
Lewis Hamilton and Oliver Bearman suffer accidents on the Madrid circuit, causing red flags and delays in the repair of protections.
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The free practice session in Madrid is part of the Formula 1 competition weekend. The circuit has presented technical challenges that have affected several drivers.
The third and final free practice session in Madrid was the most eventful of those that the Formula 1 drivers have participated in this weekend.
Lewis Hamilton and Oliver Bearman ended up against the walls of the Madrid circuit and caused two red flags that hindered the teams' tests. The most problematic accident was that of the Englishman from Ferrari, who overbraked in the last corner of the track and forced the FIA to stop the session for more than half an hour to repair the protections. Kimi Antonelli, from Mercedes, once again set the best time and appears as a great favorite for Qualifying, which will begin at four in the afternoon.
The morning started with a scare for Carlos Sainz Jr., who was about to go straight into the protections in turn 7 while trying to improve the times of his Williams, with many difficulties throughout the weekend.
We were 24 minutes into the session, with the Ferraris stalking Antonelli when Hamilton caused the first red flag of Free Practice 3, the second of the weekend in Formula 1 after Lindblad's accident yesterday.
The Englishman crashed into the protections and caused an eternal stoppage. First, and as it normally does, the FIA decided to keep the stopwatch running. The Free Practice lasts an hour and Hamilton's blow was 36 minutes from the end. But when there were only 15 left and given the impossibility of securing the protections in the area, race management decided to stop the clock for a few minutes to prevent the session from expiring without cars on the track and to secure the TecPro barriers on the new circuit.
After doing so, the cars returned to the asphalt and there Antonelli secured the best time ahead of Leclerc's Ferrari and the two McLarens of Piastri and Norris. Alonso and Sainz Jr remained far from the top positions, 17th and 18th before Qualifying. Bad omen.
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