Traffic has become a problem for many on the high -speed circuit, with Norris, notably raised by Max Verstappen and commenting on their radio, “why nobody uses radios at all?” Meanwhile, Alex Albon was also hampered by Lewis Hamilton, an incident that the Ferrari driver was called to the commissioners after the session.
Leclerc moved upward as the 20 -minute brand of the one hour session approaches 1m 29.002 before the drivers move towards the compound of the sweetest tire. George Russell was the first of the main runners to exchange and lower the reference to a 1m 28.973 after complaining about “some rebounding high speeds”.
The times continued to tumble, Carlos Sainz, Verstappen and Piastri occupying all the first place approaching the half of the procedure before Norris had them all usurged with a 1m 28,340.
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The Briton lowered the reference index further on the marked red tire, moving his best
Piastri finished 0.163 backwards with Verstappen to a tenth behind, while Leclerc directed Ferrari’s load in fourth, followed by an impressive performance by the Sainz Williams pilot.
Tsunoda won sixth but finished the session in the barrier during the last round after the driver of Red Bull cut the wall inside, breaking his suspension which sent him to the barrier at the exit. The end of the period of the red flag left a little more than a minute to play, with the drivers who rushed to take training starts but not modify the command.
