Max Verstappen continued his supreme form ahead of the 2023 Spanish GP and was once against fastest in Practice 3, just 0.250s ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, with Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes a further two tenths behind.
Rain quickly affected the session and Logan Sargeant found his Williams in the gravel which brought out the red flag. Once the session got back underway, the rain had arrived and intermediate tyres were the order of the day.
After a deluge of rain midway through the session, the track began to dry towards the end leaving things up in the air ahead of Qualifying.
F1 2023 Spanish GP – Practice 3 Results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:13.664 |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.250 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.408 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.576 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +0.600 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | +0.614 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.689 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.696 |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +0.995 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +1.017 |
| 11 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.017 |
| 12 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | +1.029 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1.092 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +1.324 |
| 15 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +1.441 |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.602 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.870 |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +2.177 |
| 19 | Alexander Albon | Williams | +2.187 |
| 20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +2.865 |
