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GP 70TH ANNIVERSARY F1, FP3: General qualification won by LEWIS HAMILTON

The third free practice of the 70th anniversary of Formula 1 in Silverstone was won by Lewis Hamilton, closely followed by teammate Valtteri Bottas, and the third place was surprisingly occupied by Lando Norris in McLarn.

Mercedes continues with his dominance, since they were both black silver arrows also in the third free practice class for himself. This time he was faster again Hamilton, but surprisingly excellent third place Lando Norris v McLarn. Both cars are also very good Racing Point. Red Bull worse than expected.

Results

That being said, he reached the fastest lap time of the third free practice Lewis Hamilton, who was with 1: 26.621 minutes a good tenth of a second faster than a teammate Valtteria Bottas. Unlike yesterday, it is Hamilton today reached its best time on soft rubber compounds. Surprisingly, the young man came in third Lando Norris with his McLarn, which is for Hamilton a little over half a second behind.

Valtteri Bottas also had to concede victory to teammate Hamilton in the third free practice.

Tight for McLarn they both joined the race Racing Point, where he was a faster temporary racer Nico Hulkenberg, and a few thousandths are found behind it Lance Stroll. He finished sixth Charles Leclerc from Ferrari, and “only” was seventh Max Verstappen, followed by his teammate Alex Albon. A Dutchman at work Red Bull Racing he suffered from traffic, which made it impossible for him to drive an excellent lap. They finish the top ten Esteban Ocon from Renault and Carlos Sainz from McLaren.

With third place in the general qualifiers, however, he definitely surprised Lando Norris at McLaren.

Od eleventh place onwards, the racers were classified as follows: Pierre Gasly, Daniil Kvyat (both AlphaTauri), Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), Romain Grosjean (Challenge), Nicholas latifi, George Russell (both Williams), Antonio Giovinazzi, Kimi Raikkonen (both Alfa Romeo) and Kevin Magnussen (Haas) - the latter is the only one who is more than two seconds behind Hamilton.

Technology

After a major engine failure yesterday at Sebastian Vettl, he had to Ferrari to react. It’s out of caution, too Charles Leclerc received new engine components. Specifically, this is about internal combustion engine in turbocharger including component MGU-H. All components are a different unit of allowable contingent, so there is no penalty.

Incidents

Taken as a whole the third free practice took place calmly. THE Max Verstappen had some more action on the track. At first, he struggled with the smaller ones technical difficulties, so he had to resume at full speed synchronize gearbox, and later complained loudly on the radio about Lance Stroll, which hindered him in his fast lap. Commissioners they decided to take this incident under the microscope.

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