Braced for his three-place grid penalty carried into this weekend, Sergio Perez positioned seventh within the second of the Purple Bulls, whereas Alex Albon and Fernando Alonso loved stronger classes to place Williams and Aston Martin contained in the top-10 positions.
Oscar Piastri couldn’t fairly match the tempo of staff mate Norris en path to tenth, with the Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly slipping again to P11 and P12 respectively, from Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Valtteri Bottas (Kick Sauber) and Kevin Magnussen (Haas).
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RB continued their efforts to become familiar with a large replace bundle en path to sixteenth and 18th with Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, who had been cut up by Stroll, whereas the opposite Kick Sauber and Williams machines of Zhou Guanyu and Logan Sargeant introduced up the rear.
Drivers and groups will now regroup within the paddock, dig via the information and switch their attentions to qualifying, which is about to start at 1600 native time. Head to the RACE HUB to seek out out how one can observe the motion.