Verstappen four-tenths clear of Norris in final F1 practice at Imola
Red Bull bounced back from a tricky Friday 𓂃as Max Verstappen set the fastest time in final practice for Formula 1’s 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
After losing the majority of second practice because of a drive💟shaft issue, Verstappen hit back in FP3 as he became the first driver to dip into the 1m14s to end the session 0.456s clear of McLare𝕴n’s Lando Norris.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was third-fastest but over half a second adrift of Verstappen’s benchmark in his Mercedes, with Red Bull appearing to h🀅old the advantage heading into qualifying at Imola.
Sergio Perez was over half a second down on his teammate in the sec𒉰ond Red Bull, two tenths clear of Charles Leclerc, who continued Ferrari’s encouraging start to the weekend ༺in fifth.
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly survived a wide moment to end final practice a stron𒊎g sixth, ahead of Carlos Sai🍸nz and Valtteri Bottas, who finished FP3 locked on exactly the same time.
The Alpine duo of returning two-time world champion Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon rounded o♐ut the top-10 order, just 0.002s clear of Yuki Tsunoda, who gave a number of entertaining radio rants over what he called “traffic paradise”.
The session was briefly interrupted by a red flag when Nicholas Latifi tapped the barriers after drifting through the gravel at V🐬illeneuve♕, though he was able to escape and crawl back to the garage minus part of his front wing.
Bo꧋th Alfa Romeo drivers Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen each had turns runn🌜ing through the gravel as the drivers battled to stay on-track around the old-school venue.
FULL RESULTS FROM FINAL PRACTICE FOR F1’s EMILIA ROMAGNA GRAND PRIX AT IMOLA.
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