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FP3: Bottas leads third practice as rain was falling

Published on 23 Jun 2018 14:21
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By: Danny Sosef

The third free practice was difficult for the drivers due to harsh weather conditions, as five drivers remained in the pit lanes, among them was Verstappen. Valtteri Bottas was the fastest driver in FP3, while Lewis Hamilton didn’t find the pace and did the 12th fastest time.

Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc set the second and the third fastest time respectively. Fernando Alonso was the fourth quickest driver in FP3 and left behind Sebastian Vettel.

Daniel Ricciardo was the tenth fastest driver and had a spin during this practice, while Kimi Raikkonen couldn’t find the pace to push and set the 13th fastest time.

F1Grand Prix France - Free practice 3

Paul Ricard - 23 June 2018

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

1:33.666

3
2

Carlos Sainz jr

Renault

1:34.953

+1.287

3
3

Charles Leclerc

Sauber

1:35.012

+1.346

5
4

Fernando Alonso

McLaren

1:36.365

+2.699

4
5

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:36.756

+3.090

5
6

Stoffel Vandoorne

McLaren

1:37.547

+3.881

4
7

Pierre Gasly

Toro Rosso

1:38.317

+4.651

5
8

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

1:38.450

+4.784

3
9

Sergio Perez

Force India

1:39.641

+5.975

4
10

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

1:39.738

+6.072

3
11

Esteban Ocon

Force India

1:40.087

+6.421

4
12

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:40.743

+7.077

3
13

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

1:49.711

+16.045

3
14

Lance Stroll

Williams

2:02.399

+28.733

4
15

Sergey Sirotkin

Williams

2:04.093

+30.427

5
16

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

no time

3
17

Brendon Hartley

Toro Rosso

no time

3
18

Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

no time

2
19

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

no time

1
20

Kevin Magnussen

Haas F1

no time

1

calle.itw

Posts: 8,527

Well that session was a letdown.

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Jun 23 2018 - 16:50

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Replies (3)

calle.itw

Posts: 8,527
Well that session was a letdown.
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- Jun 23 2018 - 16:50
- Kean
  
  Posts: 692
  Ok, off topic for this story. But I just can't wait to vent my thoughts of the irony for the reasoning behind Ricciardo not being able to join Ferrari. Apparently Ricciardo is deemed too good to join, Vettel is blocking the move, just like he's deemed as too good to sit next to Hamilton. (Yeah, it has been said that the leadership at Ferrari is not keen on Ricciardo's personality.... please, come up with something better than that. How can you not bee keen on that Aussie's personality.) But they (read Vettel) are apparently ok with Leclerc joining Ferrari.... the way Leclerc is going it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he joins Ferrari and OWNS Vettel. Vettel should pray for Ricciardo to join and not Leclerc....
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  Jun 23 2018 - 18:00
- calle.itw
  
  Posts: 8,527
  I hear ya, and I agree, its tedious that they and Merc are caving in for their pet divas.
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  Jun 23 2018 - 19:42