Max Verstappen set the fastest time in the last practice for the 2022 French Grand Prix. He beat Carlos Sainz by 0.35 seconds, who installed other components and will start from the end of the field together with Kevin Magnussen.
The best of the rest of the field was Lewis Hamilton, who even beat Pérez but lost almost a second to Verstappen.
Practice ended a little early for Sebastian Vettel, who according to the team damaged his car.
The results
| P. | Rider | The team | Time | Loss | Kola | Tire. |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:32.272 | 23 | soft | |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:32.626 | 0.354 | 14 | soft |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:32.909 | 0.637 | 20 | soft |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.255 | 0.983 | 22 | soft |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:33.293 | 1.021 | 25 | soft |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:33.376 | 1.104 | 18 | soft |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:33.505 | 1.233 | 18 | soft |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:33.558 | 1.286 | 19 | soft |
| 9 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:33.669 | 1.397 | 16 | soft |
| 10 | Yuki Cunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:33.751 | 1.479 | 19 | soft |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:33.788 | 1.516 | 17 | soft |
| 12 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:33.841 | 1.569 | 16 | soft |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:33.869 | 1.597 | 18 | soft |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.872 | 1.600 | 20 | soft |
| 15 | Kuan-yu Chou | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.911 | 1.639 | 19 | soft |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:34.031 | 1.759 | 23 | soft |
| 17 | Stephen Ocon | Alpine | 1:34.122 | 1.850 | 18 | soft |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:34.177 | 1.905 | 20 | soft |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:34.222 | 1.950 | 12 | soft |
| 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:34.536 | 2.264 | 11 | medium |
Progress
13:57: Vettel is last and will not start again. The team reports damage to the car.
13:56:
- Ver
- Sai
- Lec
- Ham
- Per
- Rus
- Alb
- Nor
- Con
- Ric
- Lat
- Gas
- Bot
- Chow
- Alo
- Mag
- Oco
- Msc
- Str
- Vet
13:54: Verstappen accelerates to 1:32:272 on the soft.
13:49: Sainz takes the lead – 1:32.626, 0.182s ahead of Verstappen.
13:43: In addition, Verstappen has yet to set a time on the soft set. He was only in high school.
13:43: Leclerc moves into second place, 1 tenth behind Verstappen.
13:39: Hamilton goes third.
13:35: AlphaTauri also has a lot of news. Gasly praised them a lot and so far he is fourth.
13:35: Cunoda avoided Latifi, calling it dangerous…
13:25: Sainz fastest in the first sector, improvement in the second and then the pits… maybe also because he went off the track.
13:24: Leclerc up to eighth so far. But he made watches mainly as a single rider on a hard compound.
13:23:
- Ver
- Sai
- Per
- Bot
- Alo
- Ham
- Chow
- Lec
- Rus
- Con
13:19: And Magnussen also installed new components (also starting from the end of the field).
13:18: Confirmed for Sainz. More components for Sainz and a start from the back of the field tomorrow.
13:15: Hamilton set the time on the used softs, Verstappen on the new mediums.
13:15: Hamilton is surprised to lose 1.7s to Verstappen.
13:13: Verstappen still in the lead (1:32.808). The Ferrari drivers have not left yet.
13:08: It’s not official yet, but Magnussen and Sainz have put on other components and are waiting for a start from the back of the field.
13:05: On the track Pérez, Magnussen, Stroll, Vettel, Verstappen, Ocon..
12:58: After Friday, it looked like Ferrari had a slight advantage in qualifying, Red Bull by a longer distance. But such analyzes do not make much sense. Teams worked overnight, including in factories on simulators. Let’s see what they come up with..
12:58: Temperatures still remain very high at Paul Ricard. The air is less than 30°C, the track 50°C
12:55: Welcome to the online broadcast of the third practice session at the 2022 French GP.
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