Max Verstappen continued to set the pace in Jeddah, the Red Bull driver topped the time sheet in FP3 for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, ahead of teammate Sergio Perez and both Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
READ MORE: Saudi Arabian GP FP3 – Session Report
Red Bull continued their dominated the fastest times throughout the session, Verstappen displaced Sergio Perez at the top of the timing sheet within the final 15 minutes of the session and ultimately setting a time 0.371s quicker than that of second fastest Perez.
Alonso followed by teammate Stroll and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton completed the top 5.
Alpha Tauri’s Nyck de Vries didn’t participate in the session after the team detected an issue with his power unit.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:28.485 | |||
| 2 |  |
Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:29.098 | 0.613 | ||
| 3 |  |
Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:29.483 | 0.998 | ||
| 4 |  |
Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:29.509 | 1.024 | ||
| 5 |  |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:29.568 | 1.083 | ||
| 6 |  |
Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:29.588 | 1.103 | ||
| 7 | |
Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:29.690 | 1.205 | ||
| 8 |  |
Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:29.698 | 1.213 | ||
| 9 |  |
Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:29.701 | 1.216 | ||
| 10 | |
Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 1:29.761 | 1.276 | ||
| 11 | |
George Russell | Mercedes | 1:29.811 | 1.326 | ||
| 12 |  |
Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.917 | 1.432 | ||
| 13 |  |
Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1:29.933 | 1.448 | ||
| 14 | |
Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:29.953 | 1.168 | ||
| 15 |  |
Alex Albon | Williams | 1:29.983 | 1.498 | ||
| 16 |  |
Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:30.035 | 1.550 | ||
| 17 |  |
Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:30.131 | 1.646 | ||
| 18 |  |
Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:30.317 | 1.832 | ||
| 19 |  |
Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:30.797 | 2.912 | ||
| 20 | |
Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri |
Keyword: F1 2023 Saudi Arabian GP – FP3 Results