Spain's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso posted the fastest time in his Ferrari in Saturday's dramatic final free practice session for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. The 31-year-old delivered his best flying lap when he switched to the softer 'medium' compound Pirelli tyres in the closing minutes of an hour's action that concluded with Lewis Hamilton suffering a major failure with his Mercedes car. Alonso clocked a best time of one minute and 33.247 seconds that left his rivals trailing. Championship leading defending triple world champion German Sebastian Vettel was one-tenth of a second slower in second place ahead of his Red Bull teammate Australian Mark Webber, third by just...
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