Russell pips Hamilton as Mercedes dominate British GP FP3.
George Russell went quickest ahead of Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes secured a 1-2 in the final free practice session in the rain at the Formula 1 2024 British Grand Prix on Saturday.
6 July 2024
Joe Krishnan
Total Motorsport

The typical English ‘summer’ weather arrived on Saturday with blustery winds and heavy showers in the morning, making conditions tricky for the drivers on the rain-soaked surface at Silverstone.

Russell’s time, a 1:37.325, is some way off the lap record at the Northamptonshire circuit, but it may reflect how Mercedes are best suited to the wet as they were some distance clear of Red Bull and Ferrari, with Max Verstappen strangely off the pace down in P6.

The rain would created some unwanted jeopardy for the drivers, but the session would at least give the drivers some valuable data for the most important sessions of the weekend, with British GP weather forecasts predicting another downpour later on Saturday afternoon for qualifying and Sunday’s race.

‘Russell pips Hamilton’;

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British GP: Free Practice 3 Results
Full results from Free Practice 3 from the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
6 July 2024
Mat Coch
Speedcafe

Full results from Free Practice 3 from the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Pos Num Driver Team Laps Best Diff

1 63 George Russell Mercedes 23 1:37.529

2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 27 1:37.564 0.035

3 4 Lando Norris McLaren 20 1:37.714 0.185

4 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 22 1:38.139 0.610

5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 20 1:38.393 0.864

6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 25 1:38.454 0.925

7 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 27 1:38.654 1.125

8 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 21 1:38.940 1.411

9 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 18 1:39.284 1.755

10 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas 16 1:39.340 1.811

‘Full results from Free Practice 3’;

https://speedcafe.com/british-gp-fre...ice-3-results/


F1 British GP: Russell fastest from Hamilton in wet FP3
Mercedes F1 driver set a 1m37.529s in a rain-affected Saturday practice session
Jul 6, 2024
Jake Boxall-Legge
Motorsport.com

Despite a red flag and the effect of continued precipitation throughout the session, a steady level of improvement continued beyond the half-hour mark, allowing Russell to grab the fastest time - still over 10 seconds down on Friday's dry times - before the conditions worsened.

The roulette wheel started to slow as the rain started to intensify slightly; this prompted a switch to race-style runs before further increased rain was set to hit the track. Hamilton set a 1m38.065s, which was beaten by Russell's 1m37.529s; the elder Mercedes driver attempted to respond with a 1m37.564s, but he was just shy of the mark.

Lando Norris, who headlined FP1 and FP2, was third fastest and 0.185s away from Russell's benchmark, and almost half a second clear of fourth-placed Carlos Sainz.
Verstappen landed in fifth, ahead of Leclerc and Piastri, while Fernando Alonso improved late to leapfrog Sergio Perez into the top eight. Nico Hulkenberg completed the upper half of the field, 1.8s adrift of Russell's headline effort.

‘Rain-affected Saturday practice session’;

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Everything that happened in Mercedes-led British GP final practice
Jul 6, 2024
by Josh Suttill
The Race

The conditions hardly made the final timesheet representative of who will be on top in qualifying later but there was still a decent amount of running for a wet practice session. Mercedes' home drivers led the way with Russell topping the session on a 1m37.529s, 0.035s ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Lando Norris, who topped both practice sessions on Friday, completed the all-British top three ahead of Carlos Sainz's Ferrari and points leader Max Verstappen, who ensured there were four different teams in the top five. Charles Leclerc was sixth quickest for Ferrari ahead of the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri and the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso.

Sergio Perez found himself ninth but his fastest effort was 1.7s off Russell's pace and he was almost a second adrift of Red Bull team-mate Verstappen. Nico Hulkenberg continued his strong weekend for Haas by rounding out the top 10 ahead of Alex Albon and Lance Stroll.

‘British GP final practice’;

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2024 F1 British Grand Prix - Free Practice 3 results
Check out the full results from final practice ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix.
6 July 2024
RacingNews365 Staff
RacingNews365

George Russell has ended the final practice session from the Silverstone Circuit on top of the timesheet. The 60-minute outing was held in wet conditions, with Intermediate tyres used throughout.

Lewis Hamilton was second in the other Mercedes car, lapping just 0.035s down on team-mate Russell, while Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz were third and fourth respectively. Pierre Gasly was the only driver who failed to set a lap time during the session as he spun into the gravel early on to cause a red flag.

‘Free Practice 3 results’;

https://racingnews365.com/2024-f1-br...tice-3-results


British GP: George Russell heads all-British top three at a very wet Silverstone
6 Jul 2024
Jamie Woodhouse
PlanetF1.com

Russell won out against Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.035 seconds as they battled over P1 on a drying track, but the rapid gains came to a abrupt stop as the rain returned, with McLaren’s Lando Norris making it an all-British top three. For Mercedes it was all smiles as Russell headed a one-two from Hamilton, while McLaren’s Lando Norris made it an all-British top three on home soil.

‘All-British top three’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/britis...024-fp3-report


British Grand Prix: F1 Free Practice 3 Results
July 6, 2024
Freddie Cotton
FormulaNerds

Fans watching on in their raincoats and wellington boots were only treated to eight minutes of action before the session was stopped. Pierre Gasly brought out the red flag after spinning at Vale and beaching his Alpine in the gravel. As a result, the Frenchman’s time on track was cut short and he was forced to watch the remainder of the action from the garage. In the short time of running before the stoppage, Yuki Tsunoda was the quickest, setting a 1.47.080. His RB teammate Daniel Ricciardo was also noted for a pit lane infringement after weaving as he returned to the garage.

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Take two: After a six-minute break, cars then returned to the track with Tsunoda leading the pack out. Both Mercedes drivers, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Norris all topped the timesheets within the next ten minutes as the track quickly began to dry out. Despite this though, the drivers all remained on the intermediate tyre. However, many race engineers reported over radio that rain was to be expected with 15 minutes remaining of the session. This arrived five minutes earlier than expected as Ricciardo’s race engineer reported ‘level one’ rain which was due to intensify during the latter stages of the session. Because of this, nobody could get close to the times set by both Russell and Lewis Hamilton who occupied first and second place respectively.

‘F1 Free Practice 3 Results’;

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F1 driver slapped with 50-place grid penalty for British Grand Prix
One driver will have his work cut out at the British Grand Prix after being slapped with a monster grid penalty.
Sat, Jul 6, 2024
Harry Smith
Daily and Sunday Express

Pierre Gasly has a monster grid penalty for the British Grand Prix. Pierre Gasly will start the British Grand Prix from the back of the grid after picking up five separate 10-place grid penalties, totalling a 50-spot deduction, for exceeding his seasonal allocation of several power unit components

‘Monster 50-place grid penalty’;

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-a...ish-Grand-Prix