HAMILTON LEADS OCON AND NORRIS OF FINAL PRACTICE FOR BELGIAN GP

Lewis Hamilton was fastest in this morning’s final free practice session in Belgium, with Esteban Ocon finishing the session in second ahead of Lando Norris.

Final practice for Belgian GP – After missing a lot of running during yesterday’s  FP1, the two Haas cars of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen were out on track straight away, Magnussen three tenths ahead of his teammate on the timesheet in the opening minutes of the session.

FINAL PRACTICE BELGIAN GP F1 2020

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	Lewis HAMILTON	Mercedes	1: 43.255
2	Esteban OCON	Renault	1: 43,485
3	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	1: 43,641
4	Alexander ALBON	Red Bull	1: 43.731
5	Valtteri BOTTAS	Mercedes	1: 43.813
6	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull	1: 43.896
7	Daniel RICCIARDO	Renault	1: 43.973
8	Lance STROLL	Racing Point	1: 43,988
9	Carlos SAINZ	McLaren	1: 44.006
10	Sergio PÉREZ	Racing Point	1: 44,180
11	Pierre GASLY	Alpha Tauri	1: 44.508
12	Daniil KVYAT	Alpha Tauri	1: 44.543
13	Nicholas LATIFI	Williams	1: 44.771
14	Kevin MAGNUSSEN	Haas	1: 44.841
15	Romain GROSJEAN	Haas	1: 44.844
16	Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN	Alfa Romeo	1: 44.932
17	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	1: 45.147
18	George RUSSELL	Williams	1: 45.157
19	Antonio GIOVINAZZI	Alfa Romeo	1: 45,190
20	Sebastian VETTEL	Ferrari	1: 45,420

Drops of rain started to fall fifteen minutes into the session as clouds loomed around the circuit, with teams reporting rain at some sections of the circuit, while other parts were dry.

Red Bull’s Alexander Albon was the first of the frontrunners to appear on the track, beating Magnussen’s time by almost eight tenths on his first attempt, as teammate Max Verstappen left the pits on the soft tyre.

Bottas then went fastest over Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, with a time of 1:43.813. Esteban Ocon continued the promising form for Renault, setting a time good enough for fourth during his opening laps of the session.

Verstappen looked to have enough to keep with the Mercedes in the session, with his best time coming within a tenth of Bottas’ fastest.

Fourth went to Albon while Bottas finished in fifth. Verstappen ended the session in sixth, while Daniel Ricciardo ended the final practice in seventh.

With over twenty minutes left in the session, Racing Point’s Sergio Perez reported rain on the circuit, while reports from Sky F1’s Martin Brundle suggested more rain was starting to fall at Eau Rouge.

For the final ten minutes of the session, the majority of the field left the pits on the soft tyres, looking to use the last couple of minutes for some quick qualifying lap times.

Hamilton took the fastest time ahead of Ocon, as Bottas locked up at La Source. Multiple drivers complained of cars slowing at the Bus Stop chicane, with a number of cars slowing in order to gain an advantage from the car in front.

Eighth and ninth went to Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz, while Perez rounded out the top ten.

Ferrari suffered massively in the session, with Charles Leclerc only setting a time good enough for seventeenth, while Sebastian Vettel was last out of twenty cars in the session, with the team looking to be an average of two seconds off the pace to Mercedes.

Hamilton leads Ocon and Norris of final practice for Belgian GP Hamilton leads Ocon and Norris of final practice for Belgian GP

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