Spanish GP: Free Practice #3 - Re-Cap & Times

SPANISH GP - FREE PRACTICE #3 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    A bad start to the last free practice session for Bottas, who suffered from electrical issues and a water leak after yesterday's sessions. Mercedes was forced to break curfew overnight in order to start fixing the problem. The team has converted back to an old-spec engine to avoid anymore issues. 

    Bottas did end up managing to get out during the hour long session and even set the 4th quickest time, just behind his team-mate, Hamilton. Bottas' quickest time was a 1:20.868 while Hamilton set a 1:20.595.

    It was Ferrari who topped the time sheets, with Raikkonen up in first with a 1:20.214 and Vettel in second with a 1:20.456. Vettel encountered some mechanical issues towards the end of the session when he stopped in pit-lane, causing the Ferrari mechanics to have to run over and fetch the car.

    McLaren managed a trouble-free session and Alonso was able to stay out and get multiple laps in after a horrid FP1 yesterday, where his engine failed after just 1 lap. Alonso finished FP3 in 10th with a 1:22.093, while Vandoorne finished further down in 19th with 1:22.853.

TIMES:

1. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:20.214 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
2. Sebastian Vettel - 1:20.456 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:20.595 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
4. Valtteri Bottas - 1:20.868 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
5. Max Verstappen - 1:21.025 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:21.249 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia
7. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:21.670 / Renault-Renault / Germany
8. Felipe Massa - 1:21.746 / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil
9. Carlos Sainz - 1:21.835 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain
10. Fernando Alonso - 1:22.093 / McLaren-Honda / Spain
11. Romain Grosjean - 1:22.128 / Haas-Ferrari / France
12. Kevin Magnussen - 1:22.214 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
13. Sergio Perez - 1:22.237 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
14. Esteban Ocon - 1:22.297 / Force India-Mercedes / France
15. Daniil Kvyat - 1:22.391 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia
16. Marcus Ericsson - 1:22.513 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
17. Lance Stroll - 1:22.574 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
18. Jolyon Palmer - 1:22.755 / Renault-Renault / Great Britain
19. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:22.853 / McLaren-Honda / Belgium
20. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:22.974 / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

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