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Nico Rosberg fastest in final practice at Monaco Grand Prix

Rosberg tops crash-filled final practice in Monaco
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Nico Rosberg is fastest in the third and final practice session at the Monaco Grand Prix as Felipe Massa suffers a huge crash.

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of an incident-filled third and final practice session at the Monaco Grand Prix this morning.

Reigning three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel was one of the first big names out and he set the early pace ahead of the Mercedes duo of Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton before a huge crash from Ferrari's Felipe Massa briefly red-flagged the session.

The Brazilian appeared to be unable to turn his wheels braking into first corner Sainte Devote and smacked into the barrier before bouncing to a stop.

Despite the impact, the Brazilian was unhurt and will now hope that the car is ready in time to feature during qualifying this afternoon.

The session resumed and just moments later Force India's Adrian Sutil also crashed his car but it resulted in just a yellow flag.

Lotus man Romain Grosjean went fastest but then also crashed at Sainte Devote and he was soon put into second by Rosberg, who was also quickest in the first two practice sessions on Friday.

You can follow live updates on qualifying for Sunday's showpiece here on Sports Mole from 12.30pm.

Third practice full standings:

1. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
2. Romain Grosjean (Lotus Renault)
3. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus Renault)
7. Mark Webber (Red Bull)
8. Paul di Resta (Force India)
9. Pastor Maldonado (Williams)
10. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
11. Sergio Perez (McLaren)
12. Jenson Button (McLaren)
13. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
14. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso)
15. Adrian Sutil (Force India)
16. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
17. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
18. Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
19. Charles Pic (Caterham)
20. Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
21. Jules Bianchi (Marussia)
22. Max Chilton (Marussia)

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