Marko Hanželic
Baku is the third free workout for Grand Prix of Azerbaijan waited for the sunshine and the last hour of action before qualifying could begin on 28 degrees Celsius in the air and 53 degrees on the asphalt. Red Bull in Ferrari were dominant in the first two workouts, at Mercedes however, they dealt with a number of problems on Friday, most notably the fact that they didn’t know exactly where they had lost so much time compared to the leaders.
Both racers of the team were the first to enter the track Haas, Mick Schumacher in Nikita mazepin. The first one had quite a bit of pitch yesterday as it is due to technical issues most of the second workout spent in the garage, so he wanted to make up for lost time on the third. That's why he was Rus in the first quick attempt almost a second and a half before him.
Verstappen collided in the 15th turn and finished training
Dutchman, who was quite "cincal" at the beginning of training, was left without proper preparation for qualifying, and in the collision he damaged the front wings and the front right suspension.
We didn’t see it for the first twenty minutes excessive action, as most teams experimented with tires, we saw some problems with braking and shortcuts through corners, but without major consequences until Max Verstappen in the fifteenth turn he ended up in a safety fence and took care of the red flag.
Immediately after the restart, a good time succeeded Sebastian Vettl, Lewis Hamilton almost managed to score another goal for Lance Stroll, but it all ended without consequences for both racers. Before the end of training, he took care of the yellow flags George Russell, which was let down by his in the first turn Williams FW43B.
Training in the sign of the yellow flags
Braking errors and the consequent high number of yellow flags ultimately made the training a somewhat surprising Pierre Gasly, who overtook by a good three tenths Sergio Pereza, and broke through to third place towards the end Lewis Hamilton, who made excellent use of Perez's lee and overtook both Ferrari.
Results - Grand Prix of Azerbaijan, FP3
