F1 Spanish GP: Max Verstappen continues dominance in rain-hit final practice as Logan Sargeant crashes
The teams wasted no time getting some dry-weather qualifying simulation 🔯running in at the start of final practice, with nearby rain and lightning threatening to disrupt the session.
Verstappen posted a 1m13.664s to head the ti🎃mesheets, 0.250s clear of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez before Sarꦿgeant’s crash interrupted FP3 and rain hit.
Sargeant lost control of his Williams coming out of the revised, faster final corner and ended up in the tyre barriers following a trip through the gravel.&nbඣsp;
The rain arrived during the subsequent red flag suspension, ruining any hope of completing more dry running and leaving an air of mystery surrounding the true competitive ordღer h🍎eading into qualifying.
After a difficult opening day of practice, Lewis Hamilton improved t🔴o thir𝔉d in his upgraded Mercedes, with the seven-time world champion 0.408s adrift of Verstappen.
ꩲCarlos Sainz was fourth-fastest for Ferrari, ah๊ead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, George Russell’s Mercedes and teammate Charles Leclerc.
Valtteri Bottas, Yuki Tsunoda and Lando Norris completed the res꧋t of the top-10 order for Alfa Romeo, AlphaTauri and McLaren respectively.
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