A warm, steamy morning saw 27 degree air temperatures early on in Shanghai, and times matching Free Practice 2's.
Cassidy ran to a 1m13.500s late on and said he'd found something in himself to get there, while praising the team's work over the weekend so far.
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Dan Ticktum, on home soil for ERT, followed just 0.089s back with Porsche's Antonio Felix da Costa rounding in third and Maximilian Guenther (Maserati MSG Racing) fourth. The second Jaguar of yesterday's race winner Mitch Evans wound up fifth with NEOM McLaren's Jake Hughes rounding out the top six.
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Qualifying follows at 10:20 local time with lights out for Round 12 scheduled at 15:00 local.
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