F1: Verstappen dominates final practice for Miami GP

–by Mark Cipolloni–

As he did in Friday Practice and with Elon Musk looking on, Max Verstappen easily topped final practice for the Miami GP.

Verstappen’s lap of 1m27.535s on used Red Pirellis beat the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc by 0.406s on new Reds. Verstappen topped the timesheets the entire session.

Sergio Perez was third quick, 0.515s behind his Red Bull teammate.

Carlos Sainz Jr was 4th in the #55 Ferrari, 0.590s behind the Dutchman.

The Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly were 5th and 6th a little over 0.8s behind.

The session was largely incident free as more and more rubber was placed down on the new asphalt.

Practice 3 Results

POS	NO	NAT.	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	1	NED	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:27.535	+0.000s	17
2	16	MON	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:27.941	+0.406s	25
3	11	MEX	Sergio Perez	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:28.050	+0.515s	21
4	55	ESP	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	1:28.125	+0.590s	26
5	31	FRA	Esteban Ocon	ALPINE RENAULT	1:28.407	+0.872s	24
6	10	FRA	Pierre Gasly	ALPINE RENAULT	1:28.428	+0.893s	23
7	77	FIN	Valtteri Bottas	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	1:28.456	+0.921s	18
8	27	GER	Nico Hulkenberg	HAAS FERRARI	1:28.497	+0.962s	15
9	23	THA	Alexander Albon	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:28.561	+1.026s	19
10	63	GBR	George Russell	MERCEDES	1:28.606	+1.071s	19
11	20	DEN	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	1:28.607	+1.072s	13
12	14	ESP	Fernando Alonso	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	1:28.618	+1.083s	23
13	44	GBR	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:28.718	+1.183s	22
14	18	CAN	Lance Stroll	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	1:28.723	+1.188s	23
15	24	CHN	Zhou Guanyu	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	1:29.074	+1.539s	18
16	22	JPN	Yuki Tsunoda	ALPHATAURI HONDA	1:29.179	+1.644s	19
17	2	USA	Logan Sargeant	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:29.264	+1.729s	19
18	81	AUS	Oscar Piastri	MCLAREN MERCEDES	1:29.375	+1.840s	17
19	4	GBR	Lando Norris	MCLAREN MERCEDES	1:29.401	+1.866s	17
20	21	NED	Nyck De Vries	ALPHATAURI HONDA	1:29.447	+1.912s	21