F1 British GP: Charles Leclerc sets new benchmark as Alex Albon continues to shine for Williams in final practice
After an electrical problem kept him in the garage for the entirety of FP2, Leclerc posted the fastest time of the weekend so far at Silverstone to💟 put his Ferrari top of the timesheets.
It marked the first time since Q2 at the Canadian Grand Prix that Max Verstaꦦppen has not finished a🎐 session with the quickest time.
Having finished third-fastest i🎶n both of Fri🧸day’s practice sessions, Albon once again starred in his Williams to produce a lap that was just 0.173s slower than Leclerc’s benchmark.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was third, ahead🍒 of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who was half a se🐻cond adrift.
The seven-time world champion briefly delighted his home crowd by going fas💛test, before ultimately being shu𒁏ffled down to fifth.
Mercedes had reserve driver Mick Schumacher in🔥 their simulator until 2am as they looked to resolve their set-up struggles during a tricky opening day of running on Friday.
Carlos Sainz was 𝓰sixth for Ferrari, while Logan Sargeant ensured both Williams featured inside the top-10.
World champion Verstappen was eighth-fastest but only ran on the medium tyres bef🐠ore rain hit in the final half an hour.
George Russell put his Mercedes ninth𓆏, while Yuki Tsunoda shaded AlphaTauri teammate Nyck de Vries to𒈔 complete the top-10.
Qualifying for Su🌱nday’s British Grand Prix takes place at 3pm.&nb𝐆sp;
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