Max Verstappen topped an ultra-close final practice session before qualifying at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.
While FP3 does take place in the daytime compared to the nighttime conditions of qualifying, based on the evidence of the 60-minute session, the margins in qualifying are going to be very tight.
Red Bull’s hopes of continuing its back-to-back race-winning form were boosted by Verstappen setting the fastest time of FP3, a 1m30.148s.
Lando Norris looked the more comfortable McLaren driver in FP3, having lagged behind team-mate Oscar Piastri on Friday.
But it was Piastri who went quickest on their final soft tyre runs, coming just 0.017s shy of Verstappen’s time, which was set earlier in the session.
Piastri’s lap was just 0.032s quicker than George Russell, who claimed third for Mercedes, having lost Friday running to his “annoying” FP2 shunt.
Team-mate Kimi Antonelli backed up a strong start to Saturday for Mercedes in fourth place, just 0.089s slower than Verstappen. A potential yellow flag infringement by Antonelli was 'noted' by the stewards, then quickly waved off as requiring no further investigation.
Norris led the session early on but ended up fifth, setting an identical time to Antonelli.
Williams driver Carlos Sainz was sixth ahead of the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar.
Lewis Hamilton was the fastest Ferrari in eighth, but he faces a post-session investigation for a potential red flag infringement.
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That red flag was caused by Liam Lawson, who suffered his second crash of the weekend as he got on the kerb at Turn 7 and crumpled the front right corner of his car against the barriers.
The top 10 was rounded out by Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber - not in the top 10 in qualifying all season - and Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.
The second Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda was 18th, 1.292s off his team-mate’s session-topping pace.
Session results
1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m30.148s
2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.017s
3 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.049s
4 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.089s
5 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.089s
6 Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.244s
7 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +0.341s
8 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.411s
9 Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) +0.489s
10 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.503s
11 Alex Albon (Williams) +0.520s
12 Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) +0.549s
13 Esteban Ocon (Haas) +0.636s
14 Ollie Bearman (Haas) +0.651s
15 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.775s
16 Franco Colapinto (Alpine) +0.899s
17 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) +1.112s
18 Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) +1.292s
19 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +1.495s
20 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) +3.480s
