Free practice 3 was a continuation of what happened yesterday in the previous sessions of the Azerbaijan GP F1 2021. With all the teams testing things and a new dance of brake passes and horrors. The worst stop was Max Verstappen, who hit the wall pretty head-on in FP3. However, their participation in qualifying was not at risk. The damage to the car was not too serious and could be repaired quickly without damage.
In the classification, Max had rhythm to be able to take pole here (he eventually went to Leclerc thanks to slipstream) and his race pace seems to be very good. However, it was again another pilot who was harmed. First, because with Tsunoda’s accident he couldn’t try again in the final minutes of the third quarter, which has robbed many of the chance to improve. On the other hand, because his World Cup rival Lewis Hamilton had a slipstream that gave him a very good time before the accident, so that he can start shortly before second place max.
Carlos Sainz, Valtteri Bottas and Fernando Alonso were also injured by the red flag of Tsunoda. Not only did the Madrilene fail to improve on his last attempt, he also blocked, leaving Tsunoda just behind, hitting the barriers on the same escape. As for the Asturian, this rating did not smile at him, because every time he put on new tires there was a red flag that prevented him from improving. After all, all cuts had to be made in trials with a used tire. And the Finn was harmed from it too, in addition to having no help from slippers like his teammate.
Lots of accidents here, with 4 red flags: Antonio Giovinazzi, Lance Stroll, Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda. Both hit the guards. Other drivers like Esteban Ocon had one or the other shock that hit the wall without any consequences. In short, a very robust classification like the previous sessions. This Ayerbaijan GP is usually like that, but this year it was a lot more like that. Let’s see if the safety car has to show up in the race tomorrow … Be that as it may, some are wondering the reasons for so many brake transitions, falls and contacts. You might think that it is due to the loss of load after the narrowing of the flat ground this season. That must have something to do with it. Others, like Pedro de la Rosa, also point out something interesting and that is that this Azerbaijan GP took place right after the Monaco GP. And that could give the drivers an excess of confidence or take some respect for the walls as it’s a wider track here and with better loopholes …
Nikita Mazepin breeds dwarfs. He not only ousted Lance Stroll as one of the most unpopular drivers in the starting field, but now also called up for Russian military service after the scandals and his poor performance …
Free practice 3 results
# 8211; # 8211; – – Position Driver Team Time 1 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 1’42 “251 2 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1’42” 595 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’42 “697 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’42” 778 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1 ‘ 43 “006 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1’43” 011 7 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1’43 “080 8 Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri 1’43” 244 9 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1’43 “294 10 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1’43” 557 11 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1’43 “585 12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1’43” 682 13 Valtteri Botta’s Mercedes 1’43 “745 14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1’43” 826 15 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’43 “984 16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1’44 “054 17 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1’44” 113 18 George Russell Williams 1’44 “434 19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1’45” 282 20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1’45 “711
Classification results
# 8211; # 8211; – – Position Driver Team Time 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’41 “218 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’41” 450 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’41 “563 4 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 1’41” 565 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1 ’41 “576 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1’41” 747 7 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1’41 “917 8 Yuki Tsnuda Alpha Tauri 1’42” 211 9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1’42 “327 10 Valtteri Botta’s Mercedes 1’42 “659 11 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1’42” 224 12 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1’42 “273 13 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1’42” 558 14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1’42 “587 15 George Russell Williams 1’42” 768 16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1’43 “128 17 Mick Schumacher Haas 1’44” 158 18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1’44 “238 19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin accident 20 Antonio Giovinazzi accident
There is a very interesting race tomorrow. Not just to see if Charles Leclerc can hold first place, which he most likely won’t. But also to see the fight between Hamilton and Verstappen and how they finish for the championship points. It will also be interesting to see the fighting from behind and the possible strategies, incidents and all the overtaking maneuvers that this track will allow …
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