Third Free F1 Practice Results 2020 Sakhir GP
F1 Race Event: Sakhir F1 GP
Race Track: Bahrain Outer Track Circuit
Alexander Albon driving the Red Bull RB16
Weather: dry 24.7°C
Tarmac: dry 28.4°C
Humidity : 73.8%
Wind : 0.3 m/s E
Pressure: 1011.9 bar
The quickest lap times in the third and final practice for the Sakhir GP was again between Red Bull and Mercedes.
George Russell who topped both practice sessions on Friday for Mercedes couldn't do the same this practice. The pace analysis shows that things could be very tight tomorrow with Red Bull and Mercedes during the race.
Pietro Fittipaldi and Jack Aitken are making their qualifying debuts for Haas and Williams later today.
Max Verstappen was quickest in the end. The Red Bull Racing driver was 0.565s quicker than his team mate Alex Albon who is driving the same car, but drove his fastest lap on medium tyres.
A big surprise this session was Pierre Gasly who was 3rd fastest. Gasly always performs very well in Bahrain.
The quickest lap of yesterday during FP1 and FP2 was 0:54.546 min driven by Russell.
FP3 Times Table 2020 Sakhir GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 0:54.064 | 23 | S (C4) | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 0:54.270 | +0.206s | 20 | S (C4) |
| 3 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 0:54.427 | +0.363s | 24 | S (C4) |
| 4 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 0:54.453 | +0.389s | 21 | S (C4) |
| 5 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 0:54.606 | +0.542s | 15 | S (C4) |
| 6 | 23 | Alex Albon | Red Bull | 0:54.629 | +0.565s | 22 | M (C3) |
| 7 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 0:54.664 | +0.600s | 20 | S (C4) |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 0:54.678 | +0.614s | 20 | S (C4) |
| 9 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 0:54.693 | +0.629s | 18 | S (C4) |
| 10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 0:54.720 | +0.656s | 16 | S (C4) |
| 11 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 0:54.845 | +0.781s | 20 | S (C4) |
| 12 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 0:54.850 | +0.786s | 23 | S (C4) |
| 13 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 0:54.854 | +0.790s | 21 | S (C4) |
| 14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 0:54.857 | +0.793s | 15 | S (C4) |
| 15 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 0:54.858 | +0.794s | 17 | S (C4) |
| 16 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 0:55.171 | +1.107s | 20 | S (C4) |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 0:55.347 | +1.283s | 19 | S (C4) |
| 18 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 0:55.493 | +1.429s | 21 | S (C4) |
| 19 | 51 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | 0:55.666 | +1.602s | 21 | S (C4) |
| 20 | 89 | Jack Aitken | Williams | 0:55.670 | +1.606s | 23 | S (C4) |
