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Red Bull set the pace in Mexico FP3, Max second fastest

Published on 06 November 2021 by Stefan Meens

Max Verstappen finished the third practice session of the Mexican Grand Prix in second place behind local hero Sergio Perez, confirming the strong pace of the two Red Bulls at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Lewis Hamilton completed the top three in his Mercedes.

FP3 starts quietly with only a handful of drivers venturing out of their pit boxes after five minutes into the session. Max Verstappen fans have to wait longer. The Red Bull Racer does not steer his RB16B out of the garage until the halfway point of the session, 30 minutes in.

When he eventually does set a timed lap, he does so on the soft Pirellis. He clocks a 1:17.5, granting him top spot on the leader boards. After a cool-down lap, Max clocks his best time of the session (1:17.217) with twenty minutes to go.

In the closing stages of the session, Max heads out yet again on a fresh set of the softs. His first effort on the new tyres is a scruffy one, meaning the Dutchman does not better his lap time. In the meantime, Sergio Perez has clocked the fastest time, meaning the two Red Bulls finish the session on top, with the Mexican claiming P1.

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Results third free practice Mexico:

posdriverteamtimelaps
1Sergio PerezPERRed Bull Racing Honda1:17.024
2Max VerstappenVERRed Bull Racing Honda1:17.217+0.193s
3Lewis HamiltonHAMMercedes1:17.675+0.651s
4Valtteri BottasBOTMercedes1:17.708+0.684s
5Carlos SainzSAIFerrari1:18.029+1.005s
6Yuki TsunodaTSUAlphaTauri Honda1:18.037+1.013s
7Daniel RicciardoRICMcLaren Mercedes1:18.121+1.097s
8Pierre GaslyGASAlphaTauri Honda1:18.202+1.178s
9Charles LeclercLECFerrari1:18.213+1.189s
10Lando NorrisNORMcLaren Mercedes1:18.312+1.288s
11Lance StrollSTRAston Martin Mercedes1:18.352+1.328s
12Kimi RäikkönenRAIAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari1:18.531+1.507s
13Antonio GiovinazziGIOAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari1:18.556+1.532s
14Sebastian VettelVETAston Martin Mercedes1:18.614+1.590s
15Fernando AlonsoALOAlpine Renault1:18.847+1.823s
16Esteban OconOCOAlpine Renault1:18.999+1.975s
17George RussellRUSWilliams Mercedes1:19.211+2.187s
18Mick SchumacherMSCHaas Ferrari1:19.238+2.214s
19Nicholas LatifiLATWilliams Mercedes1:19.313+2.289s
20Nikita MazepinMAZHaas Ferrari1:20.479+3.455s