Lewis Hamilton bounced back in the final practice session to post the fastest time of the weekend so far, whilst team-mate Nico Rosberg suffered further problems.
Hamilton was half a second quicker than Rosberg, but the German was forced to pit with a gearbox oil leak, scuppering his plans for a qualifying simulation. He did however make it out at the very end of the session.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were third and fourth, albeit some distance off the Mercedes cars, whilst Toro Rosso continued to assert their competitiveness with fifth and sixth.
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 01 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.917 | – | 18 |
| 02 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.469 | 0.552 | 14 |
| 03 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:33.692 | 0.775 | 20 |
| 04 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.918 | 1.001 | 17 |
| 05 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:34.147 | 1.230 | 20 |
| 06 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:34.282 | 1.365 | 23 |
| 07 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:34.501 | 1.584 | 19 |
| 08 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:34.538 | 1.621 | 19 |
| 09 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:34.545 | 1.628 | 16 |
| 10 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:34.708 | 1.791 | 25 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:34.886 | 1.969 | 21 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:34.896 | 1.979 | 15 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:35.121 | 2.204 | 22 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:35.246 | 2.329 | 22 |
| 15 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:35.587 | 2.670 | 19 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.695 | 2.778 | 19 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35.919 | 3.002 | 20 |
| 18 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:36.101 | 3.184 | 6 |
| 19 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 1:37.989 | 5.072 | 19 |
| 20 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | 1:38.285 | 5.368 | 18 |
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