F1 FP3 Results of the Italian Grand Prix have gone in favor of Valtteri Bottas, with McLaren duo Sainz and Norris P2 and P3.
The Formula One 2020 eighth race weekend is underway with the third Free Practice session at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was fastest, with with McLaren duo Sainz and Norris doing well to finish P2 and P3. Lewis Hamilton only managed to finish P5.
Red Bull did not have a great session, with Max Verstappen only managing P6 and Albon P7. Ferrari struggled too, with Charles Leclerc finishing P11 and Sebastian Vettel P15. It remains to be seen if these two teams turn up the gear during the rest of the weekend.
F1 FP3 Results
FP3 CLASSIFICATION
A strong session for @McLarenF1 💪@Carlossainz55 and @LandoNorris finish in P2 and P3 behind @ValtteriBottas #ItalianGP 🇮🇹 #F1 pic.twitter.com/mrYB3lT0eZ
— Formula 1 (@F1) September 5, 2020
Rank |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | MERCEDES | 1:20.089 |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | McLAREN | +0.229 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLAREN | +0.323 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | RENAULT | +0.330 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | +0.350 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA | +0.367 |
| 7 | Alexander Albon | RED BULL RACING HONDA | +0.474 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | RENAULT | +0.604 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | RACING POINT | +0.715 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | RACING POINT | +0.808 |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | +0.828 |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | ALPHATAURI | +0.847 |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat | ALPHATAURI | +0.864 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | HAAS | +1.116 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | FERRARI | +1.174 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS | +1.347 |
| 17 | Kimi Raikkonen | ALFA ROMEO | +1.370 |
| 18 | George Russell | WILLIAMS | +1.588 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | WILLIAMS | +1.675 |
| 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ALFA ROMEO | +2.001 |
What to look forward to this weekend at the Italian GP?
It should be quite an intriguing battle between Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen for the win, with all three looking solid so far this season. Ferrari are struggling at their home nation, where they have two more races to go this season, at Mugello and Imola. Red Bull did not have the best of sessions, and would be keen to improve on it over the next two days.
As usual, the mid-teams’ battle will be between Racing Point, AlphaTauri, McLaren and Renault. The qualifying session is later today, with the final race on Sunday for the Italian GP.
