Verstappen tops Practice 3 at Imola

Max Verstappen’s Red Bull Honda suffered a mechanical failure on Friday before he had a chance to set his fastest time, but On Saturday morning in final F1 practice at Imola, Verstappen laid down a blazing lap of 1m14.958s to show his real speed.

Verstappen wound up 0.456s ahead of Lando Norris – a lifetime in Formula 1 terms. The gap to arch-rival Hamilton was 0.557s,

Sergio Perez was 4th fastest in the 2nd Red Bull, 0.593s behind Verstappen while Charles Leclerc rounded out the top-5 for Ferrari.

Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr.,  Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon rounded out the top-10.

Lance Stroll was the top Aston Martin runner in P12 just behind Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri, who was frustrated by traffic in the closing minutes.

Sebastian Vettel continued to look washed up in his Aston Martin in P14, while Williams, Alfa Romeo and the Haas cars filled the final six spots.

Practice 3 Results

POS NO DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 1:14.958 +0.000s 17
2 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 1:15.414 +0.456s 16
3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.515 +0.557s 17
4 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda 1:15.551 +0.593s 17
5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:15.738 +0.780s 20
6 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 1:15.890 +0.932s 21
7 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:15.908 +0.950s 20
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:15.908 +0.950s 18
9 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine Renault 1:16.186 +1.228s 19
10 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 1:16.228 +1.270s 19
11 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri Honda 1:16.230 +1.272s 19
12 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Mercedes 1:16.245 +1.287s 18
13 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren Mercedes 1:16.253 +1.295s 16
14 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Mercedes 1:16.389 +1.431s 18
15 63 George Russell Williams Mercedes 1:16.427 +1.469s 19
16 47 Mick Schumacher Haas Ferrari 1:16.448 +1.490s 21
17 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams Mercedes 1:16.537 +1.579s 14
18 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 1:16.612 +1.654s 21
19 7 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 1:16.803 +1.845s 22
20 9 Nikita Mazepin Haas Ferrari 1:17.398 +2.440s 22