Verstappen tops final Abu Dhabi practice

In a session run before the sun sets and the track cools, Red Bull Honda driver Max Verstappen turned a lap of 1m36.251s to top the final F1 practice of 2020 at the Abu Dhabi GP.

His teammate Alex Albon was 2nd quick 0.501s behind Verstappen who has spanked him all season.

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Renault F1 Team RS20 3rd quick

His Renault teammate Esteban Ocon was a tick slower in 4th while Lando Norris rounded out the top-5 for McLaren.

Sandbagging Lewis Hamilton was only 6th quick for Mercedes and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas only 9th. The Mercedes are 8/10ths of a second faster than Verstappen down the longest straight, so when it comes to qualifying, look out.

Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz Jr were 7th and 8th.

Practice 3 Results

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:36.251	+0.000s	16
2	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:36.752	+0.501s	15
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:36.877	+0.626s	12
4	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:36.899	+0.648s	15
5	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Renault	1:36.994	+0.743s	13
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.012	+0.761s	16
7	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point Mercedes	1:37.030	+0.779s	16
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren Renault	1:37.068	+0.817s	12
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:37.085	+0.834s	16
10	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point Mercedes	1:37.227	+0.976s	13
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	1:37.266	+1.015s	17
12	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:37.270	+1.019s	14
13	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	1:37.371	+1.120s	18
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.728	+1.477s	16
15	63	George Russell	Williams Mercedes	1:37.886	+1.635s	16
16	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:37.900	+1.649s	16
17	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:38.269	+2.018s	16
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:38.457	+2.206s	14
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	1:38.765	+2.514s	17
20	51	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas Ferrari	1:39.159	+2.908s	15