Spa-Francorchamps: Sergio Perez beat Red Bull’s time ahead of team-mate and championship leader Max Verstappen in Saturday’s third and final practice session for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The Mexican driver set his best lap of 1 minute 45.047 seconds, beating his world champion by 0.137 seconds, proving Red Bull’s dominance at his circuit in the majestic Spa Francorchamps. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was fastest in Friday’s opening session, beat Lando Norris in McLaren, his two-time champion Fernando in Alpine, with his third-fastest time behind Alonso and George in Mercedes, Russell. did.
As the action unfolded, another driver was confirmed to be facing grid penalties, with Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou joining the six announced on Friday after changing gearboxes. Amazingly, the Chinese had a better time than team-mate Valtteri Bottas at this point, but Ferrari came in 27 minutes later. It wasn’t easy to draw conclusions from these laps as most of the teams were experimenting with race set-ups and tires, but Perez showed the Red Bulls were quick and took the lead with a 1:45.972, ready for qualifying. It indicates that you are switching your attention to
Ten minutes later, with 18 seconds remaining, Verstappen cut that time to take the lead with a 1:45.480, but Mercedes, unhappy with their progress, made more set-up changes. historic circuit. Leclerc fell back with eight minutes remaining, hitting a bump in the fast second sector and hitting the barrier. His Ferrari suffered no damage other than the loss of his wing endplate at the front, but the session was red flagged for his five minutes and he was able to return to the pits.
