F1 Dutch GP: Violent Sargeant crash curtails final Zandvoort practice

Pierre Gasly headlined a truncated third practice for the Dutch Grand Prix, following a lengthy red-flag period for Logan Sargeant's heavy crash on the exit of Turn 3.

In wet conditions following the emergence of overnight rain, Sargeant had put his Williams into the wall after taking too much kerb on the exit of Turn 3, the banked Hugenholtz corner, and ended up touching the grass.

This pitched his Williams into the opposite barrier and inflicted heavy damage onto his car - subsequently, a fire burst out at the rear as a fuel line was presumably severed in the wreckage.

Sargeant was able to extricate himself from the car swiftly, although the nature of the impact had caused heavy damage to the Armco barrier and left a line of residue along the track.

This prompted a 44-minute pause in proceedings to repair the barrier, as the early running had ended with Fernando Alonso on top of the timing boards having found 0.4 seconds over Oscar Piastri's earlier benchmark.

Race control tentatively suggested that running could resume with five minutes to spare, but this was delayed as the barrier was not yet ready; instead, there would be just two minutes of running at the close of the session.

Pierre Gasly, Alpine A524 (Photo by: Erik Junius)

Fernando Alonso had been on top of the charts ahead of the final volley of laps, and the condensed running available prompted a final dash for a lap on the intermediate tyre. Although Kevin Magnussen had originally vaulted to the top, Gasly took the quickest lap at the chequered flag.

The Dane's time was good enough for second, as Valtteri Bottas and Lando Norris completed the top four - ahead of Alonso's pre-stoppage time.

Max Verstappen was placed under investigation for his jockeying on the exit of the pitlane, where he passed Piastri down the inside of the pit exit and also barged past George - but put a wheel over the white line on the pit exit.

Neither Yuki Tsunoda nor Sergio Perez got a lap in at the end of the session, having missed the chequered flag to start their final runs.

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Cla	Driver	#		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	P. Gasly Alpine	10		Alpine	Renault	5	1'20.311		190.912
2	K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20		Haas	Ferrari	9	+0.139 1'20.450	0.139	190.582
3	V. Bottas Sauber	77		Sauber	Ferrari	7	+0.844 1'21.155	0.705	188.927
4	L. Norris McLaren	4		McLaren	Mercedes	6	+1.076 1'21.387	0.232	188.388
5	F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14		Aston Martin	Mercedes	6	+1.150 1'21.461	0.074	188.217
6	E. Ocon Alpine	31		Alpine	Renault	4	+1.332 1'21.643	0.182	187.798
7	O. Piastri McLaren	81		McLaren	Mercedes	10	+1.539 1'21.850	0.207	187.323
8	L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18		Aston Martin	Mercedes	7	+1.630 1'21.941	0.091	187.115
9	N. Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27		Haas	Ferrari	5	+2.043 1'22.354	0.413	186.176
10	C. Sainz Ferrari	55		Ferrari	Ferrari	6	+2.278 1'22.589	0.235	185.646
11	Z. Guanyu Sauber	24		Sauber	Ferrari	5	+2.929 1'23.240	0.651	184.195
12	L. Sargeant Williams	2		Williams	Mercedes	4	+2.976 1'23.287	0.047	184.091
13	G. Russell Mercedes	63		Mercedes	Mercedes	7	+3.647 1'23.958	0.671	182.619
14	A. Albon Williams	23		Williams	Mercedes	5	+3.696 1'24.007	0.049	182.513
15	L. Hamilton Mercedes	44		Mercedes	Mercedes	3	+3.787 1'24.098	0.091	182.315
16	C. Leclerc Ferrari	16		Ferrari	Ferrari	4	+3.847 1'24.158	0.060	182.185
17	M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1		Red Bull	Red Bull	3	+4.049 1'24.360	0.202	181.749
18	D. Ricciardo RB	3		RB	Red Bull	7	+5.122 1'25.433	1.073	179.466
19	Y. Tsunoda RB	22		RB	Red Bull	4
20	S. Perez Red Bull Racing	11		Red Bull	Red Bull	2
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