Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Madrid

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Crashes by Lewis Hamilton and Oliver Bearman confirmed the jeopardy of the new Madrid circuit in final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.

After Mercedes driver George Russell described the Madring track as “very high risk”, Hamilton lost control of his Ferrari halfway through the session and Bearman his Haas with a couple of minutes to go.

Hamilton crashed at the final corner midway through the session, breaking his front wing. The seven-time champion tried to return to the pits, initially rejecting Ferrari’s demands to stop the car, before having to abandon the plan.

The delay repairing the barriers was significant enough that officials took the rare step of stopping the clock on the session, as otherwise the drivers would not have been able to get out again to continue learning the new track.

The session resumed with 15 minutes to go, with Antonelli beating the previous benchmark set before the red flag by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.166 seconds.

The McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri moved up to third and fourth, ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Russell, before Bearman spun his Haas into the barriers at Turn 10 to bring the session to a premature end.

Hamilton ended the session ninth fastest with his time set early on.

Meanwhile, Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll will start the race from the back after exceeding his permitted number of engine parts for the season by taking a new engine.

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Right that was an interesting third practice at the Madring circuit. I am so qualifying will be no different.

Kimi Antonelli was the fastest in FP3, as he was yesterday in FP2. Can the Mercedes driver get pole later?

The garages of Lewis Hamilton and Oliver Bearman will be busy to get both cars ready for qualifying.

Alex Albon did not seem to come out for the last run in final practice so his car may need fixing too.

Time for us all to take a break. Join us at 14:30 BST, where Lorraine will take you through the qualifying session.

Lights out for Q1 at 15:00 BST.

See you then!

11. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

12. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

13. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

14. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

15. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls)

16. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

17. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

18. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

19. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

20. Sergio Perez (Cadillac)

21. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

22. Alex Albon (Williams)

1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - 1:32.797

2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.166

3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.189

4. Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.236

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.375

6. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.702

7. Liam Lawson (Red Bull) +1.105

8. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) +1.136

9. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +1.487

10. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) +1.491

Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

That is a lot of damage to the Haas. The rear left-tyre has folded on to the top of the car.

Oliver Bearman is shaking his head, and it's huge frustration for him. But he is climbing out, so he's all OK.

But qualifying starts in just over two hours' time, and I tell you what, that's going to be tight to get that car back out.

That Haas does not look in good shape.

There will be no lunch break in the Haas garage, they will need to get Bearman's car fixed in two hours, in time for qualifying.

Red flagpublished at 12:48 BST

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The session has been red flagged and that looks like it is the end of the session.

Oliver Bearman is out of his Haas and lets the team know he is OK.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

Oliver Bearman has found the barriers at La Monumental with less than a minute on the clock!

Yellow flagpublished at 12:47 BST

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Ollie Bearman has stopped at Turn 11.

He has hit the barriers and broken the front wing of his car.

His front right wheel looks like it clipped the barriers which sent his car spinning and into the barriers.

Gasly: "Oh my gosh! Honestly that's terrible. ****, this guy."

Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

The fastest first sector of anyone is actually Nico Hulkenberg for Audi. Ferrari have the legs in the middle sector over anybody else. The driver who is closest to them is Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

So Ferrari are working well in that middle sector, but then they are lacking something on those tighter, 90-degree corners in the final sector.

Pierre Gasly gets into a bit of traffic with the McLaren.

"That's terrible" he says on the radio to Alpine.

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Kimi Antonelli puts in a fast lap and takes his Mercedes to the top of the leaderboard.

His lap time is 1:32.797.

Max Verstappen puts his Red Bull into fifth spot. The two McLarens sit in third and fourth.

Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter in Madrid

Drivers are coming into the pits to change on to a new set of the soft compound now, so a lot of soft tyres being used in this session.

1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 1:32.963

2. Lando Norris (McLaren)

3. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

Lando Norris has set a fast lap in his McLaren and manages to get his car into the second spot behind Charles Leclerc.

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Everyone out on track have got the red soft tyres bolted on for the last 10 minutes of final practice.

Arvid Lindblad's car is now fixed and the Racing Bull driver can finally put in a lap time.

The rookie puts his car eighth fastest.