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VN BAHRAJNA, FP3: MAX VERSTAPPEN won the “General” QUALIFICATIONS

Max Verstappen was the fastest in today's third free practice of the Bahrain GP. He was followed by Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez in second and third place.

Max Verstappen continues to show that this year the path to the title leads only past him - Photo: HB Press

The racers are done General afternoon qualifiers, although this is not entirely the case with the general. Because they are qualifications v in the evening local time and under the headlights, training in the early afternoon is not representative. We can lean much more on data or times yesterday another free workout, which took place at the same time as today’s qualifiers.

Obviously Mercedes he doesn't really bluff as much as many people think - does he? Their problem with porpoising or flirting was most visible yesterday at another free practice where we were Lewis Hamilton literally pitying how he was on the plane tossed. If the silver arrows don’t fix this quickly, they will be theirs racer this year needed it many headache pills - not only because of its great shape Red Bull Racing.

And another interesting thing about changing the policy in the view track restrictions. Formula 1 racers are likely to be alerted when they learn that Commissioners here with white line, which represents the entire track of the racetrack me, they think very seriously. There are no more artificial grass carpets, but additional lines etc. The first victim of the amended policy was in Formula 3 Oliver Bearman, racer Ferrari Academy, who won today's sprint race but was fined five seconds for violating this limit, dropping to second place and inheriting the first Isaac Hadjar, a young racer Red Bullof this offspring.  

Third free practice FP3

As expected, the teams are not flat workedto drive as much as possible during this hour circles and try various things that will largely not benefit them significantly in two hours, as the conditions will be different. So many racers were after ten minutes training was still out of the race cars and no one seemed to be in a hurry. The track was christened in the opening minutes Magnussen with Haas and both Alfa Romeo racers namely Zhou and Bottas. But over time, that path has changed, as has the timeline.

He set the first serious time Max Verstappen, which no one could approach. And then see “miracle”. Lewis Hamilton he approached the Dutchman by the mouse hair. In this very small space is honey Verstappn and Hamilton inserted Carlos Sainz, and later it is George Russell took first place. Many already thought they were at Mercedes ended up hiding, but time 1: 33 minutes not exactly for felling trees. Then he took first place first Leclerc, and behind him the old state was established by Verstappen.

Weak ten minutes by the end of the training, some were trying to simulate a qualifying round. And it seemed that at least at Ferrari and even more so at Red Bullu they didn’t show everything. Because let's remember that Max Verstappen drove yesterday 1: 31 minutes. And many believe he has not yet reached the limit. They will show it qualifications. And another highlight of the third workout: the best absolute time of the second sector he reached the tracks Mick Schumacher with Haas. The first and third sectors were not so good. His teammate drove the entire track more evenly Magnussen, who finished training in seventh place.

FP3 result

Verstappen is his time 1: 32.534 minutes achieved on a soft mixture. He liked it best Leclerc with Ferrari trailing by a hundredth of a second. In third place is the second racer Red Bulla Sergio Perez lagged by a good two tenths. He was just under four tenths of a second behind Russell with Mercedes, and he had exactly half a second in fifth place Sainz with a Ferrari.

We find it in sixth place Hamilton, who was less than six tenths of a second behind Verstappn, and the seventh was, as already mentioned, Magnussen with Haas and a lag of just under nine tenths of a second. Great again Alfa Romeo, as both racers ranked in the top ten. He was eighth Bottas, who was the first to fall behind by more than a second, and a little more in ninth place Zhou. He finishes ten Stroll at Aston Martin.

Od eleventh place onwards, the racers were classified as follows: Lando Norris (McLaren), Nico Hulkenberg (Aston Martin), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Mick Schumacher (Challenge), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Fernando Alonso (alpine), Alex Albon (Williams), Esteban Ocon (alpine), Nicholas latifi (Williams) and Yuki tsunoda (AlphaTauri).

Incidents FP3

First a trip off the trail with half a pirouette he showed us in the middle of training Charles Leclerc, who lost control at the back of his car in turn number 11 and flew all the way to a sand obstacle. But Monaco managed to get out of that sand trap and get back on track. Interesting that it is Leclerc already yesterday he staged a spin in this turn, with which he has not yet fully befriended.

Yuki tsunoda has already spent half of his training in the garage due to a breakdown related to hydraulics. When he wanted to drive out of the garage, he left it with only the front wheels when he had to stop because he couldn’t turn the steering wheel. Sorry Japanese until the end of training we did not see on the track, so he was practically left without one meter on the track.

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