F1 Japanese GP: Max Verstappen tops dry final practice ahead of Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc
FP3 at Suzuka was the first d🧜ry running of the weekend after both Friday practice sessions were hit with rain.
With qualifyin♊g set to be ౠdry as well, it was crucial for all the teams to complete as many laps as possible.
Verstappen led the way in the early stages after a busy start to the session, going 1.2s clear of Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez, while Ferrari and Mercedes optওed to run the medium and hard tyres respectively.
Due to the limited running so far, teams varied 🅘their run plans so there was a significant gap between many of the drivers in the first 30 m🧸inutes.
In the second half of the 🤪session, qualifying simulations were the main focus with Sainz taking the to 🐟the top.
The Spaniard failed to improve on his new set of softs at the end of the session, allowing teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc to close to within a tenth.
Vers🍎tappen stormed to the top, nearly three-tenths ahead of Sainz, on a weekend he c🐼ould become a two-time F1 champion.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso impressed for Alpine in fourth, leading Perez, who encountered traffic on his final laꦜp.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton were sixth and seventh respectively, whil👍e Esteban Ocon, Lando Norris and Lance Stroll rounded out the top 10.
Daniel Ricciardo was only a tenth off his teammat൩e in 11𓃲th, just ahead of Williams’ Alex Albon.
Valtteri Bottas was 13th, with Alfa Romeo inဣtroducing a new front wing ✨for this weekend.
S꧋ebastian Vettel finished 14th overall, ahead of Kevin Magnussen, M♕ick Schumacher and Yuki Tsunoda.
Zhou Guanyu was 18th, 0.5s clear🉐 of Nicholas Latifi.
Newly-signed Alpine driver, Pierre Gasly༒, completed the orไder at Suzuka.
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