The Mexican makes his Red Bull sparkle in Spa-Francochamps. (Photo AP / Olivier Matthys)
The Mexican Sergio Perez (Red Bull)third in the World Cup Formula 1he set the best time in the third and final free practice sessions of the Belgian Grand Prix, the fourteenth of the championship, which takes place on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
In his best lap, Czech traveled the 7.004 meters of the legendary Ardennes track in one minute, 45 seconds and 47 thousandths137 less than his teammate, the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), World Cup leader: and with a 777 advantage over the Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), which marked the third time of the last test; like the previous ones, with soft rubber.
Sainz, fifth in the World Championship, 102 points behind Verstappen, has repeated the legendary Belgian track thirteen times; and he will have, like Checo, a great opportunity to fight for pole position, given that both the World Cup leader and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) -second, 80 points away-, seventh; and from the back of the grid will start the English Lando Norris (McLaren), who signed the fourth place.
Charles Leclerc hit the barriers and caused a very short red flag by turning in the gravel at turn 12. The Monegasque driver finished sixth overall in the 3PQ but after recovering his car from the gravel he said: “I don’t think the car is damaged.”
At four in the afternoon (11 in Argentina, by Star +) the qualifying session will be held, which will decide the starting line-up for this Sunday’s race – scheduled in 44 laps, to complete a distance of 308 kilometers -.
The penalized
Both Verstappen and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – and other drivers, such as the French Esteban Ocon (Alpine), the Finnish Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) or the German Mick Schumacher (Haas) – have been penalized for engine changes and will start from there. last from the grid at the first Grand Prix after the holidays.
Source: Clarin
