Lando Norris was the fastest driver in final practice for the Australian Grand Prix in which both Aston Martin drivers crashed out of the session.
Norris’s best time of a 1’19.117 was enough to see him end the session quickest of all, one tenth ahead of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.
Sebastian Vettel crashed after losing control of his car through the high-speed chicane of turns nine and 10, before Lance Stroll compounded Aston Martin’s problems by crashing at turn 11 at the end of the session.
Minutes before final practice was due to begin, FIA race director Niels Wittich informed teams that the fourth DRS zone added for the Australian Grand Prix along the back straight would be deactivated for the rest of the weekend. That may have explained why teams were not quick to take to the circuit in the early minutes of the session as they adjusted their set-ups to suit.
Red Bull were the first to set representative times on the medium tyres, with Sergio Perez just hundredths of a second…