Portuguese Grand Prix – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has laid down the gauntlet heading into qualifying by setting the fastest laptime in third practice ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix. The Dutchman set a time of 1:18.489 after a few longer runs on the soft compound tyres and was faster than second place man Lewis Hamilton by 0.236s. Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas was in third place just a tenth of Hamilton’s time, whilst Red Bull’s Sergio Perez put in a competitive lap to finish in fourth, just 0.351s off Verstappen’s benchmark. A number of drivers had their times deleted for exceeding track limits, something that will come into play in qualifying later in the afternoon...
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