Belgian GP: Free Practice #3 - RE-CAP & TIMES

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

    Sebastian Vettel led the way in the third and final practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend.

    Vettel's quickest time was a 1:42.661 while team-mate, Raikkonen, was close behind in 2nd with a 1:42.724

    Both Mercedes drivers followed the order with Hamilton in 3rd and Bottas in 4th. Rounding out the top 5 was Max Verstappen.

    Gasly, who will be Verstappen's team-mate next year, finished in 15th with a 1:46.182. He had a bit of a moment heading out of pit-lane during the session but other than that it was trouble free for the Frenchman. Brendon Hartley in the other Toro Rosso was one place behind in 16th

    There was a bit of a moment between Bottas and Vandoorne when the Belgian driver got pushed over onto the grass by Bottas. He then spun out of control and hit the barriers. Bottas was handed a reprimand for the incident after being found guilty by the stewards

    It was another good session for Sauber with Charles Leclerc finishing up in 7th with a 1:44.963. Ericsson was just a few spaces behind in 11th with a 1:45.536.

    The same couldn't be said for McLaren as the session saw both drivers finish at the bottom of the time-sheets with Alonso in 19th and Vandoorne again in 20th after struggling with multiple mechanical issues in FP1 and FP2.

TIMES:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:42.661 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:42.724 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:42.798 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
4. Valtteri Bottas - 1:43.464 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
5. Max Verstappen - 1:44.048 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:44.479 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
7. Charles Leclerc - 1:44.963 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
8. Sergio Perez - 1:45.341 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
9. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:45.464 / Renault-Renault / Germany
10. Esteban Ocon - 1:45.485 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / France
11. Marcus Ericsson - 1:45.536 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
12. Romain Grosjean - 1:45.814 / Haas-Ferrari / France
13. Carlos Sainz - 1:45.925 / Renault-Renault / Spain
14. Kevin Magnussen - 1:46.087 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
15. Pierre Gasly - 1:46.182 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
16. Brendon Hartley - 1:46.259 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
17. Lance Stroll - 1:46.502 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
18. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:46.630 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
19. Fernando Alonso - 1:46.942 / McLaren-Renault / Spain
20. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:47.061 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

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