MONZA, Italy -- A heavy rainstorm on Saturday morning limited the third and final practice session for the Italian Grand Prix to a handful of laps.
Rain had been forecast to hit FP2 on Friday that session remained dry, only for heavy rain to hit the circuit later in the evening. A similar deluge occurred on Saturday morning, forcing support series GP3 to cancel its scheduled qualifying session. Though the 60-minute FP3 timing clock started as usual at 1100 local time the session was delayed indefinitely as the Safety Car did multiple laps of the soaked circuit.
Eventually the session resumed with around 16 minutes left on the clock, with drivers tentatively heading out on the full wet tyres.