Charles Leclerc tows Sebastian Vettel to P1: Italian GP FP3 Results

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Leclerc tows Vettel to P1: Italian GP FP3 Results

Plenty of tactical practice going on!

Matthew Scott

Saturday 7 September 2019 13:00 Updated: 13:07

Practising slip-streaming was the order of the day in final practice for the Italian Grand Prix as qualifying shapes to be a fascinating tactical battle.

Sebastian Vettel ended the session at the top of the timesheets thanks to a tow from team-mate Charles Leclerc, who had gone quickest in both of Friday's sessions.

Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas and Leclerc were all just a tenth adrift of Vettel's best time, with Ferrari's predicted dominance perhaps not playing out quite as expected.

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Several drivers had times deleted for running wide at the Parabolica. Doing so in qualifying will be significantly costly as drivers will lose both the lap they are on, and the one they go on to start.

The session was delayed by 10 minutes as track changes were made at the same corner following a terrifying incident in the F3 race, which saw Alexander Peroni's car flung airborne by kerb, which was subsequently removed.

Italian Grand Prix FP3 results

1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:20.294
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:20.326
3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:20.403
4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:20.403
5. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1:22.564
6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:20.595
7. Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) 1:20.752
8. Alexander Albon (Red Bull) 1:20.827
9. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1:20.881
10. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:20.945
11. Carlos Sainz (McLaren) 1:20.949
12. Sergio Perez (Racing Point) 1:21.003
13. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 1:21.073
14. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:21.292
15. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1:21.325
16. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1:21.336
17. Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1:21.621
18. Lance Stroll (Racing Point) 1:21.639
19. George Russell (Williams) 1:22.374
20. Robert Kubica (Williams) 1:22.758