F1 Baku, Perez the fastest in FP3. Leclerc in a whisker with Ferrari

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In the third free practice session in Azerbaijan best time of the Mexican of Red Bull, 70 thousandths faster than the Monegasque of the red. Then the teammates in front of the two McLarens

by the correspondent Giusto Ferronato

June 11th

– baku (azerbaijan)

Red Bull and Ferrari on the edge of thousandths. Only 70 separated Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc in the third free practice session of the Azerbaijani GP, the round that precedes qualifying that will define the starting grid for the eighth GP of the season. Qualifying that will start at 4.15 pm Italian time, with a slight delay because FP3 started with a 15-minute delay to repair the barriers of turn 1, damaged during the F2 race. The regulation provides that at least 2 hours pass between FP3 and qualifying, hence the shift of the start of the fight for pole.

tight challenge

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Pole which therefore sees a challenge to be enjoyed between the two protagonists of the championship, with a Perez in great shape and a Leclerc who will be called to one of his masterpiece laps that this year has shown he can extract already 5 times out of 7 qualifications. Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz finished in third and fourth place, but the Dutchman was slowed down in the last attempted lap when he had scored the best first split. The world champion therefore remains a bad customer for pole. Fifth and sixth place for the two McLarens of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, finally in the top positions. Seventh Pierre Gasly with the AlphaTauri, then followed by George Russell’s Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton only 12th. In difficulty Valtteri Bottas with Alfa Romeo, penultimate and author of a spin, luckily for him harmless.

binotto clarifies

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Meanwhile, the team principal of the Cavallino Mattia Binotto wanted to clarify the statements made in recent days to the BBC, in which he spoke of Ferrari 2022 objectives which are not the world title at all costs, but being competitive after years of difficulty, even if still trying to fight for the world crown. Words that some have interpreted as a “slowdown” on Ferrari enthusiasm: “You need to be able to distinguish objectives from ambitions – he said today in Baku – there is no doubt that today, looking at the ranking after seven GPs, the ambition of each individual element of the team is elevated. The desire to do well, to win and we are not satisfied even with winning a World Cup, we want to win both if we look at ambition. And so next year and the next. Then we need to distinguish the objectives. We have come from difficult years and we have set ourselves the goal of returning to being competitive. This does not mean being in the first race and closing the chapter but it does mean being so for the whole season and to be so we must continue to develop, continue to do well, present ourselves at every race and be able to win. Then we will sum up. There is no one on the team who is holding back on their ambitions ”.

FP3 gp azerbaijan f1, the times table

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Here are the times of the Free 3 of the F1 GP in Baku

  1. Perez, Red Bull 1: 43.170
  2. Leclerc, Ferrari +0.070
  3. Verstappen, Red Bull +0.279
  4. Sainz, Ferrari +0.426
  5. Norris, McLaren +1.248
  6. Ricciardo, McLaren +1.306
  7. Gasly, AlphaTauri +1.321
  8. Russell, Mercedes +1.403
  9. Ocon, Alpine +1.515
  10. Vettel, Aston Martin +1.519
  11. Alonso, Alpine +1.672
  12. Hamilton, Mercedes +1.675
  13. Stroll, Aston Martin +1.709
  14. Zhou, Alfa Romeo +1.743
  15. Magnussen, Haas +1.749
  16. Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +1.794
  17. Albon, Williams +2309
  18. Schumacher, Haas +2.362
  19. Bottas, Alfa Romeo +2.404
  20. Latifi, Williams +2.900

June 11, 2022 (change June 11, 2022 | 14:39)

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