F1 Azerbaijan GP: Verstappen beats Russell and Hamilton to top FP3
Verstappen used a late slipstream to beat Russell by 0.099 seconds, while Hamilton took third in the one-hour session.
- Max Verstappen topped the final practice session at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Friday, narrowly edging out George Russell to end the Mercedes driver's practice streak by 0.099 seconds.
- The Azerbaijan Grand Prix features a rare practice and qualifying schedule ahead of the race, with drivers navigating the Baku City Circuit that balances fast first and third sectors against tight middle-section twists.
- Verstappen ended the session fastest despite reporting his RB22 was "jumping like a kangaroo," while Lewis Hamilton placed his Ferrari third, followed by championship leader Kimi Antonelli in fourth.
- Aston Martin's Lance Stroll tagged the Turn 1 wall, damaging his suspension, while race control deployed a virtual safety car when a tree branch swept onto the track.
- Teams now shift focus toward qualifying for the race, as drivers aim to hone their slipstreaming timing on the 2km straight to secure competitive grid positions ahead of Saturday's grand prix.
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Writing sports, 25 Sep (EFE).- The quadruple Dutch world champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull), set the best time this Friday in the third and last free training for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the fifteenth Formula One World Championship, which is contested in the Baku urban circuit. At the best of its [...] The entry Verstappen led, ahead of Russell and Hamilton, Baku's last free was first published in HolaNews.
The Dutchman dominated the last free practice session of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in front of George Russell's Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari.
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The Independent (US)Max Verstappen edges out George Russell during final practice in Azerbaijan
Russell had been fastest in both sessions in Baku on Thursday.
Max Verstappen was the fastest in the last free practice session before the classification for Azerbaijan's GP. The Red Bull driver overcame George Russell, who had led the two sessions of Thursday with Mercedes, and Lewis Hamilton, of Fer
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