{"id":430247,"date":"2023-03-18T11:53:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T15:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=430247"},"modified":"2023-03-20T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:17:54","slug":"verstappen-heads-dominant-red-bull-1-2-in-fp3-with-alonso-third","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/verstappen-heads-dominant-red-bull-1-2-in-fp3-with-alonso-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen heads dominant Red Bull 1-2 in FP3, with Alonso third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/formula-1\/driver\/max-verstappen\/\">Max Verstappen<\/a> finished off the third practice session with a time of 1:28.485, which put him comfortrably in the driving seat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your FP3 Top 3! <\/p>\n<p>We&#39;re starting to see a trend here&#8230;\ud83e\udd2a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaudiArabianGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SaudiArabianGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GkQ8Wf7PL4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GkQ8Wf7PL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1637100659127246852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Verstappen&#8217;s teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/formula-1\/driver\/sergio-perez\/\">Sergio Perez<\/a> came a distant second, some six tenths behind the double-world champion.<\/p>\n<p>The Aston Martin of <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/formula-1\/driver\/fernando-alonso\/\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> came in third, almost a second behin Verstappen, with Canadian teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/formula-1\/driver\/lance-stroll\/\">Lance Stroll<\/a> in 4th, just a couple hundreds of the 41-year old&#8217;s time, emphasizing the British-based team&#8217;s incredible progress.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes of <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/formula-1\/driver\/lewis-hamilton\/\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> rounded off the top 5, with a time of 1:29.568, just a tenth off Aston Martin&#8217;s performance. His teammate George Russel could only manage 11.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari were the last team to put on the soft compound tyre and, therefore, set a representitive time, which was enough to see <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/formula-1\/driver\/charles-leclerc\/\">Charles Leclerc<\/a> finish in P6, while Carlos Sainz had to settle for P10.<\/p>\n<p>It was another clean sweep for Verstappen, who topped all three practice sessions and barring any technical issues the Dutchman&#8217;s first pole position at the Jeddah circuit looks more of a inevitability than a possibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen finished off the third practice session with a time of 1:28.485, which put him comfortrably in the driving seat. 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