The 22-year-old Sablikova maintained an incredibly steady pace, keeping her lap times under 32 seconds until her final trip around the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Raikkonen's crash not long after his brush with Hamilton and Massa's snail-like pace on the final lap of the race are proof of that.
"It would be amazing to end the season winning the first victory for Toyota, " said the Italian, renowned for his pace over a single lap.
Unlike Hulkenberg, who set his fastest lap on one short run, Alonso's was set during a number of formidable-looking runs, in which he produced a set of consistently quick times around the same pace as his fastest lap time.
The only moment of concern for the Spaniard was on the final lap when he appeared to slow his pace too much and almost allowed Rossi a chance to overtake and steal victory.
Most recently, in Abu Dhabi, he was put to the test in a competitive environment which included providing him with an opportunity to demonstrate his outright pace and consistency over a single lap.
One insider at a top team told BBC Sport that while it was hard to be definitive about comparative pace because of the differences to lap times created by fuel loads and tyres, Ferrari appeared to have a slight advantage over Red Bull at the moment as the team with the fastest car.
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There were a few wobbly moments for Hamilton as he struggled to turn his pace through the first sectors into a complete lap in qualifying.
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"We seemed to be quick on a single lap but I'm shocked and stunned that we didn't have the pace on a heavy fuel load, " said Hamilton.
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The Austrian's lap of one minite 18.123 was just over a second slower than De la Rosa's pace-setting1:17.057.
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