Maximum uncertainty before Zandvoort qualifies after a wasted session

The Free practice 3 of the F1 Netherlands GP is a procedure only and is not representative. Perhaps, if the rain came at the end of the qualifying session, because the drivers were able to test and do a few laps in the wet at the beginning. But with 45 minutes left, the session went to hell due to a serious accident by Logan Sargeant, which would prevent further filming at the end.

So, the Free Practice 3 results table is just delivered to gasly print it and hang it as a souvenir of the hospitality of Alpine. The French took the lead, but it was of no importance and the times were not representative at all.

Magnussen was second, Bottas was 3rd and Alonso was 4th. In fact, the Asturian led the session until the red flag was shown due to Sargeant’s inexplicable accident: he stepped on the piano and the grass in the wet, something everyone knows not to do. One of the pilot’s 10 commands in the rain. But the American, without a seat for next year, failed again and damaged his car and a wall that had to be repaired by workers.

This explains the subsequent delay. The cars only left at the last minute. Only two drivers, including Alonso, did not want to risk and engage in a battle for position on the track at the exit of the pit lane, where Max Verstappen They showed him the black and white flag for stepping on the white line at the exit of the pits with a limit maneuver. Max He was in such a hurry that he even came close to touching it take a walk. A sign that the Dutchman needs to improve in any way possible in a car that did not give a good feeling on Friday.

Battle for the unpredictable pole

So, almost untested and with a weather forecast with unknowns, as ‘qualifying’ should be dry but rain may come in Q3 or after the session, the uncertainty is highest. No one was able to take advantage of Q3 to draw good conclusions or improve the balance of their cars because the fight against the clock was under different conditions. All of them, except Alonso who took advantage of those laps to try different lines in turn 3 in case it rained at any time. Teacher details.

The fight for pole seems to be between the McLarens and the Mercedes. It is very open. AND Verstappen, despite his car problems, was not to be excluded at homein front of his people and around the hands. And if the rain comes, the excitement can only increase unless it comes late, with the first Q3 times already established on the table.