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After two very active free practice sessions, the last session before qualifying was a session with little action on the track due to the rain that kept the pit-lane closed for half an hour.
Half an hour without action due to the rain
The weather forecast for this weekend indicated a high probability of rain for Saturday and Sunday. Honoring the forecast, the rain made an appearance in Singapore in these Free 3.
The rain was so heavy, and, above all, the water that remained on the track, that the FIA was forced to close the pi-lane, despite the fact that the session started at the same scheduled time.
That is why, while they waited for the rain to stop and the track to be cleaned with the marshals sweeping the asphalt, Formula 1 was stopped for half an hour until it was possible to return to the track.
extreme rain tests
Despite opening the pit-lane, the only driver who dared to go out on the track in the first five minutes was Pierre Gaslyhaving to go out with extreme rain tires.
Little by little, all the riders went out on the track and the times were improving every lap, to the point that Max Verstappen he took the risk of putting on intermediate tires when the rest of the riders did so with the extreme rain ones.
Both Alpine, both Fernando Alonso as Stephen Oconwere among the last drivers to go out on the track, waiting for the track to be ready at the time of the intermissions and only shooting the last ten minutes.
Finally, Charles Leclerc managed to complete the fastest lap of the day on the intermediate tyres, with a time of 1’57”782.
Max Verstappen y Carlos Sainz They accompanied him as the fastest drivers in the session, with Fernando Alonso finishing fourth.
