Colapinto finished 13th in Belgian Grand Prix F1 practice 3 | OneFootball

Franco Colapinto delivered an improving performance in Free Practice 3, the final session before the Belgian Grand Prix qualifying, which will take place at 11 a.m. this Saturday. The Argentine driver spent much of the session near the bottom of the standings, dealing with some instability in his car, but in the end, when he switched to soft tires—having used mediums for almost the entire session—he put in a good lap in his Alpine to finish 13th, 1.914 seconds behind Italy’s Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), who was the fastest with a time of 1:45.990. Lando Norris and Max Verstappen followed the current world championship leader.

The only incident of the session involved Lewis Hamilton, who went off track near the end, ran over the gravel, and left his Ferrari battered, with clear damage to the right rear section. The British driver apologized.

The Argentine went out with a full tank, and his fastest lap did not improve on his previous time: 1:52.819, keeping him in 20th place, ahead of only the Aston Martins. With 14 minutes remaining, he returned to the pits. Finally, on soft tires, he posted a 1:47.914 to climb to 13th. Franco finished ahead of Gasly—who suffered a heavy crash in Friday’s Practice 2—and came away with a better feeling after an uncomfortable start to the day.

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