Russian GP: Free Practice #3 - RE-CAP & TIMES

RUSSIAN GP - FREE PRACTICE #3 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Lewis Hamilton once again topped the time sheets in the final free practice session ahead of qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix.

    Ferrari set the pace early in the session before Hamilton jumped to the top of the order half way through the hour long session. Team-mate Valtteri Bottas joined him at the top of the order, though Bottas was still 0.254s slower than Hamilton’s best time of than Hamilton’s best time of the morning, a 1m33.067s.

    Vettel dropped back to third, but was preparing to head back out in the closing minutes of the session. Ferrari cut it close, sending the German out with just seconds remaining. But it appeared the team miscalculated how long it would take him to get down the pit lane, with Vettel hitting a red light at the end. He was forced to get out of his car there and push it back to the pits, having just missed the cut off point by a fraction of a second.

    The Ferrari ended the morning 0.6s slower than Hamilton, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen a further 0.021s back.

    Max Verstappen took fifth quickest, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Charles Leclerc.

    Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen, and Sergio Perez rounded out the top 10.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:33.067 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
2. Valtteri Bottas - 1:33.321 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:33.667 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
4. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:33.688 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
5. Max Verstappen - 1:33.937 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:34.394 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
7. Charles Leclerc - 1:34.628 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
8. Esteban Ocon - 1:34.809 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / France
9. Kevin Magnussen - 1:34.820 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
10. Sergio Perez - 1:34.916 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
11. Carlos Sainz - 1:34.988 / Renault-Renault / Mexico
12. Pierre Gasly - 1:35.125 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
13. Romain Grosjean - 1:35.185 / Haas-Ferrari / France
14. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:35.213 / Renault-Renault / Germany
15. Marcus Ericsson - 1:35.370 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
16. Brendon Hartley - 1:36.033 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
17. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:36.071 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
18. Lance Stroll - 1:36.274 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
19. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:36.597 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
20. Fernando Alonso - 1:36.992 / McLaren-Renault / Spain

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