F1 – Leclerc beats Verstappen by just 0.02 in tight final practice as Sainz takes third in Melbourne

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F1 – Leclerc beats Verstappen by just 0.02 in tight final practice as Sainz takes third in Melbourne

Sport newsFerrari’s Charles Leclerc beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by the narrow margin of 0.02s to take top spot in the final practice session for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz in third, just 0.057s behind the defending world champion. In the opening phase of the hour-long session it was Verstappen and Sergio Pérez who set the pace, with the Red Bull drivers trading fastest times on medium tyres and at the quar…