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Connor McDonagh

15 Mar 2025

02:33

FP3 results

2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (3)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m15.921s
2	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m15.960s
3	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m16.002s
4	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1m16.188s
5	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m16.206s
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Atlassian Williams Racing	1m16.252s
7	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams Racing	1m16.258s
8	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1m16.378s
9	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	1m16.455s
10	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m16.597s
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m16.707s
12	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m16.719s
13	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	1m16.732s
14	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m16.948s
15	Jack Doohan	AUS	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m16.993s
16	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m17.146s
17	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m17.270s
18	Esteban Ocon	FRA	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m17.373s
19	Oliver Bearman	GBR	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
20	Liam Lawson	NZL	Oracle Red Bull Racing

02:30

Chequered flag

Piastri on top ahead of Russell and Verstappen.

02:27

A late improvement

Russell slots into second, 0.039s off Piastri's top time. Leclerc goes fourth, just ahead of Antonelli.

02:22

Piastri lowers the benchmark

A 1m15.921s for Piastri to pip Verstappen to top spot.

Hamilton improves but it's only good enough for eighth.

02:21

Good lap from Antonelli

He goes fourth in the Mercedes, within a tenth of Russell. Solid effort.

02:20

Into the final 10 minutes

Verstappen, Piastri, Russell, Sainz, Albon, Leclerc, Norris, Hamilton, Bortoleto and Hadjar.

02:16

Piastri gets close

Piastri moves to within a tenth of Verstappen at the top of the timesheets.

02:15

Tidy lap from Verstappen

On a fresh set of tyres, he lowers the benchmark to a 1m16.002s to go 0.4s clear.

02:13

Good lap from Albon

He slots into second in the Williams, just a tenth shy of Russell.

02:09

20 minutes on the clock

Russell, Norris, Verstappen, Leclerc, Hamilton, Albon, Sainz, Antonelli, Piastri and Tsunoda is the current top 10.

02:08

Great lap from Russell

He sets a 1m16.402s to go top of the order, 0.2s ahead of Verstappen.

02:07

Ferrari

Woah 🤏

P2 @Charles_Leclerc - 1:16.676
P3 @LewisHamilton - 1:16.677 pic.twitter.com/FeDTF1rWa3
— Scuderia Ferrari HP (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 15, 2025

02:04

Good lap from Leclerc

He's moved to within a tenth of Verstappen at the top.

02:02

Albon into second

Albon is one of the drivers running on the hards and has just gone second, 0.155s off the pace.

02:00

30 minutes on the clock

Verstappen, Antonelli, Piastri, Leclerc, Norris, Russell, Hamilton, Bortoleto, Doohan and Alonso.

01:56

Norris into second

Norris goes second, 0.3s off Verstappen. It proves how quick that lap from Verstappen is at this stage.

01:55

Solid lap from Verstappen

He's now set a 1m16.646s to lower the benchmark in FP3.

There's a mixture of soft and hard tyres so far.

01:53

Piastri lowers the benchmark

A 1m17.298s for Piastri puts him 0.3s ahead of Verstappen. Leclerc's first time of the day puts him fourth overall, 0.5s off.

01:51

Current order

Verstappen, Doohan, Ocon, Sainz, Norris and Bortoleto.

01:49

Verstappen takes to the top

A 1m17.632s puts him comfortably at the top of the timesheets. It seems Lawson has some sort of technical problem as he returns to the pit lane after abandoning his first lap of the session.

01:45

First times on the board

A 1m19.221s for Doohan to put him top of the timesheets, 0.8s ahead of Ocon.

01:40

FP3 back underway

Bearman's car has been cleared and final practice is back underway in Melbourne.

01:38

Bearman

Replays show Bearman tipping his front-left wheel on the grass before turning into the corner. A disastrous couple of days for the British rookie, who missed the whole of FP2 after an earlier crash.

He will be on the back foot ahead of qualifying.

01:35

Another mistake from Bearman