As it happened: 2024 Dutch Grand Prix third practice

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That brings an end to a session in which only one significant thing happened. Here’s a run-down of the times, full report coming soon:
1. Pierre Gasly: 1’20.311
2. Kevin Magnussen: 1’20.450
3. Valtteri Bottas: 1’21.155
4. Lando Norris: 1’21.387
5. Fernando Alonso: 1’21.461
6. Esteban Ocon: 1’21.643
7. Oscar Piastri: 1’21.850
8. Lance Stroll: 1’21.941
9. Nico Hulkenberg: 1’22.354
10. Carlos Sainz Jnr: 1’22.589
11. Zhou Guanyu: 1’23.240
12. Logan Sargeant: 1’23.287
13. George Russell: 1’23.958
14. Alexander Albon: 1’24.007
15. Lewis Hamilton: 1’24.098
16. Charles Leclerc: 1’24.158
17. Max Verstappen: 1’24.360
18. Daniel Ricciardo: 1’25.433
19. Yuki Tsunoda: No time
20. Sergio Perez: No time

Verstappen has shown the given a black-and-white flag for crossing the white line at pit exit. Hamilton makes a point of passing him at turn eight on the in-lap.

The chequered flag has fallen and Pierre Gasly is surprisingly quickest for Alpine, following by Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas.

Perez was the first driver to take the chequered flag so he doesn’t have time to do a flying lap, along with those behind him.

Replay shows Max Verstappen overtook Piastri and Russell at the pit exit when he joined the track. His left-rear wheel ran onto the pit lane exit line and he’s been noted by the race director for a potential violation.

The session has restarted with two minutes remaining. Cars are filing out of the pits but they’re going to have to do quick out-laps to get flying laps in.

Drivers now queueing at the pit lane exit and it’s intermediates all around so far. There’s been a further one-minute delay putting the restart time back to 12:28.

We’ve had a further two-minute delay. Will any drivers risk slicks? It looks like Perez, Alonso and Hamilton are on intermediates.

Race control say “session will restart at 12:25 TBC”. That’s five minutes from now, with five minutes remaining.

Still under red flag with now less than 20 minutes to go. FOM saying the session will resume “shortly after barrier repairs are completed” but not indicating when they expect that will be.

Sargeant’s car has been brought back to the pits. However the marshals needs to replace a section of barrier he hit, so it could be a while until the session resumes. There are 29 minutes remaining until the end of the session, and is this is practice that clock continues to count down regardless of the stoppage.

Given the extent of the damage to Sargeant’s car it already looks highly unlikely he’ll make an appearance in qualifying, which is due to begin in just over three hours’ time.

Piastri was the first driver on the scene when Sargeant crashed and had to pick his way through the debris. He told his team to check his floor afterwards.

Big crash for Logan Sargeant. He’s hit the barriers in a big way at turn five. “I’m okay,” he says. He’s out of the car, which has now caught fire and is being extinguished by marshals.

Hulkenberg has crashed again! This time he’s damaged the front of the Haas at Ernst (turn 11). He drives the car back in. “Again!” he exclaims on the radio. “The same as yesterday. I touched the brakes and locked up.”

Most drivers ran full wets at first but Hulkenberg said the track is ready for intermediates. Piastri puts them on and heads out, has a brief off at Ernst, then puts up a 1’24.176, the first time of the day.

That trio all pitted after one lap each; Zhou Guanyu, Oscar Piastri, Daniel Ricciardo and Sainz heading out now.

Hulkenberg has headed out now, however, in his repaired Haas, joined by team mate Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas in the Sauber.

The session has begun but the rain is still coming down and no one has left the pits yet – even Carlos Sainz Jnr, who did only seven laps in the dry second session yesterday due to a gearbox failure, and Nico Hulkenberg, who crashed in the same session.

Formula 1 teams have awoken to another wet day at Zandvoort. Conditions aren’t as windy as they were 24 hours ago for first practice, but intermediate tyres are likely to be the preferred choice for most runners in the final hour of practice – if we see much lapping at all.

Third practice for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix is coming up next.

2024 Dutch Grand Prix

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