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Sunny. Dry. Air + 24C, via +37 … 36C
The third training session in Abu Dhabi, as in the other Grand Prix in the afternoon, was not a very productive session, it also happened this time, the riders did not cover a very long distance.
During the day, the asphalt temperature is much higher than at night, when qualifying and the race will take place, the team setup was determined the day before in the second training session, and the cars did not work very much efficiently with them on Saturday morning, the drivers were not happy with the balance.
Most of the drivers had a session on C5 soft tires in Abu Dhabi which wear out quickly, there are enough kits, there was no need to put them away.
Mercedes showed a curious car color, mentioning all the employees, on the team, at the Brackley and Brixworth bases, which will be used on Saturday and Sunday.
Max Verstappen led the protocol with a lap in 1: 36.251.
Results of the third session
| Pilot | Team | Time | Difference | Circles |
| 1.M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 1: 36,251 | – | sixteen |
| 2.A. Elbon | Red Bull | 1: 36,752 | 0.501 | fifteen |
| 3.D. Riccardo | Renault | 1: 36,877 | 0.626 | 12 |
| 4. E. Okon | Renault | 1: 36,899 | 0.648 | 14 |
| 5.L. Norris | Mclaren | 1: 36,994 | 0.743 | 12 |
| 6.L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1: 37.012 | 0.761 | sixteen |
| 7.L. Walk | Racing point | 1: 37.030 | 0.779 | fifteen |
| 8.C. Sines | Mclaren | 1: 37.068 | 0.817 | eleven |
| 9.V. Bottas | Mercedes | 1: 37.085 | 0.834 | fifteen |
| 10.C. Perez | Racing point | 1: 37.227 | 0.976 | 13 |
| 11. D. Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1: 37,266 | 1,015 | sixteen |
| 12. S. Leclair | Ferrari | 1: 37.270 | 1,019 | 14 |
| 13.P. Gasley | AlphaTauri | 1: 37.371 | 1,120 | 17 |
| 14 S. Vettel | Ferrari | 1: 37,728 | 1,477 | sixteen |
| 15. D. Russell | Williams | 1: 37,886 | 1,635 | sixteen |
| 16. A. Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1: 37,900 | 1,649 | fifteen |
| 17.K. Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1: 38.269 | 2,018 | sixteen |
| 18.K. Magnussen | Haas | 1: 38.457 | 2,206 | 14 |
| 19. N. Latifi | Williams | 1: 38,765 | 2,514 | 17 |
| 20.P. Fittipaldi | Haas | 1: 39,159 | 2,908 | fifteen |
