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F1 Australian GP: Piastri quickest from Russell in FP3 as Bearman crashes once more
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F1 Australian GP: Piastri quickest from Russell in FP3 as Bearman crashes once more

By Miles Cooper March 15, 2025
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri topped a convoluted last apply for Method 1’s Australian Grand Prix forward of George Russell and Max Verstappen, the place Oliver Bearman crashed out once more for Haas.

Underneath overcast skies at Albert Park, a number of frontrunners had headed out on the onerous tyres earlier than Bearman’s quick incident, however when the one-hour session resumed with simply 11 minutes gone they waited slightly longer after which returned on the softs.

Esteban Ocon and Jack Doohan had brief preliminary spells on the high of the occasions, earlier than Verstappen shot forward with a 1m17.632s because the Pink Bull seemed a lot improved early in comparison with Friday’s working.

Piastri then nipped to the highest on a 1m17.298s earlier than Verstappen edged a lot additional clear with a 1m16.646s on his second run after 24 minutes.

This stood because the benchmark for over 10 minutes – as his rivals couldn’t go faster on their subsequent early efforts. However on Verstappen’s third run he suffered a rear slide at Flip 12, which urged the RB21’s knife-edge dealing with stays an element.

With simply over 20 minutes to go, Russell toppled Verstappen with a 1m16.402s earlier than Lando Norris got here by way of to sit down second with a lap that featured a giant gravel strike exiting Flip 6.

Verstappen then used one other new set of softs to shoot again to the highest of the occasions with a 1m16.002s.

F1 Australian GP: Piastri quickest from Russell in FP3 as Bearman crashes once more

George Russell, Mercedes

Picture by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Photographs

Whereas Verstappen returned to the pits, Piastri used the identical set of softs to get forward on a 1m15.921s with simply eight minutes remaining – after Norris had backed out of a lap because of a slide in soiled air from site visitors on the penultimate nook.

Because the clock ticked down, Verstappen deserted a lap that seemed to be going shut with Piastri as he slid wildly exiting Flip 12 – albeit whereas working used softs at this stage, the place Russell then squeezed between Piastri and the world champion.

He ended up 0.039s off the highest spot, with the highest three coated by simply 0.081s.

FP2 chief Charles Leclerc lastly acquired Ferrari up the order late on after going shut halfway by way of – as he complained about oversteer that was robbing him of confidence – and he didn’t go any faster with a second try on his last set of softs because the chequered flag flew.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli was fifth forward of Williams pair Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and Yuki Tsunoda, whereas Norris ended up rounding out the highest 10 within the different McLaren.

Bearman spun off on his first flying lap after lacking all of FP2 because of his FP1 shunt at Flip 10, together with his FP3 off occurring one nook on. The Briton put his left-side wheels on the grass and speared off backwards – getting beached within the gravel and unable to take any additional half within the session.

Liam Lawson additionally missed most of FP3 as a pneumatic air concern on his engine struck on his first flying lap and he needed to return to the pits from the place he didn’t re-emerge.

F1 Australian GP – FP3 outcomes

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