Lap times 3rd practice 2019 Australian F1 GP
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W10 Melbourne, Australia.
Event: Australian Grand Prix
Track: Albert Park Circuit
Weather: 21.9°C sunny & dry
Tarmac: 42.4°C dry
Humidity: 63.1%
Wind: 2.9 m/s
The final practice had some surprises. Ferrari did their homework and found some extra speed overnight to close their gap of 0.9 sec. to Mercedes by less then 0,3 sec.
Red Bull on the other hand seems to have taken the wrong road in finding speed and has gone backwards. They even were slower than FP2 and ended up as 6th for Pierre Gasly and 9th for Max Verstappen. His team mate of last year, Ricciardo was only 0,2 sec slower than the Dutchman in the Renault.
The Haas team showed great pace with both drivers and leads the midfield. It looks like they are able to repeat their great performance of last year. Hopefully they also trained their pitstop and won't retire the race the same way.
Daniil Kvyat got it together and showed that the STR4 Toro Rosso is quick and drover a similar lap time as Bottas in the Mercedes. Valtteri Bottas had a scrappy last session and found himself on the grass 2 times while cornering turn 15.
Hamilton clocked the fastest lap of the weekend so far. His 1:22.292 min. was some six-tenths faster than his pole time from last year. Sebastian Vettel was the quickest in last years final practice with a 1:26,067 on a damp Albert Park track..
FP3 Lap Times 2019 Australian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.292 | 12 | Soft | |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:22.556 | +0.264s | 12 | Soft |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:22.749 | +0.457s | 12 | Soft |
| 4 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:23.112 | +0.820s | 17 | Soft |
| 5 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:23.334 | +1.042s | 15 | Soft |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:23.367 | +1.075s | 17 | Soft |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:23.422 | +1.130s | 17 | Soft |
| 8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:23.442 | +1.150s | 16 | Soft |
| 9 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:23.481 | +1.189s | 19 | Soft |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:23.695 | +1.403s | 14 | Soft |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:23.737 | +1.445s | 15 | Soft |
| 12 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.831 | +1.539s | 16 | Soft |
| 13 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:24.049 | +1.757s | 21 | Soft |
| 14 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:24.082 | +1.790s | 18 | Soft |
| 15 | 23 | Alex Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:24.328 | +2.036s | 15 | Soft |
| 16 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:24.345 | +2.053s | 16 | Soft |
| 17 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:24.402 | +2.110s | 18 | Soft |
| 18 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:24.568 | +2.276s | 16 | Soft |
| 19 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | 1:25.944 | +3.652s | 14 | Soft |
| 20 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:26.589 | +4.297s | 16 | Soft |
Below you can see the highlights of FP3 on Albert Park circuit
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