The third and final session ahead of qualifying was tightly-contested once again with 🎃just 0.161s between Leclerc at the top of the timesheets and Verst𒀰appen in third.

Things did look ominous for Verstappen in the early stages as he rose to the top of the timesheets by over 0.5s, making it clear to everyone that Red Bull were back in the fight afte🐻r a difficult Friday.

Carlos Sainz led the way headi🧜ng into the final portion of the session but was toppled by his teammate by 0.3s.

Russell slotted into second behind Leclerc, setting the fastest final s💯ector of an🍃yone at the time.

Th🧜en came the two Red Bulls, with Sergio Perez only managing sixth as he cont𒀰inued to struggle for one-lap pace.

A mistake from Verstappen on the exit of Turn 3 meant he was 0.2s off Leclerc a💜fter his initia༺l effort on his second run.

The reigning champion found another 🌄tenth on hisཧ second lap to reduce the deficit to just over a tenth, suggesting that there's more to come from Verstappen in front of his home crowd.

Lewis Hamilton was unable t꧂o match his teammate's pace, ending the session in fifth.

Regardless, it looks set to be🅺 a close fight for pole position between the top three teams.

Fernando Alonso wasℱ seventh and led four-time ch🎃ampion Sebastian Vettel in eighth.

Mick Schumacher and Lando Norris roun🌳ded out the top 10 at Zandvoor🌊t.

Kevin Magnussen was 11th ﷽in the second Haas,𓄧 with the American outfit performing well so far this weekend.

La♍nce Stroll only managed 12th after spending the majority of the session inside the top eight.

Alex Albon led Esteban🍌 Ocon and Pierre Gasly, while Yuki Tsunoda was 16th ahead of Daniel Ricci🍸ardo.

Alfa Romeo continued t🙈o struggle with Valtteri Bottas in 18th and Zhou Guanyu in 19th - only Nicಞholas Latifi was slower.