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Cloudy. Dry. Air + 28C, track + 31C
After a one-hour Formula 2 race, the asphalt condition improved, under cloudy skies, the track temperature remained relatively low, and the teams had a unique opportunity for Bahrain to work in roughly the same conditions at the that the qualification will take place, only during the day.
In the morning, Kvyat and Latifi received new power plants; there were no fines. Albona, after yesterday’s accident, the team replaced the monocoque.
The FIA decided not to impose more fines for violating the track limits at turn four: the drivers were able to attack more actively.
Verstappen’s car had a problem with the upper rear wing plate – it vibrated when the driver activated the DRS. Max returned to the pits twice, but the problem persisted.
Max Verstappen topped the protocol, having driven the lap in 1: 28.355, another four tenths of the absolute track record.
Results of the third session
| Pilot | I send | Time | Difference | Circles |
| 1.M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 1: 28,355 | – | eleven |
| 2.L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1: 28,618 | 0.263 | 12 |
| 3.V.Bottas | Mercedes | 1: 28,721 | 0.366 | 14 |
| 4. A. Elbon | Red Bull | 1: 29.018 | 0.663 | 12 |
| 5. K. Sines | Mclaren | 1: 29.455 | 1,100 | 12 |
| 6.P. Gasley | AlphaTauri | 1: 29.472 | 1,117 | sixteen |
| 7.L. Norris | Mclaren | 1: 29.567 | 1,212 | 8 |
| 8.D. Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1: 29.585 | 1,230 | 17 |
| 9.L. Walk | Racing point | 1: 29,660 | 1,305 | 13 |
| 10.C. Perez | Racing point | 1: 29.672 | 1,317 | 12 |
| 11. D. Riccardo | Renault | 1: 29.684 | 1,329 | 9 |
| 12.E. Okon | Renault | 1: 29,691 | 1,336 | eleven |
| 13.S. Vettel | Ferrari | 1: 29,859 | 1,504 | fifteen |
| 14. A. Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1: 29,970 | 1,615 | 10 |
| 15. S. Leclair | Ferrari | 1: 30.183 | 1,828 | 14 |
| 16.D. Russell | Williams | 1: 30.559 | 2,204 | sixteen |
| 17. R. Grozhan | Haas | 1: 30.652 | 2,297 | sixteen |
| 18.K. Magnussen | Haas | 1: 30,759 | 2,404 | 12 |
| 19.K. Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1: 30,823 | 2,468 | sixteen |
| 20. N. Latifi | Williams | 1: 30,917 | 2,562 | 19 |
