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<strong>FP3:</strong> Leclerc heads Vettel after final practice

FP3: Leclerc heads Vettel after final practice

Published on 13 Jul 2019 13:01
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By: Fergal Walsh

Charles Leclerc has concluded practice from Silverstone on top of the timesheets, as he headed a tricky FP3 session that was hit with slight rain.

Drivers used intermediate tyres for a couple of laps during the session, as drizzle made the circuit slippy and difficult to navigate.

However, the rain didn't stick around for long and in the last 30 minutes, drivers reverted to the slick tyres to put in some short low fuel runs ahead of qualifying later this afternoon.

Sebastian Vettel followed his teammate in the timings, ending up just 0.026 behind his Ferrari partner.

Despite Ferrari's apparent advantage at the top of the standings, Lewis Hamilton was less than half a tenth down on Leclerc in third place.

However, the Briton, who is gunning for his sixth British Grand Prix win on Sunday, says that there was little more he could extract from the car after his final qualifying simulation run.

Pierre Gasly once again had an encouraging session as he ended up in fourth place, ahead of teammate Max Verstappen.

Gasly described his Friday at Silverstone as his best of the year, as he attempts to combat the high pressure he is under regarding his future at Red Bull.

McLaren stated that it had a productive day on Friday, with Lando Norris running some new bargeboards among various other parts. The Briton, who takes part in his first F1 home race on Sunday, was seventh behind the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.

Renault seemingly unlocked a little more pace from the R.S 19 as both Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo concluded the session inside the top ten.

Ricciardo has had a new engine fitted following his opening day failure and has reverted to an older chassis after the team found a crack in the one he was using on Friday.

Alexander Albon rounded out the top ten, as the middle battle looks to be once again incredibly close, as just 0.031s separated Hulkenberg and Albon.

Outside the top ten, it remained close as Kevin Magnussen in 15th was just three-tenths down on Hulkenberg in eighth.

F1Grand Prix United Kingdom - Free practice 3

Silverstone - 13 July 2019

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

1:25.905

17
2

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:25.931

+0.026

16
3

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:25.954

+0.049

21
4

Pierre Gasly

Red Bull Racing

1:26.118

+0.213

15
5

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:26.440

+0.535

14
6

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

1:26.456

+0.551

20
7

Lando Norris

McLaren

1:26.689

+0.784

15
8

Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

1:26.945

+1.040

16
9

Daniel Ricciardo

Renault

1:26.965

+1.060

15
10

Alexander Albon

Toro Rosso

1:26.976

+1.071

17
11

Antonio Giovinazzi

Alfa Romeo Racing

1:27.036

+1.131

16
12

Carlos Sainz jr

McLaren

1:27.106

+1.201

15
13

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

1:27.108

+1.203

18
14

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

1:27.110

+1.205

16
15

Kevin Magnussen

Haas F1

1:27.275

+1.370

16
16

Kimi Räikkönen

Alfa Romeo Racing

1:27.424

+1.519

15
17

Lance Stroll

Racing Point

1:27.544

+1.639

14
18

Sergio Perez

Racing Point

1:27.598

+1.693

12
19

George Russell

Williams

1:29.065

+3.160

22
20

Robert Kubica

Williams

1:29.450

+3.545

19

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Replies (3)

f1fan0101

Posts: 1,804
that timesheet would be nice come qualifying
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- Jul 13 2019 - 13:49
- calle.itw
  
  Posts: 8,527
  Yes, this'll do nicely. Very nicely indeed, uuuahahahaha!
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  Jul 13 2019 - 14:31
- abhidbgt
  
  Posts: 283
  Always short lived.
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  Jul 13 2019 - 16:22