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F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Piastri leads McLaren FP3 1-2 as Ferrari is “nowhere”
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F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Piastri leads McLaren FP3 1-2 as Ferrari is “nowhere”

By Miles Cooper December 10, 2024
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Oscar Piastri headed one other McLaren 1-2 in third observe for Components 1’s season finale on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton third and Max Verstappen fourth.

There was little motion in the beginning of the one-hour session, with the 2 Aston Martin automobiles heading out within the early minutes just for prolonged set up excursions.

Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan emerged on the finish of the opening 10 minutes and duly established the benchmark at 1m26.040s and 1m25.633s respectively – with the previous notably dragging his Alpine’s plank closely alongside the kerb exiting the lengthy Flip 5 hairpin on the finish of the second sector.

The Aston’s then re-emerged and Lance Stroll took the highest spot with a 1m25.528s, with Fernando Alonso behind initially with a gap flying lap on the softs many of the groups have been operating early on that characteristic him having to jink to keep away from a low-flying seagull.

Because the opening third ended, Zhou Guanyu nipped forward for Sauber, earlier than Kevin Magnussen put Haas into first place with a 1m24.470s and Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton appeared on the mediums.

The frontrunners had joined the fray by this stage, however solely Lando Norris troubled the main instances – his preliminary effort on the softs coming in over 0.3s down on Magnussen – with Mercedes largest challenge involving Hamilton wanting a motivational sticker faraway from behind his steering wheel.

Magnussen’s time lasted till the beginning of the session’s closing third, with Alex Albon gaining over 0.6s on the Dane to leap as much as first from twelfth with a 1m24.378s.

F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Piastri leads McLaren FP3 1-2 as Ferrari is “nowhere”

Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38

Picture by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures

After this, George Russell, who had been complaining about his tempo a lot earlier within the session, moved forward with a 1m24.075s, earlier than Piastri edged clear by 0.642s for McLaren.

Norris couldn’t higher that 1m23.433s along with his subsequent flier, with the Briton sitting almost 0.2s again om his team-mate, with Verstappen slotting into third a short time later with all of the automobiles on the softs.

Piastri and Norris tried once more on used softs as the ultimate 5 minutes kicked off, however apart from the Australian setting a private finest within the center sector they didn’t enhance, along with his team-mate operating off observe at Turns 1 and 13 combating oversteer.

The leaders headed again to the pits after this, with Hamilton’s late effort sufficient to get forward of Verstappen and path Piastri by 0.390s – regardless of the Mercedes additionally being fitted with used softs.Sainz ended up fifth forward of Russell and the Haas pair – Nico Hulkenberg getting forward of Magnussen with a new-soft efficiency run a lot later in FP3.

Charles Leclerc declared Ferrari “nowhere” in its battle with McLaren for the constructors’ championship, with the Monegasque driver – who will take a 10-place grid drop from wherever he qualifies afterward Saturday at Yas Marina – ninth and 0.665s off the tempo.

Sergio Perez rounded out the highest 10 for Purple Bull.

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