Verstappen tops final Abu Dhabi practice

In a session run before the sun sets and the track cools, Red Bull Honda driver Max Verstappen turned a lap of 1m36.251s to top the final F1 practice of 2020 at the Abu Dhabi GP.

His teammate Alex Albon was 2nd quick 0.501s behind Verstappen who has spanked him all season.

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Renault F1 Team RS20 3rd quick

His Renault teammate Esteban Ocon was a tick slower in 4th while Lando Norris rounded out the top-5 for McLaren.

Sandbagging Lewis Hamilton was only 6th quick for Mercedes and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas only 9th. The Mercedes are 8/10ths of a second faster than Verstappen down the longest straight, so when it comes to qualifying, look out.

Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz Jr were 7th and 8th.

Lance Stroll

Practice 3 Results

POS NO DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 1:36.251 +0.000s 16
2 23 Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing Honda 1:36.752 +0.501s 15
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:36.877 +0.626s 12
4 31 Esteban Ocon Renault 1:36.899 +0.648s 15
5 4 Lando Norris McLaren Renault 1:36.994 +0.743s 13
6 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.012 +0.761s 16
7 18 Lance Stroll Racing Point Mercedes 1:37.030 +0.779s 16
8 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren Renault 1:37.068 +0.817s 12
9 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:37.085 +0.834s 16
10 11 Sergio Perez Racing Point Mercedes 1:37.227 +0.976s 13
11 26 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri Honda 1:37.266 +1.015s 17
12 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:37.270 +1.019s 14
13 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 1:37.371 +1.120s 18
14 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:37.728 +1.477s 16
15 63 George Russell Williams Mercedes 1:37.886 +1.635s 16
16 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 1:37.900 +1.649s 16
17 7 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 1:38.269 +2.018s 16
18 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1:38.457 +2.206s 14
19 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams Mercedes 1:38.765 +2.514s 17
20 51 Pietro Fittipaldi Haas Ferrari 1:39.159 +2.908s 15