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F1 BRITISH GP 2020 PRACTICE 3 BOTTAS LEADS

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3 years ago

01/08/2020

F1 BRITISH GP 2020 PRACTICE 3 BOTTAS LEADS

Mercedes set the pace in FP3 as Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in the final session before qualifying. Mercedes weren’t so strong on Friday in the warmer temperatures, but as the weather cooled, their pace just got hotter.

F1 british GP 2020 practice 3 – Championship leader Hamilton will be looking for his seventh win at Silverstone on Sunday and he seems to be in the perfect position to do so.

Third Free Practice – Great Britain

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	Valtteri BOTTAS	Mercedes	1: 25.873
2	Lewis HAMILTON	Mercedes	1: 26.011
3	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull	1: 26.173
4	Lance STROLL	Racing Point	1: 26.576
5	Carlos SAINZ	McLaren	1: 26.664
6	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	1: 26.771
7	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	1: 26.798
8	Daniel RICCIARDO	Renault	1: 26.841
9	Nico HULKENBERG	Racing Point	1: 26.872
10	Pierre GASLY	Alpha Tauri	1: 27.046
11	Daniil KVYAT	Alpha Tauri	1: 27.076
12	Esteban OCON	Renault	1: 27.158
13	Alexander ALBON	Red Bull	1: 27.178
14	Sebastian VETTEL	Ferrari	1: 27.251
15	Romain GROSJEAN	Haas	1: 27.537
16	George RUSSELL	Williams	1: 27.738
17	Antonio GIOVINAZZI	Alfa Romeo	1: 27.825
18	Kevin MAGNUSSEN	Haas	1: 27.860
19	Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN	Alfa Romeo	1: 27.976
20	Nicholas LATIFI	Williams	1: 28.112

Max Verstappen almost kept pace with the Mercedes duo in third, just three tenths behind Bottas.

After his crash at Stowe yesterday, Alexander Albon’s weekend took another twist as a battery problem stopped his running during the session.

The Thai driver was ready to go out onto the track, but the issue was detected in start-up and Albon had to get out of the car.

It was a sorry sight to see Albon’s car in pieces and surrounded by mechanics as he lost valuable time before qualifying.

It took Albon’s teammate Verstappen almost half an hour to get out on track, but he was immediately on the pace.

The Dutchman went third on his first flying lap, he is set to be one of few challengers to Mercedes this weekend.

McLaren looked good, with Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris both setting good lap times, ending the session P5 and P7 respectively.

Nico Hulkenberg continued his positive running this weekend, running similar pace to Lance Stroll for most of the session and sitting third at one point, before finishing down in 9th, a second off the pace.

Albon finally managed to get out on track with fifteen minutes to go, although a messy first flying lap was deleted for track limits at Turn 9.

Eventually he got a legal lap in, ending the session in P13.

There did seem to be some dark clouds around at the end of the session, and with qualifying just two hours away, we could be in for some spicy action!

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