Third Free F1 Practice Results 2021 Spanish F1 GP (FP3)

Event: Spanish F1 Grand Prix
Track: Catalunya Circuit

Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull RB16 around Catalunya circuit

Weather: dry  23.5°C
Tarmac: dry  37.9°C
Humidity : 53.8%
Wind : 0.4 m/s W
Pressure: 1004.4 bar

The weather during the third and final practice before qualifying this afternoon for the 2021 Spanish F1 GP was even better than yesterday.

It took a while before the first cars went out on the Spanish track near Barcelona. Local hero Fernando Alonso was the first who went out on a set of mediums underneath his no. 14 Alpine car. His quickest lap time was 1:21.020 min.

After 15 minutes Sergio Perez was quickest in the Red Bull. He clocked a 1:20.388 min also on the mediums. No car had used the soft tyres up till now.

Halfway the session both Mercedes drivers leaded the pack, with Lewis Hamilton on top with a 1:18.117 min. driven on soft tyres. Max Verstappen was 3rd fastest on medium tyres fitted on the Red Bull looking at a gap of 0.513s.

With 20 minutes to go the teams tried out there concept qualifying setup in combination with the quickest soft tyres. Charles Leclerc was very quick with the Ferrari. The driver from Monaco drove a 1:18.308 min and was 3rd fastest for a long period with his teammate Carlos Sainz behind him.

Kimi Raikkonen had to abort a stint in the Alfa Romeo due to a right rear picture. At that moment Lando Norris caused yellow flag in turn 10 and 11 because the McLaren driver spun off going into turn 10. The British driver was able to continue without damage.

With 8 minutes to go Max Verstappen clocked his first quick lap on soft tyres and immediately was quickest and the first driver who went below 1:18 this weekend.

Raikkonen was the surprise of the session. The Finnish driver was almost 1 second quicker than his team mate with the same car.

1:17.222 min was the fastest lap time of last year’s FP3 in Spain and was clocked by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes W11.

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FP3 Times Table 2021 Spanish GP

P No Driver Team Lap Time P1  Gap Laps Tyres
1 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17,835 11 S (C3)
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18,070 0,235 14 S (C3)
3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:18,308 0,473 17 S (C3)
4 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:18,410 0,575 18 S (C3)
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:18,423 0,588 15 S (C3)
6 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:18,494 0,659 14 S (C3)
7 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:18,535 0,700 17 S (C3)
8 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:18,582 0,747 21 S (C3)
9 7 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:18,597 0,762 18 S (C3)
10 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:18,606 0,771 16 S (C3)
11 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:18,662 0,827 18 S (C3)
12 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:18,673 0,838 21 S (C3)
13 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:18,700 0,865 15 S (C3)
14 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:18,877 1,042 18 S (C3)
15 63 George Russell Williams 1:19,005 1,170 17 S (C3)
16 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:19,214 1,379 19 S (C3)
17 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:19,363 1,528 18 S (C3)
18 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:19,392 1,557 16 S (C3)
19 47 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:19,999 2,164 17 S (C3)
20 9 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:20,237 2,402 15 S (C3)

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