The last Free Practice session goes to Verstappen. Leclerc's Ferrari is only 96 thousandths behind. At 16:00 the start of Qualifying in Bahrain

Now there's no going back. The FP3 of this first race weekend of the 2022 Formula 1 season ended with Max Verstappen's first time of 1:32.554 followed by Leclerc and Perez, waiting for the qualifying which will start at 16:00.

Red Bull e Ferrari once again very close with Verstappen e Leclerc separated by just 96 thousandths. Both have launched the assault several times asking too much of the car that they hope will take them to pole this afternoon. In fact, when you are looking for the perfect lap, you risk making a mistake, and this is demonstrated by the two young riders who exposed themselves the most in these two days: Max Verstappen e Charles Leclerc.

The Monegasque driver at home Ferrari 30 minutes from the checkered flag in his flying lap he had a spin which caused him to end up in gravel. Although he has a very competitive car, pushing the limits of the F1-75 did not reward him. Back in action with a used tire, after an adjustment to the front wing flap, Leclerc he complained about a slower car especially in the last sector. Also Sainz after aborting his last attempt he relaunched.

Max Verstappen, who also improved in the second sector, the most difficult one, instead had a block in turn 1 which led him to abort the lap.

Mercedes is still struggling, with Lewis Hamilton behind his teammate, outside the top 5.

Lewis he admitted in recent days that he sees an uphill start to the season: “We are not bluffing, our level is currently lower than Red Bull and Ferrari". Furthermore, the solutions introduced yesterday would appear not to have brought the desired results, therefore it was decided to return to the old fund for the W13 who still suffers.

Problem session for tsunoda, forced to return to the pits due to a hydraulic problem on his Alpha Tauri. While the motorized ones are still growing Ferrari, With the Haas di Magnussen and both Alfa Romeo in the top 10 at the end of the session.  

With the checkered flag and the cars in the pits, the only movement is that of the bureaucratic machine FIA which seems to have taken a less diplomatic and tolerant direction. Carlos Sainz he was in fact summoned by the commissioners at the end of the session for Unsafe release. We will see if there will be any penalty for the Spanish pilot.

Here are all the times from the last Free Practice session: