High temperatures e wind surrounded the third free practice session of the weekend, 50 i degrees ofasphalt e 33 those ofair which made the work of the riders and engineers more complex than in previous seasonal appointments.
Red Bull attacks, Ferrari responds
The leader of the session is Sergio Perez who closes his best lap in 1:30.304, standing behind Charles Leclerc for 194 thousandths. The pilots of Ferrari have maintained arear wing more carica to the detriment of the top speed, lower than that of the Red Bull. Third the reigning champion Max Verstappen which marks a 1:30.649. The Dutchman made himself the protagonist of a risky spin to the curve 15, however managing to stop the car in time to avoid the head-on impact against the wall.
Whoever actually touched the wall was Esteban Ocon, which has impacted the curve 13 its Alpine, with an almost photocopy incident to that of Sainz during the FP2; the bang has causing the Red flag a quarter of an hour from the start. Don't panic though: luckily the driver is fine, even if the fact that there were no barriers at that point won't help the mechanics tech-probut a concrete wall.
Veterans shine
The French teammate, Fernando Alonso, closed with the room time to 1:31.036. The two pursuers of the Asturian did very well, with Hag in fifth position, which is reconfirmed as the reference for the English team, e Schumacher in sixth, which after a lackluster start to the season is giving the first sign of recovery. In fact, the German will have to prove that he is up to his Danish teammate (eighth) if he wants to guarantee himself a seat for the future. In seventh position there is Carlos Sainz, who prefers to limit the damage and 'play it safe' in order to gain confidence with a new car and track.
They close the first half of the standings Albon e Norris, while their teammates are 19th and 13th respectively. Not great Alpha Tauri, tsunoda is 11th e gasly 16th. Bottas his teammate puts himself in 14th position after yesterday's crash Zhou is 18th.
Not like yesterday
Not at ease as yesterday instead le Mercedes, who finish in 15th and 17th position, with Hamilton prima di Russell. THE silver arrows they are back to suffer the pouring and have complained about problems overheating to the tyres. However, it would be risky to give them away in view of the qualifications.
Track news
Some have been made changes to the curve 17: both incoming and outgoing theasphalt, this has not improved the situation much for the moment; in fact, the skids of the riders who were going to finish the lap were evident; Kevin Magnussen he even turned around.
Also at pit lane gods have been seen changes, the two curbs of the 'mini chicane' that led to the pits have been removed, and two have been placed in their places stakes to avoid excessive cuts by pilots.
Air of change
About replacements of components, it should be noted the change of unit for Carlos Sainz, and the substitution of Turbo, MGU-H e cultural, for the pilot ofAlfa Romeo Valtteri Bottas.