Max fifth in final Interlagos practice

Published on 12 November 2016 by Stefan Meens

Max Verstappen finished the final practice session of the Brazilian Grand Prix in fifth. The Dutchman was beaten by both Mercedes and both Ferraris with Nico Rosberg setting the fastest lap. Max’ Red Bull Racing team mate Daniel Ricciardo ended the session in sixth.

Shortly before the final practice ahead of qualifying gets under way, the track is still damp. When the lights go out, a minor drizzle forces the drivers to do their early laps on wet weather tires.

Eventually, the track dries up and the lap times are starting to drop. Twenty minutes into FP3, Max starts his first run. On the medium compound, the youngster sets encouraging lap times whilst most other drivers are lapping the Interlagos track on the faster, soft compound.

With twenty minutes left on the clock, all the teams prepare for qualifying simulations. Daniel Ricciardo is the first driver to clock a flying lap on a new set of the soft Pirellis. Max soon follows to set the quickest lap thus far but sees both Mercedes and Ferraris beat his time in the closing stage of FP3.

Brazilian Grand Prix - Autódromo José Carlos Pace - Saturday 12 November

FREE PRACTICE 3 RESULTS

01  6 Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                    1:11.740           19
02 44 Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes                    1:11.833  +0.093s  21
03  5 Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari                     1:11.959  +0.219s  14
04  7 Kimi Raikkonen      Ferrari                     1:12.027  +0.287s  16
05 33 Max Verstappen      Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:12.077  +0.337s  19
06  3 Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:12.287  +0.547s  21
07 77 Valtteri Bottas     Williams Mercedes           1:12.614  +0.874s  27
08 30 Jolyon Palmer       Renault                     1:12.968  +1.228s  19
09 19 Felipe Massa        Williams Mercedes           1:12.990  +1.250s  26
10 14 Fernando Alonso     McLaren Honda               1:13.002  +1.262s  12
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg     Force India Mercedes        1:13.203  +1.463s  14
12 11 Sergio Perez        Force India Mercedes        1:13.231  +1.491s  19
13 20 Kevin Magnussen     Renault                     1:13.255  +1.515s  15
14 55 Carlos Sainz        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:13.293  +1.553s  20
15  8 Romain Grosjean     Haas Ferrari                1:13.344  +1.604s  15
16 21 Esteban Gutierrez   Haas Ferrari                1:13.596  +1.856s  16
17 26 Daniil Kvyat        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:13.609  +1.869s  13
18 22 Jenson Button       McLaren Honda               1:13.750  +2.010s   9
19 94 Pascal Wehrlein     MRT Mercedes                1:13.972  +2.232s  20
20 12 Felipe Nasr         Sauber Ferrari              1:13.992  +2.252s  14
21 31 Esteban Ocon        MRT Mercedes                1:14.222  +2.482s  21
22  9 Marcus Ericsson     Sauber Ferrari                                  1 

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