Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) was fastest in the final free practice of the Australian Grand Prix this Saturday., in front of Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. Verstappen, the current world champion and who has never won in Australia, set a time of one minute, 17 seconds and 565,000 on soft tires on his best laps.
The Dutchman, who also won the first free practice session on Friday, was 162k faster than the Spaniard. Fernando Alonso, secondand the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine) set the third best time at 373 thousandths of a second, all on soft tyres. Top-ranked Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) in the first part of these final tests finished in seventh place, 562,000ths of a second behind the leader.
After the third and final free workout, this Saturday qualification is also controversialIt will set the starting line-up for Sunday’s race: 58 laps are scheduled to complete a 306.1-kilometer course.