Max fifth in final Monaco practice

Published on 28 May 2016 by Stefan Meens

Max finished the final practice session of the Monaco GP weekend in fifth. Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari was first followed by Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Max' team mate, Daniel Ricciardo, managed P4 with the new power unit aboard his RB12.

At the start of the session, the conditions are ideal. Nevertheless not everyone is going out straight away. In fact, the two Red Bulls remain in the pits. It means the Ferraris and Mercedes vie for the top spots in the opening stages of the session.

After 20 minutes the RB12s of Verstappen and Ricciardo join the fray with both clocking impressive lap times. Both improve on their first flying laps with Ricciardo claiming top spot and Max following in P2.

In the final part of FP3, the teams prepare for qualifying by heading out for quali simulations. Vettel shows he is ready for it by posting the quickest time of the session. Both Mercedes follow in second and third. Both Red Bulls are not able to improve on their times set earlier in the session.

In Max' case, on his first quali simulation lap, the Dutchman makes a small mistake on the brakes at Massenet. Monaco does not leave room for mistakes and the 18-year-old skids along the barriers. He has to abort his flying lap to report back the team. After the mechanics repair his lightly damaged RB12, the youngster heads out again but does not improve on his laptime, partially due to several yellow flags.

Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo - Saturday 28 May

 RESULTS FREE PRACTICE 3
 P No Driver             Team          Time       Gap       Laps
 1  5 Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari       1:14.650             24
 2 44 Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes      1:14.668   +0.018s   23
 3  6 Nico Rosberg       Mercedes      1:14.772   +0.122s   28
 4  3 Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull      1:14.807   +0.157s   21
 5 33 Max Verstappen     Red Bull      1:15.081   +0.431s   16
 6 26 Daniil Kvyat       Toro Rosso    1:15.259   +0.609s   22
 7 55 Carlos Sainz       Toro Rosso    1:15.324   +0.674s   25
 8 11 Sergio Perez       Force India   1:15.368   +0.718s   20
 9  7 Kimi Räikkönen     Ferrari       1:15.555   +0.905s   22
10 27 Nico Hulkenberg    Force India   1:15.666   +1.016s   19
11 19 Felipe Massa       Williams      1:16.068   +1.418s   28
12 14 Fernando Alonso    McLaren       1:16.257   +1.607s   23
13 22 Jenson Button      McLaren       1:16.298   +1.648s   22
14 77 Valtteri Bottas    Williams      1:16.347   +1.697s   20
15 21 Esteban Gutierrez  Haas          1:16.406   +1.756s   22
16 20 Kevin Magnussen    Renault       1:16.412   +1.762s   13
17  8 Romain Grosjean    Haas          1:16.527   +1.877s   26
18 12 Felipe Nasr        Sauber        1:16.867   +2.217s   23
19  9 Marcus Ericsson    Sauber        1:17.038   +2.388s   31
20 30 Jolyon Palmer      Renault       1:17.482   +2.832s   16
21 94 Pascal Wehrlein    Manor         1:17.595   +2.945s   31
22 88 Rio Haryanto       Manor         1:18.180   +3.530s   33 

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