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Grosjean tops times as rain disrupts practice
By Editor on Saturday, March 16, 2013 Lotus driver Romain Grosjean topped the times in third practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Saturday after a rain storm descended on the circuit 20 minutes into the session.
The Frenchman's best lap of one minute 26.929 enabled him to leapfrog the Ferrari duo of Fernando Alonso (1.27.000) and Felipe Massa (1.27.241) into top spot.
The dark storm clouds then swept across Albert Park and for 20 minutes, high winds and heavy rain kept the drivers off the track and no one was able to better Grosjean's time when the cars returned on wet weather tyres.
World champion Sebastian Vettel, who dominated both practice sessions for Red Bull in...
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