[F1] – Good morning dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back with the appointment dedicated to the direct text of the third free practice session of Styrian Grand Prix 2021, eighth stage of the Formula 1 world championship.
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12.49 – Gasly climbs to P4, ahead of Leclerc and Vettel. 1:05.333 the time of the French
12.48 – Good P5 for Vettel, who runs in 1:05.492
12.47 – Very particular this fan of Max Verstappen.
Good to see you Simba ????
Now that’s a roar-some costume ????
These super @Max33Verstappen fans are quite something ????????#StyrianGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/OntSVM0Nj5
– Formula 1 (@ F1) June 26, 2021
12.45 – Canceled the lap to Norris, who had moved up to P4
12.45 – Hamilton! 1:04.369, great time trial of the defending champion
12.44 – Leclerc in P3 con 1:05.340
12.44 – Bottas with an excellent time climbs in P1, 1:04.832. But they are all improving.
12.43 – Hidden Norris, currently in P19 ahead of only Mazepin. But the British are improving.
Saturdays in the Styrian sunshine. ????
21 laps completed between Lando (10) and Daniel (11) in FP3 so far, 20 minutes remaining.#StyrianGP ???????? pic.twitter.com/lrSewYf3KR
– McLaren (@ McLarenF1) June 26, 2021
12.39 – At the moment Verstappen dominates with almost four tenths of Hamilton, Gasly well ahead of Bottas, Perez and Tsunoda. AlphaTauri who is therefore a candidate for the role of third force at least on the flying lap. Followed by Leclerc, the always excellent Giovinazzi, Sainz and Alonso.
12.38 – Moment of tired on the track. Drivers and teams are recharging their batteries before the burst of fast laps that will arrive in a few minutes.
12.35 – The times 25 ‘from the end of FP3.
12.33 – Hamilton responds and puts himself in P2, at +0.396. 1:05.367 for the British
12.31 – 1:04.971! Max Verstappen knocks another very important blow.
12.30 – Hamilton in team radio: “Where did you find those three tenths?“, Referring to Verstappen. The seven-time world champion cannot explain this gap with the same tire, on such a short circuit.
12.29 – Spun without consequences for Mazepin in turn-1, exactly the mistake that Sainz made yesterday.
A spin for @nikita_mazepin at Turn 1
The @ HaasF1Team driver continues on ????#StyrianGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/lzo4ECtxg8
– Formula 1 (@ F1) June 26, 2021
12.28 – Great Tsunoda with 1: 05.819 (C3), Hamilton is in P3 at +0.329 with C4.
12.27 – And Verstappen immediately makes the big voice with the time of 1:05.571. The Dutch is with the C4.
12.25 – The strongest take to the track: Verstappen and Hamilton!
12.24 – Gasly climbs into P3 and joins the Ferraris. The Frenchman is also touring with the C4.
12.23 – Leclerc climbs to P3 with the time of 1:06.341, Ferraris are the first with yellow tires, at the moment, in front of an amazing Russell.
12.22 – Leclerc in P5 with 1: 06.676, Sainz flies in P2, with 1.06.266, also with a compound disadvantage compared to Bottas.
12.22 – Valtteri Bottas precedes his rival for the Mercedes seat, George Russell, and gets the best performance: 1:06.212. But the Finnish is with C4, Russell con C3.
12.20 – While Russell laps with an excellent 1: 06.454 and flies in P1, Sainz and Leclerc (C3) launch themselves.
12.19 – Giovinazzi with red rubber (C4) goes three thousandths from Alonso (C3)
12.18 – Latifi is only 14 thousandths from Ocon with the same yellow rubber. Alonso goes to P1 with 1:06.686.
12.16 – Out lap for Giovinazzi, Latifi and Ricciardo. Raikkonen was also on the track, whose first lap was canceled due to passing the track limits.
12.15 – Ocon lowers the limit a 1:06.839, time still far from yesterday’s references.
12.14 – Gasly returns to the pits, the Frenchman simply carried out an installation lap to verify that the power unit is in place, after replacing the MGU-K. The Frenchman will not incur a penalty.
12.13 – Ocon easily climbed the rankings, but was overtaken by his teammate Alonso, who recorded a 1: 07.031 with medium rubber.
12.12 – Also on the track Gasly, Ocon and Alonso.
12.12 – We take advantage of the little action to review Bottas’ accident in the pit lane. The Finn will be penalized by three positions on the grid.
12.10 – Both Haas are running on hard tires.
Both cars started the session on the ⚪️ hard tires. # HaasF1 #StyrianGP #FP3
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) June 26, 2021
12.08 – Also for this reason, only the Haas are running, which in fact are rubberizing the track.
12.07 – Times that will progressively decrease in this session: the rain yesterday afternoon cleaned the track, which therefore at the beginning will offer little grip.
12.06 – Schumacher lowers the limit to 1: 11.238, Mazepin approaches +0.220.
12.04 – Schumacher improves and turns in 1: 11.308.
12.03 – Mick Schumacher leads the standings with a time of 1: 11.787, Mazepin trailing by +0.633. Obviously not relevant times, the Haas are probably running even with a lot of gasoline.
12.01 – The first to take to the track are the two Haas pilots.
???? FP3 GREEN LIGHT ????
Our final practice session of the weekend is under way!
Out heads @SchumacherMick first ????#StyrianGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/kk4Ex2mjeX
– Formula 1 (@ F1) June 26, 2021
Green light
11.56 – Less than five minutes to go. Riders with helmets and overalls, engines running, all ready at the Red Bull Ring.
FP3, we see you ???? #StyrianGP pic.twitter.com/lpvLM58M2w
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) June 26, 2021
11.52 – Wind of 0.4 kph, humidity of 50%.
Here’s a look at the weather ahead of cars hitting the track for FP3 ????#StyrianGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/wFFAiw9pVb
– Formula 1 (@ F1) June 26, 2021
11.48 – 20 degrees of air, 45 degrees of asphalt, everything is ready: there are 12 minutes left for the start of FP3!
11.45 – On the Red Bull Ring, at the moment, it is sunny. The risk of rain could also be averted for this morning.
11.40 – Pit-stop tests for Haas, remember that a new directive will apply from Budapest which will substantially slow down the stops, due to the protests of Red Bull, notoriously the fastest in the pits.
Pit Stop Practice, but you’re the # VF21 ????# HaasF1 #StyrianGP pic.twitter.com/5dn2Mqtln2
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) June 26, 2021
11.30 – To return to Styria, Ferrari seemed to be struggling on the flying lap, but in terms of pace they could do much better than France. This is Federico Albano’s analysis.
11.20 – In the morning the official change of venue for the Russian Grand Prix arrived: from Sochi to St. Petersburg.
11.10 – Let’s start live with the results of yesterday’s sessions.
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