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Verstappen sixth in final free practice Mexico

Published on 26 October 2019 by Kees-Jan Koster

Max Verstappen finished the third free practice session for the Mexican Grand Prix as sixth. The Dutchman started the session, as all the other drivers, on intermediates and did in the end twelve laps. When the track dried Verstappen set a 1:16.903 as his quickest time, on a set of soft tyres. Ferrari with Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel were on top just in front of Mercedes.

It is 10:00 AM local time when the final free practice session starts. Romain Grosjean and some other drivers come straight out on track. Because the track is still wet, we see mainly green intermediate tyres on the cars.

Also Max Verstappen comes out on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in this phase of the practice session. The Dutchman is after his teammate the second driver to set a lap time. After the first fifteen minutes Max is leading with a 1:26.118.

The first thirty minutes of the third free practice are characterised by drivers who try to find grip on the drying circuit. Except for some excursions along the track there are no major incidents. In the following period it is very quiet on the circuit in Mexico City. Only eight drivers have set a time so far.

With fifteen minutes to go things start to change, when we see the first sets of slicks put on the cars. That this is a much quicker tyre is soon clear when Kimi Raikkonen improves the time set by Verstappen with more than four seconds. Also Max comes out on track again and sets a new time of 1:16.903 putting him in the lead again.

The Dutchman is on its way to improve his time during the final seconds of the session, but a slow Alfa Romeo interferes, and he has to abort. Verstappen finishes the session as sixth. Ferrari is with Charles Leclerc (P1) and Sebastian Vettel (P2) the quickest. The drivers of Renault do not set a time because of technical issues.

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Results third free practice Mexico:

posdriverteamtimelaps
1Charles LeclercLECFerrari1:16.145
2Sebastian VettelVETFerrari1:16.172+0.027s
3Valtteri BottasBOTMercedes1:16.259+0.114s
4Lewis HamiltonHAMMercedes1:16.381+0.236s
5Carlos SainzSAIMcLaren Renault1:16.638+0.493s
6Max VerstappenVERRed Bull Racing Honda1:16.903+0.758s
7Pierre GaslyGASScuderia Toro Rosso Honda1:17.090+0.945s
8Alexander AlbonALBRed Bull Racing Honda1:17.094+0.949s
9Lando NorrisNORMcLaren Renault1:17.146+1.001s
10Sergio PerezPERRacing Point BWT Mercedes1:17.207+1.062s
11Daniil KvyatKVYScuderia Toro Rosso Honda1:17.529+1.384s
12Kimi RäikkönenRAIAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari1:17.740+1.595s
13Lance StrollSTRRacing Point BWT Mercedes1:17.866+1.721s
14Antonio GiovinazziGIOAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari1:17.881+1.736s
15Kevin MagnussenMAGHaas Ferrari1:18.132+1.987s
16Romain GrosjeanGROHaas Ferrari1:18.527+2.382s
17George RussellRUSWilliams Mercedes1:20.965+4.820s
18Robert KubicaKUBWilliams Mercedes1:22.002+5.857s
19Nico HulkenbergHULRenault---