VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has posted the fastest lap in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the European Grand Prix.
Vettel’s lap of 1 minute, 38.052 seconds was 0.102 seconds faster than Renault’s Robert Kubica at the 3.4-mile Valencia street circuit Saturday. Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber was third, 0.261 seconds behind.
Adrian Sutil of Force India was fourth. Fernando Alonso, who was quickest on Friday, was fifth fastest.
World champion Jenson Button was ninth and championship leader Lewis Hamilton was 10th.
Hamilton has 109 points in the standings, followed by Button on 106 points. Webber is third on 103 points, ahead of Alonso on 94 and Vettel on 90.
Qualifying for Sunday’s race is later Saturday.
