<p>Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton dominated Qatar Grand Prix third practice with Red Bull's championship leader Max Verstappen off the pace ahead of qualifying later Saturday.</p>.<p>Bottas topped the time sheets with a 1min 22.310, a record fastest lap at the Losail circuit's inaugural Formula One weekend.</p>.<p>Hamilton, who goes into this third last race of the season 14 points behind his arch rival, took second at 0.078sec.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/formula-1/f1-duty-bound-to-raise-awareness-of-human-rights-hamilton-1052315.html" target="_blank">F1 duty-bound to raise awareness of human rights: Hamilton</a></strong></p>.<p>Verstappen appears to have work to do to trouble the Mercedes men as he took third but some 0.341sec off Bottas's effort.</p>.<p>Qualifying for the 20th race of 2021 gets underway under floodlights at 1700 (1930IST) with Bottas bidding for his third pole in as many weekends.</p>.<p>The Finn, who moves to Alfa Romeo next season, fronted the grid in Mexico and Brazil, but was overtaken around the first corner in both races by Verstappen.</p>.<p>The Dutch driver duly won in Mexico, but was swept aside by a Hamilton on fire in Sao Paulo last Sunday.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton dominated Qatar Grand Prix third practice with Red Bull's championship leader Max Verstappen off the pace ahead of qualifying later Saturday.</p>.<p>Bottas topped the time sheets with a 1min 22.310, a record fastest lap at the Losail circuit's inaugural Formula One weekend.</p>.<p>Hamilton, who goes into this third last race of the season 14 points behind his arch rival, took second at 0.078sec.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/formula-1/f1-duty-bound-to-raise-awareness-of-human-rights-hamilton-1052315.html" target="_blank">F1 duty-bound to raise awareness of human rights: Hamilton</a></strong></p>.<p>Verstappen appears to have work to do to trouble the Mercedes men as he took third but some 0.341sec off Bottas's effort.</p>.<p>Qualifying for the 20th race of 2021 gets underway under floodlights at 1700 (1930IST) with Bottas bidding for his third pole in as many weekends.</p>.<p>The Finn, who moves to Alfa Romeo next season, fronted the grid in Mexico and Brazil, but was overtaken around the first corner in both races by Verstappen.</p>.<p>The Dutch driver duly won in Mexico, but was swept aside by a Hamilton on fire in Sao Paulo last Sunday.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>