F1: Verstappen tops final practice for Austrian GP

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen turned a lap of 1m04.591s to top the final practice session for the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring Saturday morning in his Honda.

The two Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton were 2nd and 3rd, 0.538s and 0.686s behind respectively.

Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly was an impressive fourth, ahead of an equally impressive Antonio Giovinazzi who is driving for his job with Alfa Romeo next year.  Gasly was 0.689s behind Verstappen while Giovinazzi was 0.75s back.

#99 Antonio Giovinazzi; Alfa Romeo Racing. Formula 1 World championship 2021, Austrian GP 1-4 July 2021

Carlos Sainz Jr, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top-10.

McLaren had a disappointing session with Lando Norris in 15th and Daniel Ricciardo in 16th.  Norris had an off-track moment which cost him his second set of tires, while Ricciardo is just… massively off the pace by the looks of things.

Qualifying is up next in two hours. What can Mercedes do? Do they have more engine mods to use later, or will Verstappen and Red Bull sit on pole again?

6th fastest for #55 Carlos Sainz Jr Scuderia Ferrari. Formula 1 World championship 2021, Austrian GP 1-4 July 2021

Practice 3 Results

POS DRIVER NAT. TEAM TIME BEHIND
1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing 1m04.591s +0.000s
2 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas 1m05.129s +0.538
3 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas 1m05.277s +0.686
4 Pierre Gasly FRA Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1m05.280s +0.689
5 Antonio Giovinazzi GBR Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen 1m05.345s +0.754
6 Carlos Sainz Jr. ESP Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 1m05.347s +0.756
7 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull Racing 1m05.396s +0.805
8 Fernando Alonso CHI Alpine F1 Team 1m05.434s +0.843
9 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 1m05.484s +0.893
10 Sebastian Vettel GER Aston Martin Cognizant 1m05.542s +0.951
11 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin Cognizant 1m05.546s +0.955
12 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1m05.561s +0.970
13 Esteban Ocon FRA Alpine F1 Team 1m05.674s +1.083
14 George Russell ISR Williams Racing 1m05.694s +1.103
15 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team 1m05.700s +1.109
16 Daniel Ricciardo AUS McLaren F1 Team 1m05.725s +1.134
17 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen 1m05.747s +1.156
18 Mick Schumacher GER Uralkali Haas F1 Team 1m06.078s +1.487
19 Nicholas Latifi CAN Williams Racing 1m06.105s +1.514
20 Nikita Mazepin RUS Uralkali Haas F1 Team 1m06.289s +1.698

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