Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) (AFP)

Monaco's Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) set the fastest time of the 3rd free practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix, the 13th round of the Formula 1 World Championship, on Saturday at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, marked by an outing of track of the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), without damage for him.

The session was interrupted for fifteen minutes to clear the car of the current leader of the championship who lost control over the vibrators in the curves of Fagnes and sent it in the wall of tires bordering the track opposite side . He returned to the booth in the medical car, but was not injured in the accident.

His car, on the other hand, suffered with all the front left part torn off but should, according to his team, be able to be refitted before the start of the qualifying practice at 15:00 (13:00 GMT).

This free practice session then resumed with Leclerc finishing in front of his team-mate Sebastian Vettel and that of Hamilton at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas. Follow Daniel Ricciardo's Renault and Max Verstappen's Red Bull.

. 3rd free practice session:

Charles Leclerc (MON / Ferrari) 1: 44.206 (9 turns)

Sebastian Vettel (GER / Ferrari) 1: 44.657 (12)

Valtteri Bottas (FIN / Mercedes) 1: 44.703 (11)

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS / Renault) 1: 44.974 (10)

Max Verstappen (NED / Red Bull-Honda) 1: 45.312 (11)

Sergio Perez (MEX / Racing Point-Mercedes) 1: 45.521 (12)

Lewis Hamilton (GBR / Mercedes) 1: 45.566 (4)

Kimi Raikkonen (FIN / Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 1: 45.659 (13)

Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA / Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 1: 45.688 (13)

Pierre Gasly (FRA / Toro Rosso-Honda) 1: 45.752 (15)

Romain Grosjean (FRA / Haas-Ferrari) 1: 45.806 (15)

Nico Hülkenberg (GER / Renault) 1: 45.855 (11)

Kevin Magnussen (DEN / Haas-Ferrari) 1: 46.004 (15)

Carlos Sainz Jr. (ESP / McLaren-Renault) 1: 46.017 (14)

Lando Norris (GBR / McLaren-Renault) 1: 46.270 (13)

Lance Stroll (CAN / Racing Point-Mercedes) 1: 46.379 (11)

Daniil Kvyat (RUS / Toro Rosso-Honda) 1: 46.642 (13)

George Russell (GBR / Williams-Mercedes) 1: 47.858 (14)

Robert Kubica (POL / Williams-Mercedes) 1: 48.350 (14)

Alexander Albon (THA / Red Bull-Honda) 1: 50.681 (14)

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