Verstappen Tops Baku FP3 While Stroll Finally Found the Wall He Was Looking For
Max Verstappen closed the final Baku practice session on top ahead of Russell and Hamilton, while Lance Stroll met the inside wall.
Max Verstappen closed final practice in Baku on top with a 1:43.922, proving that even when his car is bouncing around like a kangaroo early in the session, he’ll still find a way to be fastest by the end of it.
Tight at the Front, Even Tighter Further Back
George Russell was just 0.099 seconds behind, and Lewis Hamilton only 0.111 seconds off, with the top eight covered by less than a second. A classification where everyone can convince themselves they’ll take pole tomorrow – right up until qualifying actually happens.
Bortoleto Kept It Quiet, Stroll Did Not
Gabriel Bortoleto’s Audi was 13th, 1.932 seconds off Verstappen – a decent, entirely unremarkable session. Lance Stroll took a different approach to being unremarkable, planting his car into the inside wall and finishing dead last. At least he found a way to be memorable.
Based on reporting by autosport.com.
