 Although rain fell on Saturday morning , the track had dried by the start of the final free practice session . Lewis Hamilton again set the fastest time with 1 : 25 @.@ 624 , less than two @-@ tenths of a second in front of teammate Rosberg , with Sebastian Vettel in third position close behind . The fastest times had been set on the super @-@ soft tyre compound . However , Mercedes 's advantage over Ferrari proved more significant , up to seven @-@ tenths of a second on the harder soft compound , the tyre most likely to be used in the race . Toro Rosso confirmed their good pace for the weekend with fourth and sixth place for Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen respectively , being about half a second quicker than their sister team , Red Bull Racing . A major incident occurred just seconds after the beginning of the practice session , when Rio Haryanto and Romain Grosjean collided in the pit lane . Both cars needed to equip new front wings and Haas also changed the floor on Grosjean 's car . Haryanto was later issued a three @-@ place grid penalty for the incident , as well as two penalty points added to his licence . 
