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Korean GP: Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull on top in final practice

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull moved to the front in the final practice session before Korean Grand Prix qualifying

The champion driver and currently dominant team had been shaded by Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton on Friday.

But with Hamilton not getting a clear run on super-softs at the end of practice three, Vettel led team-mate Mark Webber in a Red Bull one-two.

The duo had been up front for most of the morning, swapping first position in the opening half of the session.

Hamilton eventually pipped them to the quickest time on harder tyres, slipping in a late 1m38.860s.

Drivers then gained anything from half a second to just over a second on super-softs.

Webber started the rush of qualifying simulations with a 1m38.132s, before improving to a 1m38.018s after backing off for a lap.

That was then deposed by Vettel becoming the only man in the 1m37s with a 1m37.881s lap, 0.137 seconds quicker than Webber managed.

Mercedes had to settle for third and fourth this time, with Nico Rosberg ahead of Hamilton, who had traffic early in his super-soft run.

Ferrari and Lotus continued to battle just behind Red Bull and Mercedes. Fernando Alonso was fifth, followed by Romain Grosjean, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Nico Hulkenberg got Sauber into the top 10 with ninth place in front of Jenson Button's McLaren in a very close upper midfield pack.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap      Laps
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m37.881s           17
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m38.018s  +0.137s  17
 3.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m38.318s  +0.437s  16
 4.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m38.332s  +0.451s  15
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m38.486s  +0.605s  13
 6.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m38.701s  +0.820s  19
 7.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m38.816s  +0.935s  14
 8.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m38.857s  +0.976s  17
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.961s  +1.080s  16
10.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m39.114s  +1.233s  14
11.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.128s  +1.247s  15
12.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m39.196s  +1.315s  16
13.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m39.204s  +1.323s  17
14.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m39.274s  +1.393s  15
15.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.327s  +1.446s  17
16.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m39.371s  +1.490s  19
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.665s  +1.784s  15
18.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m40.128s  +2.247s  17
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m41.360s  +3.479s  19
20.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m41.614s  +3.733s  20
21.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.646s  +3.765s  14
22.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.267s  +4.386s  17

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