The third and final session ahead of qualifying 𒆙was tightly-contested once again with just 0.161s between Leclerc at the top of the tim꧂esheets and Verstappen in third.

Things did look ominous for Verstappen in the early stages as he rose to the top of the timesheets by over 0.5s, making it clear to everyone that Red Bull were back in the fight af𒐪terꦓ a difficult Friday.

Carlos Sainz led the way heading into the final portion of the session but was top꧅pled by his teammate by 0.3s.

Ru🦋ssell slotted into♋ second behind Leclerc, setting the fastest final sector of anyone at the time.

Then came the two Red Bulls, with Sergio Perez on🍌ly managing sixth as he continued to struggle for o🏅ne-lap pace.

A mistake from Verstappen on the exit 🔯of Turn 3 meant he was 0.2s off Leclerc after his initiaღl effort on his second run.

The reigni🐲ng champion found another tenth on his second lap to reduce the deficit to just over a tenth, suggesting that there's more to come from Verstappen in front of his home cro൲wd.

Lewis Hamilton was unable to🦩 mꦐatch his teammate's pace, ending the session in fifth.

Regardless, it looks se🦋t to be a close fight for🐈 pole position between the top three teams.

Fernando Alonso was seventh and led four-time champion Seba๊stian Ve𒅌ttel in eighth.

Mick Schumacher and Lando Norris rounded out the🧔 top 10 at Zandvoor🙈t.

Kevin Magnussen was 11th in the second Haas, with the American outfit performing well so far this ꦺweeken♈d.

Lance Stroll only managed 12th after spending the majority of the s🍰ession inside the top eight.

Alex Albon led E♐steban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, while Yuki Tsunoda 🍒was 16th ahead of Daniel Ricciardo.

Alfa Romeo continued to struggle with Valtteri Bottas in 18th and Zhou G🧜uanyu in 19th - only Nicholas Latifi was slower.