Like in the last two sessions, McLaren flew over the 3 Barcelona Grand Prix 3 tests this Friday noon. Charles Leclerc finished third and Hadjar once again performed with his Racing Bulls.
The Barcelona Grand Prix seems to be promised to a McLaren. While waiting to know who will win the race and already, who will start in pole position, the start of which will be given this Friday at 4 p.m., the domination of the papaya color monopaces is no longer a subject to debate. Since the start of this new race weekend, the defending champion of the world champion has flown over competition and she has shown it again during the last free test session. Like the second, Oscar Piastri was the fastest of this third outing with a time of 1’12”387, ahead of his teammate Lando Norris at 52 hundredths.
As the team reports, the winner of the Monaco Grand Prix last week was not completely satisfied with his performance and should operate, with his engineer, some changes in the settings of his car. Beaten by his teammate during free tests 1, Charles Leclerc has resumed the ascendant since. The Ferrari driver has certainly taken third place but it has a certain delay in terms of reference time compared to McLaren. Note that George Russell (Mercedes) finishes just behind him.
Excluding Hadjar, the French in the hard
Since the start of the season, Isack Hadjar has been the most regular French. And he has once again proven it on the Catalonia circuit. Despite his status as a rookie, the Racing Bulls driver does not hesitate to assert himself and this character makes it well since he signed a good sixth place this Friday early in the afternoon. The vice-world champion F2 can boast of finishing just behind a certain Max Verstappen (Red Bull).
Regarding the other French people on the board, the situation is more nuanced or more gloomy. After abandoning during the Monaco GP, Pierre Gasly hardly seems to be successful. The Alpine pilot took the 16th time just ahead of Esteban Ocon (Haas, 18th) more than a second and a half. Franco Colapinto finished between the two men while Tsunoda is 14th.
