Championship leader Nico Rosberg edged out Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo to go fastest during Friday afternoons practice session at the Circuit of the Americas.Rosberg topped the session on a 1:37.358 with the super-soft tyre, which was 0.194s quicker than Ricciardos best time -- suggesting Red Bull could run the world champions close this weekend. Hamilton, who had topped the morning session, had to settle for third 0.291s behind his teammate and title rival. Rosberg, who leads the championship by 33 points, will hope his advantage over Hamilton is a sign of things to come this weekend as he looks to claim a victory that would take him another step closer to a maiden world championship.?Sebastian Vettel finished fourth ahead of Max Verstappen in the other Red Bull, though Ferrari will be worried about the 0.6s gap to Ricciardo ahead. Force India pair Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez finished sixth and seventh, ahead of McLarens Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, suggesting they have recovered from their Japan setback last time out. Kimi Raikkonen rounded out the top ten 1.5s off the pace, though he was the first man out on the super-soft tyres for qualifying simulations and ran wide at the penultimate corner, meaning he failed to set a representative time.?Carlos Sainz finished 11th for Toro Rosso, but ended his session with a spin through the twisty first sector. Kevin Magnussen was 12th ahead of Felipe Nasrs Sauber, who rounded off an impressive day with 13th. Williams pair Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa finished either side of 15th-place Daniil Kvyat, though the Grove team rarely shows its true pace on a Friday.Jolyon Palmer finished 17th in a session which saw him suffer a strange spin on the exit of Turn 8. 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A free beer from your mate is usually something youd be happy about.But Ricky Stuart hopes hes the one shouting a cold one on Saturday night, not Craig Bellamy.The NRL coaches will face off for a spot in this years grand final, with Bellamys Melbourne hosting Stuarts Canberra at AAMI Park.Only once before have they gone head-to-head at the helm in a finals match - in 2008, when a Stuart-led Cronulla lost to the Storm 28-0 in a preliminary final at Sydney Football Stadium.But the pair go way back.Back to the late 1980s and early 90s when they both played for the Raiders.Were best of mates, Stuart said.They regularly share texts and phone calls and bag each other out.Not even the ferocity of finals football can turn them into enemies, with the two still chatting throughout this week as they have done all season.Yeah, Ive been talking to Craig, Stuart said.I dont enjoy coaching against him though.I prefer not to coach against friends, but its a bit different this week.Well just go about doing our jobs the best we possibly can for our clubs and we both hope we win.I want to beat Craig, he wants to beat me.But its not about us. 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Its about the boys annd weve just got to get them prepared as best we possibly can.ddddddddddddFew other coaches in the NRL can appreciate, or even understand, the passion Stuart has for his club as much as Bellamy.But, according to Stuart, the Storm mentor is no different and has plenty of purple pride.Were pretty similar personalities Craig and I - although Im a lot happier than Craig, Stuart smiled.No bets have been wagered between the pair, but theres one tradition that will stand regardless who wins.The winner always goes into the other shed and takes a beer, Stuart said.Hes been doing a lot of shouting over the past 10 years, so I hope Im taking a beer into him.RICKY STUART V CRAIG BELLAMY:Games played for Canberra - Stuart: 243 v Bellamy: 149Head-to-head record as coaches: Stuart 5 v Bellamy 10NRL games coached - Stuart: 318 v Bellamy: 366NRL games won as coach - Stuart: 156 (49.1%) v Bellamy: 245 (66.9%)NRL premierships as coach - Stuart: 1 (Sydney Roosters, 2002) v Bellamy 1 (Storm, 2012; stripped of titles in 2007 and 2009 for salary cap breaches) ' ' '