Overview

• Lando Norris topped the timesheets in FP3 with a 1m27.489s lap, narrowly edging teammate Oscar Piastri by 0.024s.
• McLaren's pace advantage over the rest of the field grew to over six-tenths, with Mercedes' George Russell closest in third.
• Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc rounded out the top five, both struggling to match McLaren's consistency and speed.
• Yuki Tsunoda returned to action after his FP2 crash but could only manage ninth, while Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton continued to struggle, finishing 12th.
• Qualifying later today will test McLaren's dominance under cooler, race-representative conditions at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.