F1: Perez tops final practice in Azerbaijan
Max Verstappen was balked by Esteban Ocon on his fast lap, which resulted in his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez keeping the fastest lap for the final practice in Baku for the Azerbaijan GP. If not, it is likely it would have been a Red Bull 1-2
#11 Perez’s fast lap of 1m43.170s just beat the #16 Ferrari of Charles Leclerc by 0.070s while Verstappen remained 0.279s behind in the #1 Red Bull.
Carlos Sainz Jr. was 0.426s behind in the 2nd Ferrari while Lando Norris was a distant 5th, 1.248s behind.
George Russell again beat his slower Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, Russell 1.4 back in 8th and Hamilton 1.675s back in 12th.
So advantage back towards Red Bull then? Conditions will be much cooler later on and that may well switch around the order, with tire warm up set to be quite different.
Add in the tow, and there are plenty of variables heading into qualifying.
Practice 3 Results
| POS | DRIVER | NAT. | TEAM | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m43.170s | +0.000 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m43.240s | +0.070 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m43.449s | +0.279 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m43.596s | +0.426 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m44.418s | +1.248 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m44.476s | +1.306 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1m44.491s | +1.321 |
| 8 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1m44.573s | +1.403 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m44.685s | +1.515 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | GER | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant | 1m44.689s | +1.519 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m44.842s | +1.672 |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1m44.845s | +1.675 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant | 1m44.879s | +1.709 |
| 14 | Guanyu Zhou | CHN | Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen | 1m44.913s | +1.743 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | Haas F1 Team | 1m44.919s | +1.749 |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1m44.964s | +1.794 |
| 17 | Alexander Albon | THA | Williams Racing | 1m45.479s | +2.309 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Haas F1 Team | 1m45.532s | +2.362 |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen | 1m45.574s | +2.404 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | CAN | Williams Racing | 1m46.070s | +2.900 |