F1 Monza, Sainz makes Ferrari dream in free practice 3. Verstappen 2nd, Leclerc 4th

The Spaniard was fastest in the session preceding qualifying for the Italian GP ahead of the Dutchman and Hamilton. Charles precedes Alonso and Russell. Qualifying at 4pm

Monza qualifying is approaching and Carlos Sainz ignites the hope of the fans Ferrari. The Spaniard in 1’20″912 set the best time of free practice 3 of Italian GPpreceding the Red Bull of the bogeyman Max Verstappen. The Spaniard set the best time of the session in the finale, ahead of the Dutchman by 86 thousandths. The best starter in view of the fight for pole which starts at 4 pm, the Prancing Horse really wants to worry Red Bull, even if obviously it won’t be easy.

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It won’t be easy also because it’s still not clear how much margin Verstappen has in his pocket, who has always lowered his times easily every time he pushed. However, Ferrari presented itself to the maximum of its possibilities, it replaced the power units with completely fresh units and Sainz also has a new gearbox. There will be to watch carefully too Lewis Hamiltonwho climbed back to third position today with the Mercedes after a complicated Friday. Fourth time for Ferrari by Charles Leclercwho certainly won’t be watching as soon as qualifying takes place, the moment in which he always knows how to get the most out of the car.

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Fifth and sixth time for Fernando Alonso with Aston Martin e George Russell with Mercedes. Seventh and eighth time for the Ferrari-powered Haas, while Alex Albon was ninth ahead of the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez. In 16th and 19th place the Alfa Romeos of Bottas and Zhou. The Alpines are struggling with Ocon and Gasly in 18th and 20th place. Twelfth and 13th time for the two AlphaTauri of Lawson and Tsunoda.

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