After struggling to get in the groove on Saturday, Sebastian Vettel took the honours in FP3 for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Vettel set a session best time of 1:43.091 on the ultra soft tyres. Championship rival Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes was 2nd fastest with a best time of 1:43.452, 0.361s off the pace. Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkone was 3rd fastest 0.402s of the pace.

Max Verstappen was 4th fastest after setting a time late in the session narrowly edging out Valtteri Bottas in 5th. Team mate Ricciardo who showed strong pace on Friday was 12th.

The battle of the mid-field is heating up nicely with Force India continuing their strong showing this weekend with Sergio Perez 6th fastest just ahead of Kevin Magnussen in the Haas in 7th. Lance Stroll getting in the mix with his Williams in 8th while the second Force India of Esteban Ocon finished 9th.

Rounding out the top 10 was Sergei Sirotkin in the second Williams. His session was cut short after making contact with the Turn 3 exit barrier, damaging the front left suspension of his car. The Williams mechanics have a race on their hands to get his car ready for qualifying.

Elsewhere on track a tail wind in the final corner caused some issues for the driver with many running wide. Romain Grosjean was caught out and spun at the exit of T19.

Vettel has seem to have found a setup he is comfortable with and it looks like it’s brought Ferrari back in the fight. Mercedes seem to be struggling for rear grip in the middle sector while Red Bull’s only weakness is the long straight. Qualifying is shaping up to be a nail biter.

The championship leader is on top heading into qualifying

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