***RacerViews coverage of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship was on hold so our team could enjoy some time away, please enjoy our post-session recaps before the 2024 British Grand Prix this weekend***
Saturday’s final practice in Barcelona was a tight one as Carlos Sainz lead the way from McLaren’s Lando Norris by a scant 0.03s as the top five drivers in the session were separated by no more than 0.151s as the end of running.
With all three compounds being used, it was George Russell who set the early marker with a 1:13.431s lap on the red-sided soft compounds, however during the final qualifying runs at the end of the session, Sainz would go on to blast that time away by over four tenths of second.
HIGHLIGHTS: Relive the FP3 action in Barcelona as Sainz tops the times ahead of qualifying
Further down the field, Lewis Hamilton and Charles LeClerc each had theor own run-ins with fellow competitors in what seemed to be extremely odd circumstances. Hamilton and Lance Stroll started the action in turn five as the seven-time world champion rubbed bodywork with the Aston Martin with Hamilton radioing to his team that “(he) didn’t see him, my bad”. Then in a separate incident, after the checkered flag fell on the session, LeClerc drove into the McLaren of Lando Norris on the return back to the pits that left Norris concerned for damage to his car.
Neither incident prompted any action from the stewards.
Thus concludes the final practice for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix, tune in at 16:00 local time for qualifying.
Free Practice 1 Report – CLICK HERE
Free Practice 2 Report – CLICK HERE
FORMULA 1 ARAMCO GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2024 Schedule
| Date | Session | Time (Local Circuit) |
| June 21st | Practice 1 | 13:30 – 14:30 |
| Practice 2 | 17:00 – 18:00 | |
| June 22nd | Practice 3 | 12:30 – 13:30 |
| Qualifying | 16:00 – 17:00 | |
| June 23rd | Race | 15:00 |
Free Practice 3 Results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 1:13.013 | 19 | |
| 2 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:13.043 | 0.030s | 14 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 1:13.050 | 0.037s | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:13.087 | 0.074s | 24 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 1:13.164 | 0.151s | 20 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 1:13.359 | 0.346s | 26 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:13.723 | 0.710s | 19 |
| 8 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:13.753 | 0.740s | 14 |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:13.786 | 0.773s | 21 |
| 10 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:13.907 | 0.894s | 14 |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:13.950 | 0.937s | 18 |
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:13.964 | 0.951s | 14 |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 1:13.975 | 0.962s | 20 |
| 14 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 1:14.024 | 1.011s | 19 |
| 15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 1:14.074 | 1.061s | 27 |
| 16 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 1:14.161 | 1.148s | 17 |
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:14.254 | 1.241s | 16 |
| 18 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 1:14.420 | 1.407s | 22 |
| 19 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 1:14.572 | 1.559s | 17 |
| 20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:14.729 | 1.716s | 12 |
