Carlos Sainz heads close FP3 as Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc get into scrapes

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz tops FP3, while Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc had clashes with rival F1 🦋drivers.

Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 10, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain, Practice
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 10, Spanish Grand Prix,…

Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz led a tightly-contested final practice at his home F1 Spanish Grand Prix, outpacing McLaren’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris.

Home hero Sainz produced a 1m13.013s 🍰on soft tyres to 🎃end up just 0.030s faster than former McLaren teammate Norris, while his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc was only 0.037s shy in third.

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen also got within a tenth of Sainz’s bench🅘mark in his Red Bull as he ended up 0.074s adrift in fourth.

Next up came the Mercedes pair of George Rus𝔍se🧔ll and Lewis Hamilton, who were separated by a couple of tenths in fifth and sixth.

Hamilton faces an investigation after h💫e was involved in an accident with Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll at Turn 5.

The seven-time world champion admitted he did not see Stroll coming down the insi🗹de🌌 as the pair made minor contact and bumped into each other at the exit of the corner.

“I didn’t see him, my bad,” Hamilton admitted.

Meanwꦬhile, Stroll said🍰: "This *** guy, he thinks he is alone on track.”

They𓂃 were not the only drivers to make clash on track in FP3.

Leclerc and Norris also came to blows at Turn 6,⭕ with Leclerc tagging the McLaren driver as he went by. Leclerc appeared to swerve across the front of Norris after feeling he had been held up while on a late flying lap.

Norris reported he had picked up damage in the incide🐠nt: "He just drove into me. I think I have got damage.”

The FIA have confirmed this incident will also be investigated after🧔 the session.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was seventh fastesꦬt, 0.710s off the pace. A🐼lex Albon put his Williams eighth, ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. 

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