Alonso tops final practice in wet conditions at the Canadian Grand Prix – The Checkered Flag

Fernando Alonso  led the ultimate free follow session in moist circumstances on the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal in Canada.

Pierre Gasly completed in second place, simply 0.053 seconds slower than the Spanish driver. Sebastian Vettel completed in third place on the finish of the session.

Charles Leclerc will begin behind the grid within the race resulting from energy unit penalties. The Scuderia Ferrari driver will probably be joined by Yuki Tsunoda behind the grid resulting from an engine change.

The third and last free follow session of the Canadian Grand Prix on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montréal began in chilly and damp circumstances with air temperatures at 11 levels C and observe temperatures at 16 levels C.

The Pirelli tyre selection at this race is the white-striped exhausting compound tyres (C3), yellow-striped medium compound tyres (C4), and red-striped mushy compound tyres (C5), the softest vary of compounds within the Pirelli tyre vary.

Within the moist circumstances, the groups got an additional set of intermediate tyres. The drivers went out on the moist tyres and Valtteri Bottas and Kevin Magnussen led the best way.

Because the drivers cautiously hit the observe and took inventory of the moist circumstances, Magnussen set the primary timed lap of 1m43.014s. The drivers struggled to get temperature into the tyres within the chilly and slippery circumstances.

With fourty-five minutes to go, Sebastian Vettel was on high of the time charts with a lap time of 1m39.041s. Yuki Tsunoda went 0.032 seconds quicker than Vettel to take the highest spot.

Carlos Sainz then went quickest of all with a lap time of 1m35.858s as he slotted in forward of Bottas and Lance Stroll.

With thirty minutes to go, Max Verstappen, Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Sergio Pérez had not but set timed laps.

Alonso and Gasly slotted into second and third positions behind Sainz. Extra drivers ventured out for the ultimate twenty minutes of the session.

Vettel who’s having an excellent weekend went to the highest of the time charts with a lap time of 1m35.821s, 0.037 seconds quicker than Sainz.

With fifteen minutes to go, Alonso and Vettel bolted on the intermediate tyres. Alonso slotted into first place with a lap time of 1m34.836s, nearly one second quicker than Vettel.

Vettel on the intermediate tyres went quicker than Alonso with team-mate Stroll in third place. It was a battle for the highest place between Vettel and Alonso as Alonso once more took excessive spot with six minutes to go.

Magnussen went off the observe at Flip 2 however managed to reverse and rejoin the circuit. With three minutes to go, Verstappen suffered the identical destiny because the Danish driver at Flip 2.

Within the dying minutes of the session, Gasly slotted into second place forward of Vettel. Esteban Ocon, Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris slotted in behind Vettel to spherical off the highest six positions.

A moist qualification session is anticipated however with lesser water on the observe.

2022 Canadian Grand Prix FP3 Outcomes: