Verstappen was the fastest on Saturday morning.

      Cloudy. Dry. Air +31°C, track +42°C

      Having not avoided problems and red flags on Friday, the teams continued preparations for the weekend’s main events on Saturday morning.

      The third practice — not the most informative in Singapore — is held during the day when it’s hot and the tyres behave differently than in the evening, but still the drivers were able to complete another ten or so laps before qualifying — the key session of the weekend.

      The drivers began the session with long runs on Medium. Verstappen and the Mercedes drivers missed the first ten minutes of the session.

      There were incidents again. Colapinto went into the run-off area; on the 15th minute red flags were shown — Lawson’s car was unsettled by the kerb and he crashed into the barrier at Turn 7.

      Liam climbed out of the cockpit by himself and was taken to the medical centre — the dangerous g-force sensor had triggered. After checks he was released. This is Liam’s second crash of the weekend.

      After the pause the drivers went back out, continuing runs on Medium and later switching to Soft, gradually increasing their pace.

      The timesheets were topped by Max Verstappen, who set the best lap in 1:30.148. The top five were covered by nine hundredths — qualifying will be interesting!

      Third free practice

      Driver

       Team

       Time

       Gap

       Laps

      

      1. M. Verstappen

       Red Bull

       1:30.148

       -

       16

      

      2. O. Piastri

       McLaren

       1:30.165

       +0.017

       26

      

      3. D. Russell

       Mercedes

       1:30.197

       +0.049

       18

      

      4. K. Antonelli

       Mercedes

       1:30.237

       +0.089

       19

      

      5. L. Norris

       McLaren

       1:30.237

       +0.089

       26

      

      6. C. Sainz

       Williams

       1:30.392

       +0.244

       23

      

      7. A. Hadjar

       Racing Bulls

       1:30.489

       +0.341

       25

      

      8. L. Hamilton

       Ferrari

       1:30.559

       +0.411

       23

      

      9. N. Hulkenberg

       Sauber

       1:30.637

       +0.489

       22

      

      10. S. Leclerc

       Ferrari

       1:30.651

       +0.503

       23

      

      11. A. Albon

       Williams

       1:30.668

       +0.520

       23

      

      12. G. Bortoleto

       Sauber

       1:30.697

       +0.549

       25

      

      13. E. Ocon

       Haas

       1:30.784

       +0.636

       23

      

      14. O. Bearman

       Haas

       1:30.799

       +0.651

       24

      

      15. F. Alonso

       Aston Martin

       1:30.923

       +0.775

       22

      

      16. F. Colapinto

       Alpine

       1:31.047

       +0.899

       23

      

      17. L. Stroll

       Aston Martin

       1:31.260

       +1.112

       24

      

      18. Y. Tsunoda

       Red Bull

       1:31.440

       +1.292

       25

      

      19. P. Gasly

       Alpine

       1:31.643

       +1.495

       23

      

      20. L. Lawson

       Racing Bulls

       1:33.628

       +3.480

       7