Raikkonen tops final free practice

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Kimi Raikkonen topped the timesheet Saturday morning in the final session of free practice before this afternoon's crucial qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

The Finn set a 1:20.214 which was a few tenths faster than Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel who ended up second despite encountering an issue shortly before the end of the session when the SF70H stopped at the end of the pitlane.

Most drivers spent the bulk of the session doing longer runs on the medium compound tyre before bolting on the softer tyre in the latter part of the session.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton slotted in third while Valtteri Bottas remained stranded in the garage as Mercedes scrambled to change the Finn's engine following the detection of a water leak.

He ultimately headed out with only a few minutes left on the clock for a short run on soft tyres which was good enough for fourth on the timesheet, just a few tenths down on Hamilton.

While perhaps not completely reinvigorated by his performance, Fernando Alonso received a bit of consolation after his failure yesterday by putting his McLaren-Honda in P10 after a rare but welcomed trouble-free session.

Free practice 3 results

PosDriverTeamTimeGapLaps
1Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:20.214s20
2Sebastian VettelFerrari1:20.456s+ 0.242s7
3Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:20.595s+ 0.381s12
4Valtteri BottasMercedes1:20.868s+ 0.654s7
5Max VerstappenRed Bull1:21.025s+ 0.811s14
6Daniel RicciardoRed Bull1:21.249s+ 1.035s15
7Nico HülkenbergRenault1:21.670s+ 1.456s13
8Felipe MassaWilliams1:21.746s+ 1.532s19
9Carlos SainzToro Rosso1:21.835s+ 1.621s19
10Fernando AlonsoMcLaren1:22.093s+ 1.879s16
11Romain GrosjeanHaas1:22.128s+ 1.914s21
12Kevin MagnussenHaas1:22.214s+ 2.000s12
13Sergio PérezForce India1:22.237s+ 2.023s19
14Esteban OconForce India1:22.297s+ 2.083s22
15Daniil KvyatToro Rosso1:22.391s+ 2.177s15
16Marcus EricssonSauber1:22.513s+ 2.299s20
17Lance StrollWilliams1:22.574s+ 2.360s19
18Jolyon PalmerRenault1:22.755s+ 2.541s13
19Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren1:22.853s+ 2.639s15
20Pascal WehrleinSauber1:22.974s+ 2.760s19


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