Local favorite Max Verstappen was 0.5s and 0.7s faster than Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in the final free practice session for the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix at the Zandvoort circuit.
Unfortunately Carlos Sainz’s final practice ended after only 20 minutes, due to a heavy crash into the Turn 3 barriers for the Ferrari driver. He carried a little too much speed into the corner, understeered, and that camber change caught him out. Heavy damage to the Ferrari SF21 car, as the Maranello team’s mechanics will attempt to repair the damage and hope that the gearbox and power unit are ok ahead of the qualifying session later today.
With Carlos Sainz out of the action, Charles Leclerc was left waving the flag for Scuderia Ferrari but he was not quite been able to replicate his Friday pace this morning. The Monegasque driver finished down to ninth after his soft-tyre lap, with a personal best lap time of 1:10.896, which was 1.2seconds off the pace.
Dutch Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from free practice three ahead of this weekend’s 2021 F1 World Championship race at Zandvoort.
Results (Classification):
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:09.623
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.556
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.794
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.903
Fernando Alonso Alpine +1.047
Lando Norris McLaren +1.158
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.219
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +1.249
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +1.273
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +1.382
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +1.390
Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing +1.460
Esteban Ocon Alpine +1.557
George Russell Williams Racing +1.651
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +1.676
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +2.317
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +2.357
Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo +2.539
Nikita Mazepin Haas +2.560
Mick Schumacher Haas +2.743
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