Charles Leclerc snatched the top spot at the end of FP3 at the Australian Grand Prix, beating Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen by 0.02s in an intriguing session.
Only moments before, Verstappen had pipped Carlos Sainz by 0.057s as the Ferrari driver spent much of the hour on top owing to his performance on the medium tyre earlier on in the session. An interesting thread within FP3 concerned the rapid degradation of the soft tyres over a single lap, and impressive first sectors for those trying the red-walled C5 often were unable to retain that level of performance throughout the final two splits.
The Mercedes seemed to dial itself into the session, and continued soft tyre running brought Hamilton a time that was ultimately good enough for fourth overall - 0.08s clear of team-mate Russell. Fernando Alonso improved to sixth on his final lap of the session, having been behind team-mate Lance Stroll after his penultimate effort on the softs, which carried him above Sergio Perez's Red Bull.
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