Verstappen bounces back from Friday crash to dominate wet final practice
Verstappen bounces back from Friday crash to dominate wet final practice
Max Verstappen bounced back from his crash on Friday afternoon to finish top in the wet in final practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Verstappen posted a time of one minute 56.924secs on intermediate tyres as the rain came and went at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Dutchman's time was good enough to finish 0.947secs ahead of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in second.
Lewis Hamilton was third and a second down on his title rival after taking multiple excursions through the escape road at Les Combes.
Team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who topped FP1, finished 2.884secs down on Verstappen in 11th with a five-place grid penalty looming over the Finn ahead of qualifying.
Lando Norris finished fourth in the McLaren, two seconds faster than team-mate Daniel Ricciardo down in 13th but crucially both ahead of the two Ferraris, with Carlos Sainz managing 14th and Charles Leclerc 16th in his new chassis.
The British driver used a pair of soft tyres for a lap at the end of the session and almost crashed exiting the pit-lane.
Winner last time out Esteban Ocon was fifth as both Alpines reached the top 10 and Aston Martin finished sixth and eight with Lance Stroll again showing his wet weather prowess to beat Sebastian Vettel.
George Russell finished ninth in the Williams with the team's rival for eighth in the constructors' standings Alfa Romeo losing running as Kimi Raikkonen suffered from a suspected brake failure.
Belgian Grand Prix final practice results
1. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] 1:56.924
2. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] +0.947
3. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] +1.072
4. Lando Norris [McLaren] +1.585
5. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] +1.989
6. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] +2.281
7. Pierre Gasly [AlphaTauri] +2.400
8. Sebastian Vettel [Aston Martin] +2.512
9. George Russell [Williams] +2.568
10. Fernando Alonso [Alpine] +2.689
11. Valtteri Bottas [Mercedes] +2.884
12. Nicholas Latifi [Williams] +3.057
13. Daniel Ricciardo [McLaren] +3.532
14. Carlos Sainz Jr [Ferrari] +3.825
15. Mick Schumacher [Haas] +4.345
16. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] +4.446
17. Yuki Tsunoda [AlphaTauri] +4.586
18. Antonio Giovinazzi [Alfa Romeo] +4.588
19. Nikita Mazepin [Haas] +4.868
20. Kimi Raikkonen [Alfa Romeo] +7.458
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