Sergio Perez he confirmed himself and achieved the best time also in the third free practice session in Austin. The Mexican driver evidently smells the scent of home (where he will be back in two weeks) and is giving his best to prepare for the weekend, also because Red Bull needs a Checo in Istanbul-version to stop the Mercedes. Perez stopped the clock a 1: 34.701, and in theory he would have done worse than Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. But the overcoming of the track limits (in curve-19 for the Dutchman, in curve-9 for the British) he prevented the two from climbing the rankings.
A excellent Carlos Sainz with +0.104 delay from the Mexican. A Half Ferrari, one could say, given that the ninth position of Charles Leclerc does not satisfy the Cavallino very much: for the Monegasque, feeling problems with the rear axle. Verstappen had to settle for third place at +0.211 from Perez, with Norris, Bottas, Ricciardo, Gasly, Hamilton (only sixth only) and Ocon in the top-10.
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F1 | United States GP 2021, the ranking of PL3
Pos. | Pilot | Team | Time and mix | Detachment |
1 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1: 34.701 (S) | – |
2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1: 34.805 (S) | +0.104 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1: 34.912 (S) | +0.211 |
4 | Landau Norris | McLaren | 1: 34.945 (S) | +0.244 |
5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1: 34.988 (S) | +0.287 |
6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1: 35.219 (S) | +0.644 |
7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1: 35.354 (S) | +0.697 |
8 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1: 35.398 (S) | +0.870 |
9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1: 35.688 (S) | +0.987 |
10 | Esteban Or with | Alpine | 1: 35.711 (S) | +1,010 |
11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1: 35.851 (S) | +1.150 |
12 | George Russell | Williams | 1: 36.023 (S) | +1.322 |
13 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1: 36.062 (S) | +1.361 |
14 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1: 36.118 (S) | +1.417 |
15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1: 36.252 (S) | +1.551 |
16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1: 36.392 (S) | +1.691 |
17 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1: 36.490 (S) | +1.789 |
18 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1: 36.572 (S) | +1.871 |
19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1: 36.671 (S) | +1.970 |
20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 2: 03.456 (S) | +28.755 |
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