Charles Leclerc has positioned himself at the top of the table in practice thus far this weekend. In FP3 Leclerc edged out Max Verstappen by 0.02s suggesting that the Ferraris can consistently match qualifying pace of the Red Bulls but need to find a way to translate that to race wins. “It’s been a couple of tough weeks leading to today and to be honest I’m very happy I could complete both sessions feeling reasonably comfortable. I will continue to take it step by step to make sure I come to qualifying and to the race in the best form possible. I’m confident tomorrow will be better and overall, the car seems to be in a good place this weekend. We’ll try to maximize everything from body and machine!”
Qualifying is just a few hours away.
FP3 Results
| Position | No. | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
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| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 1:16.714 | | 22 |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:16.734 | +0.020s | 28 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 1:16.791 | +0.077s | 20 |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 1:16.806 | +0.092s | 20 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 1:16.886 | +0.172s | 23 |
| 6 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:16.997 | +0.283s | 20 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:17.014 | +0.300s | 28 |
| 8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:17.087 | +0.373s | 19 |
| 9 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:17.341 | +0.627s | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:17.490 | +0.776s | 22 |
| 11 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 1:17.673 | +0.959s | 19 |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 1:17.752 | +1.038s | 20 |
| 13 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:17.759 | +1.045s | 23 |
| 14 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 1:17.876 | +1.162s | 19 |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:17.920 | +1.206s | 18 |
| 16 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 1:17.941 | +1.227s | 17 |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 1:17.961 | +1.247s | 18 |
| 18 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 1:17.963 | +1.249s | 20 |
| 19 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:18.390 | +1.676s | 19 |