Red Bull driver Max Verstappen topped the timesheets throughout a busy closing apply session for the Australian Grand Prix, as workforce mate Sergio Perez’s messy weekend continued and Nyck de Vries dramatically misplaced a bit of his bodywork.
With rain impacting Friday’s motion, drivers needed to collect each quick and long-run information throughout the ultimate 60 minutes of apply on the Albert Park Circuit, resulting in loads of observe exercise from begin to end.
FP3: Verstappen leads Alonso and Ocon in incident-filled third practice session in Melbourne
While Verstappen led the way in which from Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, the session featured one other off-track tour for Haas’s Kevin Magnussen, earlier than the left-hand sidepod on De Vries’s AlphaTauri flew off and triggered a short purple flag.
When the session resumed, Perez endured successive lock-ups at Turn 3, previous to additional moments at Turn 1 and Turn 13, as he once more struggled to get a clear lap in on the delicate tyres – having earlier confronted site visitors within the type of Nico Hulkenberg.
Some extra drama late within the session noticed Zhou Guanyu lose management of his Alfa Romeo by the Turn 1/2 chicane, leading to a lightweight faucet of the wall, with drizzle then returning for the ultimate couple of minutes to trigger some slipping and sliding.
Hit go within the video participant above to look at the motion from FP3 in Australia.