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Ricciardo tops FP3 as Verstappen puts himself in the barriers!

Daniel Ricciardo continued Red Bull’s superb form in Saturday’s final free practice, snatching the best time from team mate Max Verstappen after the latter crashed late in the session.

The Red Bull duo edged out the Ferrari combo of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

Monaco Grand Prix – Free Practice 3

1
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
1:11.786s

23

2
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:11.787s
+ 0.001s

14

3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:12.023s
+ 0.237s

23

4
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:12.142s
+ 0.356s

26

5
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:12.273s
+ 0.487s

26

6
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:12.356s
+ 0.570s

27

7
Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso
1:12.752s
+ 0.966s

25

8
Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso
1:12.761s
+ 0.975s

23

9
Carlos Sainz
Renault
1:12.850s
+ 1.064s

24

10
Sergey Sirotkin
Williams
1:12.854s
+ 1.068s

23

11
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
1:12.874s
+ 1.088s

25

12
Esteban Ocon
Force India
1:12.940s
+ 1.154s

23

13
Sergio Pérez
Force India
1:13.025s
+ 1.239s

22

14
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
1:13.112s
+ 1.326s

26

15
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
1:13.279s
+ 1.493s

25

16
Lance Stroll
Williams
1:13.595s
+ 1.809s

26

17
Charles Leclerc
Sauber
1:13.644s
+ 1.858s

25

18
Romain Grosjean
Haas
1:13.881s
+ 2.095s

21

19
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:14.192s
+ 2.406s

20

20
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
1:14.221s
+ 2.435s

28

Teams put their Friday changes through their paces in Formula 1’s final dress rehearsal before this afternoon’s all-important qualifying session.

It was a Ferrari 1-2 early on with Kimi Raikkonen leading Sebastian Vettel, with Mercedes’ duo snapping at the Scuderia heels while Red Bull’s chargers only completing installation laps in the first ten minutes of the 60-minute session.

Bottas had a moment early on, running down the escape road at Ste Devote but nudging the barrier with his rear wing as he spun around.

Raikkonen lowered the benchmark to 1m12.9 before Hamilton deposed the Finn at the top with a stint on the hypersoft rubber and a tour in 1m12.6s.

Vettel however took immediate revenge, putting Ferrari ahead once again by 0.2s.

After a cautious warm-up period, the Red Bulls got down to business with Ricciardo first lap putting him fast by 0.033s, a time that Verstappen quickly bettered.

The two drivers, outright favourites for this afternoon’s qualy, continued to swap best times, the Dutchman eventually dipping into the 1m11s.

As the two drivers enjoyed their own private party at the head of the field, Ferrari regrouped behind, with Vettel and Raikkonen edging out Hamilton and Bottas.

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