371 | 20 |
| 04 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:39.755 | 1.029 | 16 |
| 05 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:39.954 | 1.228 | 22 |
| 06 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:40.009 | 1.283 | 27 |
| 07 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.011 | 1.285 | 20 |
| 08 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.151 | 1.425 | 15 |
| 09 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:40.205 | 1.479 | 26 |
| 10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.338 | 1.612 | 21 |
| 11 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:40.355 | 1.629 | 19 |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:40.669 | 1.943 | 23 |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:40.699 | 1.973 | 26 |
| 14 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:41.146 | 2.420 | 21 |
| 15 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:41.520 | 2.794 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:41.915 | 3.189 | 22 |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:42.436 | 3.710 | 4 |
| 18 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:43.109 | 4.383 | 11 |
| 19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:43.975 | 5.249 | 12 |
| 20 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:44.737 | 6.011 | 9 |
| 21 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | No time | 2 |
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