The Monegasque Ferrari driver beat the Mercedes driver by just over half a tenth and a little more than a Verstappen who is once again the favorite. The Scuderia, the ‘silver arrows’ and the Red Bull, shuffled in the top six positions with Alonso 7th.
Risking a clear favorite for pole position is a shot in the air, since it is not even possible to predict which team will achieve it. charles leclerc He finished in the third practice session at the top of the time table, but with very little margin over a George Russell who wants to show that Mercedes is really back.
With less than a tenth between them, the third time trial of Max Verstappen very close to the duo above suggests that they still keep something. Especially since the performance work was in the background after the reliability problems he suffered on Friday.
With the Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull shuffled in the first six positions, one of the great doubts is Carlos Sainz. The man from Madrid showed a very good performance, but when it came to the truth of looking for a good lap he made a mistake and had a whiplash at turn 9 that spoiled his time.
Apart from this incident and some minor runway excursions (Pierre Gasly took a poster in front in the last laps of the session), it was a relatively quiet session, in which everyone looked for the optimal point of preparation of the car for qualifying.
As to Fernando Alonsothe seventh place he achieved confirms him as the first Grand Prix Alpine to date. Stephen Ocon He still hasn’t found the optimal point in the car, and the Spaniard is showing him a clear superiority that has yet to be confirmed in the afternoon qualifying session.
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The equality between all the parts will turn each part of the classification into a Vietnam, since a slight mistake can leave out of Q2 and Q3. There may be scares among the favorites.
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