Marko Hanželic
Third free practice v Imoli began in relatively cold weather, at 11 degrees Celsius and at an asphalt temperature just above twenty degrees. Forecasts they did not anticipate rain, which is expected to remain unchanged for the qualifiers, which will be scheduled at 14 p.m.
As we are on third free practice already accustomed, at first no one was in a hurry to the track, except for the evergreen Kimi Räikkönen, but his commissioners immediately erased his first quick lap time. In total, this was already the case Example 33 erasing the lap time, making this activity a kind of leitmotif this racing weekend and the current season in free practice and also in the qualifications, we can expect quite a bit of controversy in this regard.
The result of the 3rd free practice
After anything but an ideal Friday, it did Max Verstappen woke up today and with a time of 1: 14.958 minutes overtook all the competition by almost half a second. He took second place Lando Norrisand the third Lewis Hamilton.
He swung to fourth place just before the end Sergio Perez, followed by him Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly in Carlos Sainz. He was above all satisfied with his result Valtteri Bottas, who finished only eighth for the aforementioned trio.
They both qualified for the top three a Ferrari racer, where it is Carlos Sainz was the last racer to drive the lap under the mark 1: 16 minutes. Interestingly, however, it is Sleep to his teammate Charles Leclerc took half a second. Monachan he had the third best time of the day, but because of a violation track restrictions in the ninth turn his time was erased.
He did the best of the former world champions Fernando Alonso in ninth place Sebastian Vettel was again behind his teammate and was fourteenth, and even worse, he took her away Kimi Räikkönen, which took the penultimate place. He took care of a small surprise Mick Schumacher, who finished third free practice in 16th place with almost a second advantage over his teammate Nikito Mazepin.
The third of the newcomers, Yuki tsunoda, complained loudly on the radio about the heavy traffic on the racetrack, using quite a few juicy insults that he would not be ashamed of Gunther Steiner, known for his emotional reactions. Despite the traffic problems, it is small Japanese finished in a solid 11th place for him.
As we mentioned, it is deleting circles due to driving across the track, it caused quite a lot of blood, which is not surprising after all, as the commissioners deleted as many as 21 fast laps.
The incidents of the third free practice
With many rotations and trips in the sand (let's just mention Giovinazzi in Räikkonen, and partly also Mazepina) and fortunately we saw only one noteworthy accident. Nicholas latifi namely, at the exit from chic Villeneuve lost control of his car, making him blurred into the security fence.
Canadian he took care of the red flag, but (with a broken front wing) he still managed to save himself and drive to the pits.
