Verstappen tops Practice 3 at Imola
Max Verstappen’s Red Bull Honda suffered a mechanical failure on Friday before he had a chance to set his fastest time, but On Saturday morning in final F1 practice at Imola, Verstappen laid down a blazing lap of 1m14.958s to show his real speed.
Verstappen wound up 0.456s ahead of Lando Norris – a lifetime in Formula 1 terms. The gap to arch-rival Hamilton was 0.557s,
Sergio Perez was 4th fastest in the 2nd Red Bull, 0.593s behind Verstappen while Charles Leclerc rounded out the top-5 for Ferrari.
Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr., Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon rounded out the top-10.
Lance Stroll was the top Aston Martin runner in P12 just behind Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri, who was frustrated by traffic in the closing minutes.
Sebastian Vettel continued to look washed up in his Aston Martin in P14, while Williams, Alfa Romeo and the Haas cars filled the final six spots.
Practice 3 Results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:14.958 | +0.000s | 17 |
| 2 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.414 | +0.456s | 16 |
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.515 | +0.557s | 17 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:15.551 | +0.593s | 17 |
| 5 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:15.738 | +0.780s | 20 |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:15.890 | +0.932s | 21 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:15.908 | +0.950s | 20 |
| 8 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:15.908 | +0.950s | 18 |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | 1:16.186 | +1.228s | 19 |
| 10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 1:16.228 | +1.270s | 19 |
| 11 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:16.230 | +1.272s | 19 |
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:16.245 | +1.287s | 18 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | 1:16.253 | +1.295s | 16 |
| 14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:16.389 | +1.431s | 18 |
| 15 | 63 | George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:16.427 | +1.469s | 19 |
| 16 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | 1:16.448 | +1.490s | 21 |
| 17 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | 1:16.537 | +1.579s | 14 |
| 18 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:16.612 | +1.654s | 21 |
| 19 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:16.803 | +1.845s | 22 |
| 20 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | 1:17.398 | +2.440s | 22 |