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Remains tight at the top! FP3 Summary and results!

Remains tight at the top! FP3 Summary and results!

13-04-2019 04:42
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Valtteri Bottas finished top of the timesheets with a 1:32.830 with his fastest lap in the final five minutes of the session. Practice three was brought to an end early after Alex Albon had a massive crash at the entry to the home straight. Sebastian Vettel finished second, with Charles Leclerc third. Lewis Hamilton rounded off the top four. 

Nico Hulkenberg managed to finish best of the rest. 

How it happened

Kevin Magnussen was first out on the track, but again it was the Williams duo who got their timed laps in first. The British is showing improvement, but not enough to lift themselves away from the back row of the grid. 

Last year's race winner, Daniel Ricciardo, topped the timesheets for all of about five seconds when early pace-setter Charles Leclerc took over at the top. 

The Ferrari's, who added more downforce for this Saturday session, looked stronger in the middle part of practice three and Sebastian Vettel led by 0.500. At this point, Max Verstappen was the next fastest, followed by the two Torro Rosso drivers. A good result for Honda. 

All up until Alex Albon had a major crash in the final five minutes of the session, bringing massive damage to the car. It's unlikely we'll be seeing him in qualifying. The session wasn't restarted after the red flag came out. 

Bottas' fast lap just before the crash gave Mercedes the session win.