At the beginning of the third practice, there was a little more activity than usual. But the top traditionally came later. At the forefront, the AlphaTauri riders dictated the pace at the beginning. Max Verstappen was the last in the middle of training and almost immediately went to the first place, which he did not let go until the end.
Also in the last training we saw trips off the track by Norris, Mazepin or Cunoda, who experienced perhaps the biggest, hot moment. In the ninth turn, he skidded and flew across the grass.
At the end of the training, other fast bikes started to ride. Hamilton’s time was erased and Verstappen accelerated. The loss of Brita increased to almost 7 tenths and Bottas got in front of him.
Qualification begins at the Red Bull Ring at 3 p.m.
Results
| P. | Rider | The team | Time | Loss | Kola | Tire |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:04.591 | 15 | soft | |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:05.129 | 0.538 | 22 | soft |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:05.277 | 0.686 | 20 | soft |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:05.280 | 0.689 | 27 | soft |
| 5 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.345 | 0.754 | 27 | soft |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:05.347 | 0.756 | 29 | soft |
| 7 | Sergio perez | Red Bull | 1:05.396 | 0.805 | 20 | soft |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:05.434 | 0.843 | 23 | soft |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:05.484 | 0.893 | 35 | soft |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:05.542 | 0.951 | 22 | soft |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:05.546 | 0.955 | 19 | soft |
| 12 | Júki Cunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:05.561 | 0.970 | 23 | soft |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:05.674 | 1.083 | 22 | soft |
| 14 | George Russell | Williams | 1:05.694 | 1.103 | 23 | soft |
| 15 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:05.700 | 1.109 | 23 | soft |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:05.725 | 1.134 | 21 | soft |
| 17 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.747 | 1.156 | 31 | soft |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:06.078 | 1.487 | 26 | soft |
| 19 | Nicholas latifi | Williams | 1:06.105 | 1.514 | 17 | soft |
| 20 | Nikita mazepin | Haas | 1:06.289 | 1.698 | 28 | soft |
The course
12:55:
- Watch
- Bot
- Ham
- Gas
- Gio
- Sai
- Hello
- Lec
- Per
- Vet
12:52: Hamilton got a difference of 0.053 seconds behind Verstappen, but his time was erased. Verstappen accelerates …
12:47: Norris off the track at the end of the circuit … they wiped out his time.
12:46: Sain third …
12:43: Russell is in fifth place.
12:40:
- Watch
- Ham
- Lec
- Bot
- Nor
- With a
- Sai
- Rai
- Vet
- Gas
- Years
- Gio
- Rus
- Per
- Msc
- Ric
- Hollow
- Str
- Hello
- Maz
12:40: Leclerc is improving, he is in third place.
12:38: Hamilton goes to second place with a loss of less than 0.5 s to Verstappen.
12:33: Cunoda took it through the door first across the grass in the ninth turn.
12:31: Leclerc in the lead … but Verstappen immediately beats him.
12:29: Verstappen already on the track.
12:26:
- Nor
- With a
- Rai
- Vet
- Gas
- Years
- Lec
- Per
- Ric
- Rus
12:17: Bottas, Hamilton on the lawn.
12:07: we are still waiting for the Mercedes and Red Bull drivers. Therefore, both AlphaTauri riders are in the lead.
12:03: A little unconventional from the beginning solid activity. There are or were eleven riders on the track.
11:52: Welcome to the online broadcast from the last training session at the Austrian GP 2021.
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