Max Verstappen set the tempo within the remaining follow session for the Miami Grand Prix, 4 tenths of a second faster than Charles Leclerc within the Ferrari.

The championship chief set a brand new quickest time of the weekend thus far to set the tempo within the remaining hour of follow, whereas Leclerc was the one different driver to interrupt underneath the 1’28 barrier. Sergio Perez was third-fastest within the second Purple Bull.

The ultimate hour of follow forward of qualifying started with clouds hanging over Laborious Rock Stadium with monitor temperatures simply south of 30C for the third consecutive session. Esteban Ocon was the primary driver to take to the circuit and he duly set the primary lap time of the day with a 1’31.125 on the medium compound tyres.

There was not an amazing rush onto the circuit with most of the area content material to stay within the storage and permit their rivals to rubber up the monitor on their behalf. Purple Bull took to the monitor on smooth tyres, with Perez going quickest of all. He was quickly eclipsed by staff mate Verstappen, who posted a 1’27.969 – virtually matching his greatest general time from Friday.

After complaining of low grip accessible from the circuit on Friday, drivers continued to seek out grip was at a premium on Saturday. Nico Hulkenberg, who crashed at flip three within the opening follow session, ran off the circuit at turns six, seven and eight, whereas Fernando Alonso had a quick off on the tight flip 17 hairpin within the Aston Martin.

Verstappen improved his greatest time to supply a brand new general greatest lap of the weekend, setting a 1’27.535. Carlos Sainz Jnr additionally improved to maneuver into second place within the occasions, however virtually six tenths of a second behind the world champion. Perez was third-fastest within the second Purple Bull, whereas the 2 Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly sat in fourth and fifth.

Within the later minutes of the session, Perez briefly jumped as much as second behind his staff mate, however was nonetheless have a second behind Verstappen’s greatest. Then Leclerc put his Ferrari in between the 2 Purple Bulls with a lap a tenth of a second sooner than Perez however nonetheless 4 tenths behind Verstappen’s quickest time. Verstappen returned to the monitor within the remaining couple of minutes, however solely to hold out a follow begin, reasonably than attempt to enhance his personal greatest time, Purple Bull making certain he reached the arrived firstly/end line seconds earlier than the chequered flag appeared.

Verstappen ended the ultimate session comfortably quickest, adopted by Leclerc second and Perez third within the second Purple Bull. Sainz was fourth quickest within the Ferrari forward of the 2 Alpines of Ocon and Gasly. Valtteri Bottas was seventh within the Alfa Romeo forward of Hulkenberg in eighth and Alexander Albon in ninth. George Russell accomplished the highest ten for Mercedes.

2023 Miami Grand Prix third follow resultPositionNumberDriverTeamModelTimeGapLaps11Max VerstappenRed BullRB191’27.53518216Charles LeclercFerrariSF-231’27.9410.40626311Sergio PerezRed BullRB191’28.0500.51522455Carlos Sainz JnrFerrariSF-231’28.1250.59027531Esteban OconAlpine-RenaultA5231’28.4070.87225610Pierre GaslyAlpine-RenaultA5231’28.4280.89324777Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-FerrariC431’28.4560.92119827Nico HulkenbergHaas-FerrariVF-231’28.4970.96216923Alexander AlbonWilliams-MercedesFW451’28.5611.026201063George RussellMercedesW141’28.6061.071201120Kevin MagnussenHaas-FerrariVF-231’28.6071.072141214Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-MercedesAMR231’28.6181.083241344Lewis HamiltonMercedesW141’28.7181.183231418Lance StrollAston Martin-MercedesAMR231’28.7231.188241524Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-FerrariC431’29.0741.539191622Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Purple BullAT041’29.1791.64420172Logan SargeantWilliams-MercedesFW451’29.2641.729201881Oscar PiastriMcLaren-MercedesMCL601’29.3751.84018194Lando NorrisMcLaren-MercedesMCL601’29.4011.866182021Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Purple BullAT041’29.4471.91222

Mixed session timesPositionNumberDriverTeamFP1 timeFP2 timeFP3 timeGapLaps11Max VerstappenRed Bull1’30.5491’27.9301’27.5351216Charles LeclercFerrari1’30.4491’28.3981’27.9410.4063311Sergio PerezRed Bull1’31.5661’28.4191’28.0500.5154455Carlos Sainz JnrFerrari1’30.7241’28.3151’28.1250.5902531Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1’31.5421’28.9371’28.4070.8729610Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1’31.1041’29.0981’28.4280.89311777Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1’31.9021’29.1891’28.4560.92114827Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari1’31.3921’29.3931’28.4970.96217923Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1’31.9031’29.0461’28.5611.026101063George RussellMercedes1’30.1251’29.2161’28.6061.071151120Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1’31.8531’29.1711’28.6071.072121214Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes1’31.2311’28.6601’28.6181.08351344Lewis HamiltonMercedes1’30.3371’28.8581’28.7181.18371418Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1’31.3371’28.9301’28.7231.1888154Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1’31.9971’28.7411’29.4011.20661624Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1’32.1341’29.1811’29.0741.539131722Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Purple Bull1’32.1691’29.6131’29.1791.64418182Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1’32.6191’30.0381’29.2641.729201981Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1’31.8101’29.3391’29.3751.804162021Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Purple Bull1’34.6371’29.9281’29.4471.91219

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