MONTREAL (Reuters) – Alpine’s Fernando Alonso was fastest in a wet final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday with Formula One’s championship frontrunners protecting their powder dry.
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was second, 0.053 slower than Alonso’s one minute 33.836 seconds, and forward of Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel in the chilly circumstances, with wet tyres used for a lot of the hour-long session.
Red Bull’s championship chief Max Verstappen, winner of 4 of the final 5 races, was ninth fastest however did solely 10 laps in comparison with Alonso’s 15 and went off monitor a few occasions with out harm.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, set to start out behind the grid resulting from penalties for energy unit element adjustments, didn’t set a time in any respect from 5 set up laps.
Leclerc has been on pole place on the final 4 races and 6 occasions in eight.
Verstappen’s Mexican group mate Sergio Perez was eighth and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was tenth.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
