As has occurred so many instances earlier than in F1 historical past, rain is taking part in a main function in the return to prime flight exercise at Spa-Francorchamps after the summer time break.
The third free apply of the weekend of the 12th spherical of the 2021 championship was performed on a wet track as a result of rain that fell earlier than beginning the session, which then returned in the ultimate 30 minutes earlier than stopping once more however affecting any probability of forming a line fully with out water.
Verstappen, who had been the quickest on Friday on a dry track, achieved a lap of 1m56s924 on intermediate tires – the nice protagonists of FP3 – shortly after reaching the 20-minute barrier to take first place and nobody does it anymore. would come down from there.
This was the classification in Spa:
“Checo” Pérez, in the meantime, was aggressive from the beginning, inserting second with a time of 1m58s093 behind Hamilton, earlier than Verstappen’s advance, and the Mexican would quickly enhance to 1m57s871 to be the guard for his teammate, at 0s924 from the Dutch.
Hamilton needed to accept the ultimate third place, one second behind Verstappen, adopted by Lando Norris’ McLaren, who was inspired to start out on smooth slick tires on the finish of apply when the rain had stopped however most popular to not set instances anymore that the track was clearly not match for slick tires and he returned to the pits.
Esteban Ocon, the final F1 winner on the Hungarian GP, positioned fifth regardless of lacking the primary a part of apply because the Alpine workforce labored on their automobile in the storage, with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin in sixth place.
Pierre Gasly, who starred in a spin in the ultimate a part of the session, completed seventh, forward of Sebastian Vettel, George Russell and Fernando Alonso.
On his 32nd birthday, Valtteri Bottas was simply 11th in this third apply with a finest time of 1m59s808 to 2s884 behind Verstappen.
Nicholas Latifi, with the second Williams, obtained an impressive 12th place, forward of Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Mick Schumacher.
Charles Leclerc, with a new chassis this Saturday after his accident on Friday in FP2, was 16th, simply forward of Yuki Tsunoda, Antonio Giovinazzi, Nikita Mazepin and Kimi Raikkonen, who reported brake issues in the primary a part of the session and solely accomplished three flies in the third apply.
Session outcomes:
Gallery: Images from the Components 1 weekend in Spa
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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF21
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Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M 
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Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M 
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Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M 
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Element of the rear wing of Lewis Hamilton’s automobile, Mercedes W12 
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Rear wing element of Valtteri Bottas automobile, Mercedes W12 
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Esteban Ocon, Alpine A521 
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George Russell, Williams FW43B 
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Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo Racing C41 
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Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR21 
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Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12 
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12 
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Mechanics transfer Lewis Hamilton’s automobile, Mercedes W12, into pit lane 
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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B 
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Mechanics in the storage with Lewis Hamilton’s automobile, Mercedes W12 
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Mechanics in the pit lane with Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W12 
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Nicholas Latifi, Williams FW43B 
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Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR21 
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Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR21 
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Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB16B 
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Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB16B, Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo Racing C41 
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Toto Wolff, Managing Director and Group Chief of Mercedes AMG 
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Toto Wolff, Managing Director and Group Chief of Mercedes AMG 
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Toto Wolff, Managing Director and Group Chief of Mercedes AMG 
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Toto Wolff, Managing Director and Group Chief of Mercedes AMG 
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Toto Wolff, Managing Director and Group Chief of Mercedes AMG 
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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 
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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 
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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 
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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 
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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W12 
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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W12 
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