Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis hamilton the first three places of the last free practice prior to qualifying for the Dutch GP were distributed and, as in the other two practice rounds, there was an interruption with a red flag.
The cause was Carlos Sainz. The Madrilenian lost control of his car at the dreaded Turn 3 of the winding Dutch track and hit the wall. When he arrived at the box he was notably upset by what happened, especially since this blow can cause him several changes in his power unit that carry penalties. And that, in a circuit where qualifying is fundamental, is a serious setback.
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Once the session was resumed, he took the controls Fernando Alonso, although in the end it was falling to the 5th position. He finished behind the Red Bulls and the Mercedes, a good starting position for qualifying, where he will foreseeably fight to reach Q3.
In addition to the Sainz coup, there were several excursions through the loopholes and scares that almost ended against the protections, such as those carried out by Vettel or Schumacher among others.
Free Times Table 3 Netherlands Grand Prix
The classification is disputed from 3:00 p.m., and it is frantic and with more than likely prediction of incidents.