Sebastian Vettel stormed to the top of times in Canada for third practice before qualifying with a lap of 1:13.381, almost two seconds faster than 2010’s pole time.
Fernando Alonso slotted in second ahead of the ever-faster Nico Rosberg, proving Mercedes have great pace in Canada, whilst the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa came in fourth, half a second down on Vettel.
The two McLaren’s finished in-front of Michael Schumacher, whilst Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta rounded off the top ten.
The session saw a single red flag, which came out after the checkered flag as Sergio Perez stand-in, Pedro de la Rosa, span his Sauber C30 at T4, damaging the rear.
Mark Webber was the only other casualty as he didn’t leave the garage after his RB7 suffered a KERS issue before the session began.
Canadian GP Free Practice 3 Results:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:13.381 | 21 | |
| 02. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:13.701 | +0.320 | 21 |
| 03. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:13.919 | +0.538 | 29 |
| 04. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:13.956 | +0.575 | 20 |
| 05. | J. Button | McLaren | 1:14.335 | +0.954 | 18 |
| 06. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 1:14.469 | +1.088 | 16 |
| 07. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.488 | +1.107 | 23 |
| 08. | V. Petrov | Renault | 1:14.917 | +1.536 | 23 |
| 09. | A. Sutil | Force India | 1:15.217 | +1.836 | 18 |
| 10. | P. di Resta | Forc India | 1:15.243 | +1.862 | 17 |
| 11. | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:15.312 | +1.931 | 19 |
| 12. | N. Heidfeld | Renault | 1:15.350 | +1.969 | 22 |
| 13. | S. Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:16.138 | +2.757 | 17 |
| 14. | J. Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:16.145 | +2.764 | 19 |
| 15. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:16.236 | +2.855 | 21 |
| 16. | R. Barrichello | Williams | 1:16.438 | +3.057 | 21 |
| 17. | P. de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:16.706 | +3.325 | 22 |
| 18. | H. Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:17.093 | +3.712 | 21 |
| 19. | J. Trulli | Lotus | 1:17.523 | +4.142 | 24 |
| 20. | V. Liuzzi | HRT | 1:18.910 | +5.529 | 20 |
| 21. | T. Glock | Virgin | 1:19.073 | +5.692 | 19 |
| 22. | N. Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:19.213 | +5.832 | 22 |
| 23. | J. d’Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:20.475 | +7.094 | 19 |
| 24. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 0 |
