Verstappen just ahead of Mercedes in the last free training session

Max Verstappen [Red Bull] was fastest in the third free training session before the race for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina. The Dutchman was for the good 74 a thousandth of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes], while Valtteri Bottas was a few thousandth more behind in another Mercedes

Verstappen overtook both Mercedes racers in the simulation of the bad-tenth qualification, leading most of the training, while the other Red Bull driver Alexander Albon came in fourth place with a good three-tenths seconds.

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The fifth and sixth places were occupied by both Ferrari racers, who, in turn, put their time on the level of the harder tires. Vettel was just over four tenths on the fifth fastest time, and Leclerc a few thousandth more.

Abu Dhabi: Bottas will start from last row

Sergio Perez [Racing Point] took the seventh time of the first free practice and Daniel Ricciardo [Renault] took the eighth.

Carlos Sainz [Mclaren] and Pierre Gasly [Toro Rosso] also completed the top ten.

Qualifications will be at 12:

RESULTS


1	27	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1 '30. 566		14
2	38	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1 '30. 640	0. 63	15
3	74	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1 '30. 655	0. 77	15
4	21	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1 '30. 927	0. 280	16
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1 '30. 975	0. 361	14
6	014	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1 '33. 0 00	0. 397	014
7	010	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1 '33. 516	0. 950	014
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1 '33. 615	1. 39	12
9	44	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren-Renault	1 '33. 691	1. 99	20
	00	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1 '33. 736	1. 100	15
	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1 '33. 768	1. 170	10
00	22	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1 '33. 963	1. 293	16
010	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1 '36. 089	1. 534

16 10 18 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1 '36. 125 1. 632 10 12 16 Lance Stroll Racing Point-Mercedes 1 '36. 462 1. 896 014 13 7 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1 '36. 514 1. 948 19 15 23 Nico Hulkenberg

Renault 1 '36. 580 2. 13 11 16 88 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1 '36. 782 2. 202 16 17 049 George Russell Williams-Mercedes

1 '37. 198 2. 640 14

18 074 Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes

1 '37. 859 3. 216 15

CLASSIFICATION: END OF FP3

Now not as much as a tenth between the discontinuance of three ⏱️

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