British Lando Norris (McLaren) was the fastest third free practice this Saturday The third round of the championship for the Australian Grand Prix is held at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. Norris, on the best of his laps and on soft tyres, left the chronometer in 1 minute, 19 seconds and 117 thousandth, Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) second 132 thousandth and Mexico’s Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) third to 148 thousandth.
Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine), who temporarily dominates the training in the middle of the session, fourth place 158 per thousand of McLaren, carlos sainz (Ferrari), who took the podium in the previous two races and finished second in the overall classification, finished fifth One 302 thousandth of Norris.
The workout ended early, with just over three and a half minutes left. Canadian Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin crashed into a wall On the way out of Turn 12 and the race direction decided not to continue the third free practice. Previously, the session was suspended for several minutes. The crash of the other Aston Martin driven by the German Sebastian VettelHe made his debut this season after surviving the covid-19, which had a problem with the engine of his car in his first training yesterday and prevented him from participating in the first two races.
After being canceled two years in a row due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Australian GP is returning to the Formula 1 World Championship, where the World Cup is traditionally held, as the third round of the calendar after the 5,303km-long track has been remodeled. opened.