Max Verstappen ahead of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in final free practice at Jeddah

Max Verstappen ahead of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in Jeddah’s final free practice

Naturalmante è Max Verstappen the fastest in the third and final free practice session of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on the very fast Jeddah circuit but right behind him is the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

The Monegasque è is 195 thousandths behind the three-time world champion, third at 494 thousandths is the second Red Bull, that of Sergio Perez. Fourth George Russell in the Mercedes, fifth Lando Norris in the McLaren, sixth Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin.

Seventh è Lance Stroll with the second Aston Marti, eighth Oscar Piastri with the second McLaren, ninth Lewis Hamilton with the second Mercedes and finally tenth Oliver Bearman, 18-year-old rookie with the second Ferrari in place of Carlos Sainz.

The session è was suspended for just over ten minutes under a red flag, with the clock running anyway, for an accident without consequences by Guanyu Zhou in his Kick Sauber. Here is the complete classification of the third hour of free practice.

1. Max Verstappen RED BULL HONDA 1’28”412
2. Charles Leclerc FERRARI +0"196
3. Sergio Perez RED BULL HONDA +0"494
4. George Russell MERCEDES +0"552
5. Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES +0"559
6. Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES +0"626
7. Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES +0"715
8. Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES +0"801
9. Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES +0"856
10. Oliver Bearman FERRARI +0"894
11. Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI +1"073
12. Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT +1"134
13. Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA +1"160
14. Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT +1"163
15. Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI +1"263
16. Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA +1"328
17. Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES +1"396
18. Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI +1"671
19. Guanyu Zhou KICK SAUBER FERRARI +2”327
20. Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES timeless

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