The McLaren drivers had been comfortably quickest in a sizzling closing observe session for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri improved on his finest time from yesterday by three tenths of a second, setting a quickest lap of 1’12.387. That put him over seven tenths of a second forward of anybody not in a McLaren.
Lando Norris made it a one-two for McLaren after going off when he started his closing run on gentle tyres. His MCL39 snapped huge within the extraordinarily quick flip 9, sending him onto the previous monitor loop on the exit of the nook.
His race engineer Will Joseph knowledgeable him the automotive’s ground appeared to have touched the bottom going via the nook. He pitted for a trip peak change and set his quickest time on a worn set of soppy tyres.
That C3 rubber was clearly solely able to producing a single flying lap on a monitor which reached 47C by the tip of the session. Drivers carried out extraordinarily gradual out-laps so as to coax the most effective out of it.
Charles Leclerc acquired closest to Piastri’s tempo in third, a number of thousandths of a second forward of George Russell. Max Verstappen was virtually a second off together with his first run on softs. His group mate Yuki Tsunoda once more failed to hitch him within the prime 10, ending the session virtually half a second behind in 14th.
The Racing Bulls drivers confirmed promising tempo, each showing within the prime 10, led by Isack Hadjar. Andrea Kimi Antonelli took seventh adopted by Fernando Alonso within the first of the Aston Martins.
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Lewis Hamilton encountered an issue on the finish of the session when he reported his automotive was not altering gear. After briefly showing to be caught in first gear, the automotive began shifting once more, and he remained on monitor to carry out a observe begin on the finish of the session.
Williams’ powerful session continued. Carlos Sainz Jnr was solely thirteenth and Alexander Albon languished in nineteenth having coated simply 5 laps. The group confirmed he had an issue on his automotive which they had been investigating.
2025 Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix third observe consequence
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2025 Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix mixed observe instances
P.
#
Driver
Crew
FP1 time
FP2 time
FP3 time
Hole
Laps
1
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren-Mercedes
1’14.294
1’12.760
1’12.387
70
2
4
Lando Norris
McLaren-Mercedes
1’13.718
1’13.070
1’12.913
0.526
78
3
63
George Russell
Mercedes
1’14.751
1’13.046
1’13.139
0.659
82
4
1
Max Verstappen
Purple Bull-Honda RBPT
1’14.085
1’13.070
1’13.375
0.683
62
5
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1’14.238
1’13.260
1’13.130
0.743
81
6
12
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
1’15.369
1’13.298
1’13.405
0.911
74
7
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin-Mercedes
1’14.798
1’13.301
1’13.414
0.914
65
8
6
Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT
1’14.605
1’13.400
1’13.382
0.995
72
9
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine-Renault
1’14.746
1’13.385
1’13.954
0.998
78
10
30
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT
1’14.339
1’13.494
1’13.637
1.107
75
11
44
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
1’14.096
1’13.533
1’13.527
1.140
75
12
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber-Ferrari
1’14.865
1’13.592
1’13.733
1.205
69
13
22
Yuki Tsunoda
Purple Bull-Honda RBPT
1’14.643
1’13.683
1’13.892
1.296
71
14
55
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Williams-Mercedes
1’14.935
1’13.721
1’13.758
1.334
76
15
5
Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber-Ferrari
1’15.155
1’13.959
1’13.722
1.335
69
16
23
Alexander Albon
Williams-Mercedes
1’13.839
1’14.289
1.452
37
17
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin-Mercedes
1’14.786
1’13.839
1’13.904
1.452
61
18
31
Esteban Ocon
Haas-Ferrari
1’14.005
1’14.138
1.618
44
19
43
Franco Colapinto
Alpine-Renault
1’15.530
1’14.303
1’14.085
1.698
73
20
87
Oliver Bearman
Haas-Ferrari
1’14.597
1’14.126
1’14.460
1.739
58
21
50
Ryo Hirakawa
Haas-Ferrari
1’15.298
2.911
23
22
45
Victor Martins
Williams-Mercedes
1’15.522
3.135
26
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