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The second day of on-track running at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix kicks off with the final practice session of the weekend. Fernando Alonso enters the session after topping the previous practice outing on Thursday evening. The session marks the final time teams can gather data to prepare their cars for qualifying and the Grand Prix. Below you will find our dedicated live blog and live timing hub; the times refresh automatically during the session, so you are always up to date. Download the F1 calendar to your agenda. Don't miss out on any of the F1 action thanks to this handy F1 calendar that can be easily loaded into your smartphone or PC.

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Carlos Sainz set the pace in the third and final free practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, with the Ferrari driver leading the way from Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen. With the lights going green at local time, many drivers were happy to bide their time in their garages before hitting the track for the final hour of running before qualifying later on Friday. Others soon started to follow, with most also opting for the soft compound while the Red Bull duo of Verstappen and Sergio Perez were interestingly the only ones to bolt on the hard tyres. Alonso led the way after the initial laps on a 1m But it was fellow Spaniard Sainz who ended the session on top with a time of 1m Verstappen was third, with Charles Leclerc fourth after the Monegasque had a slight moment on his flying lap. Perez, Nico Hulkenberg and Lance Stroll rounded out the top Daniel Ricciardo — who set the pace in FP1 on Thursday — was 11th, while Hamilton ultimately ended the hour down in 12th. The teams will now have a final opportunity to examine the data ahead of qualifying, which takes place at local time. Grand Prix Weekend. Red flag. Sorry Something's gone wrong. Live Commentary.

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Formula 1's final practice session at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix featured a frantic five-minute qualifying simulation after a hefty Zhou Guanyu crash shortened the running. FP3 is Bearman's only track time with the Ferrari SF before he tackles his first F1 qualifying session later today. His own session was largely drama-free and while he did lose some running because of Zhou's red flag-inducing shunt, he managed to get one qualifying simulation in at the end of FP3, setting the 10th-fastest time with that. A red-flagged FP3 would have been the worst-case scenario for Bearman and Ferrari before the session. Fortunately, either side of the interruption, he managed to complete the bulk of the programme designed to give him a quick-fire introduction to the SF ahead of his first ever F1 qualifying session and his grand prix debut on Saturday.

Max Verstappen set the fastest time in FP3 to lead his Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez by over six tenths of a second — and the rest of the field by nearly a second — as the championship leader swept all three practice sessions before qualifying in Saudi Arabia. Verstappen, who led FP1 and FP2 on Friday, followed that up with another table-topping performance on Saturday afternoon, having equipped softs to set a lap of 1m The Dutchman improved steadily throughout the session with the track gripping up from spent tyre rubber, and temperatures decreasing towards sunset. Perez ended up 0. He was the last driver within a second of the Dutchman, as Lance Stroll was 1.

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Verstappen looked hooked up around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Friday, and while it was George Russell who was quickest after the first runs on soft tyres, three-time world champion Verstappen moved back on top when the teams took out the fuel and went for a proper qualifying simulation. He clocked a 1m Albon, though, was the star as he repeated the supreme pace he showed in FP1 with another corker of a lap to add evidence to the theory that Williams could be a real shock package this weekend. Home favourite Perez was very much in the mix in third, 0. Russell was the leading Mercedes in fourth, the Briton telling his team on the radio that he was surprised by the lack of improvement when bolting on fresh softs and taking the fuel out of a car that looks reasonably competitive. Oscar Piastri was just over half a second off the pace in fifth for McLaren, with Valtteri Bottas continuing his fine form this weekend with sixth for Alfa Romeo. Yuki Tsunoda has a long weekend ahead of him, having taking a suite of new engine and gearbox parts that will confine him to the back of the grid. As a result, he spent much of the session focusing on long runs — but when he bolted on the softs for a qualifying sim with a couple of minutes to go, he popped into seventh. Albon was second fastest in FP3 thanks to a stellar lap in his Williams.

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Join Live Session. Verstappen gives competitors more worries: 'Felt more comfortable' 11 hours ago. The year-old immediately eclipsed his usual F2 pace, setting a time in the low s, but Bottas immediately lowered the bar to a more representative Verify email address. When the session got back under way, George Russell improved to end up fourth quickest — the leading Mercedes, with his team mate and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton ninth. Verify email address. Perez targeting Verstappen in Jeddah: 'Important to get past Leclerc' 8 hours ago 1. Bearman started FP3 with three push laps on the medium tyres, a run that started understandably cautiously but rapidly improved. Hamilton: 'If I had done that my career would have looked different' 7 hours ago 6. That seemed to be achieved with a consistently improving run that started in the mid-1m33s and ended with two laps a second quicker than that.

Carlos Sainz set the pace in the third and final free practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, with the Ferrari driver leading the way from Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen.

What time does the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix start? FP3: Verstappen fastest during final practice as Bearman makes his Ferrari debut in Saudi Arabia The session was red-flagged when Zhou Guanyu crashed into the barriers, an incident that the Chinese driver fortunately walked away from unaided. Formula 1. Share Tweet. Rumors 'Ferrari approach Red Bull Racing technical staff for switch' 22 hours ago 5. With five minutes left to run in the session track running resumed. As Magnussen came round to start a push lap, he would find some of those from the back of the queue making their way out, with an affected lap to boot for the Haas. But with Sainz suffering from appendicitis and now needing surgery, F2 title favourite Bearman will swap his PREMA — and F2 pole position — for a Ferrari for the remainder of the weekend. Perez penalised in huge Saudi Arabian GP twist. Breaking Verstappen wins in Saudi Arabia as Bearman earns his first points 33 minutes ago Grand Prix Weekend. F1 calendar Watch F1 TV.