Max Verstappen showed impressive pace in Free Practice 3 for the Monaco Grand Prix, lapping 0.073s ahead of his Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez with a time of 1m 12.776s. Lance Stroll took third spot for Aston Martin, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris.
There were problems for Lewis Hamilton, who with just a handful of minutes to go in the hour-long session lost the rear end of his updated Mercedes at the exit of Mirabeau, the seven-time champion correcting the slide but then slewing into the barriers and bringing out a red flag.
FP3: Verstappen narrowly leads Perez as Hamilton crashes out in final practice session in Monaco
Another driver who will be feeling tense ahead of qualifying was Haas’s Kevin Magnussen, who stopped out on track with eight minutes of the session left – the Monegasque marshals showing impressive strength to lift the front of the VF-23 and wheel it off the track.
Enjoy the best of the action from FP3 in the video up top.
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