George Russell fastest in final Baku practice as Oliver Bearman crashes
George Russell sets pace in final practice as the battle for pole position looks finely poised, writes Lewis Lar🅺kam in Baku.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell put Mercedes on top of the timesheet in an intriguing final practice at the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Olivไer Bearman crashed his Haas.
Despite complaining of “terrible” ride and possible engine problems, Russell set the fastest ti♒me out of nowhere in the final moments of FP3 to edge Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc🏅 by just 0.013 seconds.
Lando No꧃rris was third-quickest, 0.223s adrift of Russell and just a fraction ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen, who leads titleꦑ rival Norris by 62 points heading into the weekend, was fifth, 0.348s behind Russell’s benchmark.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz ended up sixth ahead of the Red Bull of Sergio Perez and the Williams pair of Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto, both o𒁃f whom set eye-catching pace to sit eighth and ninth.
Lewis Hamilton rounded out t🌺he top 10, wi🔯th the seven-time world champion almost eight tenths adrift of his Mercedes teammate.
The battle for pole position appears too close to cal🍒l heading into Saturday’s qualifying, witℱh Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren all showing signs of being in contention.
FP3 was punctuated by two red flags: the first caused when Alpine’s Esteban Ocon ground to a halt ✱on track with an unspecified issue.
British teenager Bearman, on just his second F1 race weekend as a stand-in for banned Haa꧂s regular Kevin Magnussen, brought out a second red flag when he clattered the barriers at Turn 1.&♎nbsp;
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