Hamilton tops weather-impacted FP3

Lewis Hamilton regained the upper hand for Mercedes in Saturday’s tricky and weather-impacted third free practice session.

Hamilton just edged out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in a session which saw most drivers preparing early on for this afternoon’s qualifying run to avoid incoming rain.

Hamilton’s advantage over his title rival was just 0.032s and a little under a tenth of a second over team mate Valtteri Bottas.

Kimi Raikkonen was P5 in front of Nico Hulkenberg who completed another impressive session behind the wheel of an ever-improving Renault.

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was sixth but almost ended the morning in the wall after spinning on the main straight when a drizzle set in around Silverstone countryside.

Romain Grosjean was seventh for Haas while Max Verstappen in the second Red Bull also tried to force the issue on the damp track, enduring a inconsequential spin.

Felipe Massa and Stoffel Vandoorne rounded out the top ten, with Fernando Alonso in P11.

British Grand Prix – Free Practice 3 results

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps

1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:28.063s

18

2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:28.095s
+ 0.032s

14

3
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:28.137s
+ 0.074s

20

4
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:28.732s
+ 0.669s

15

5
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
1:29.480s
+ 1.417s

14

6
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
1:29.612s
+ 1.549s

15

7
Romain Grosjean
Haas
1:29.819s
+ 1.756s

14

8
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:29.904s
+ 1.841s

13

9
Felipe Massa
Williams
1:29.959s
+ 1.896s

19

10
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
1:30.088s
+ 2.025s

19

11
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
1:30.138s
+ 2.075s

17

12
Esteban Ocon
Force India
1:30.172s
+ 2.109s

19

13
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:30.270s
+ 2.207s

15

14
Jolyon Palmer
Renault
1:30.302s
+ 2.239s

16

15
Sergio Pérez
Force India
1:30.416s
+ 2.353s

16

16
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
1:30.504s
+ 2.441s

20

17
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
1:30.515s
+ 2.452s

19

18
Pascal Wehrlein
Sauber
1:30.621s
+ 2.558s

24

19
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
1:30.630s
+ 2.567s

24

20
Lance Stroll
Williams
1:31.358s
+ 3.295s

18

 
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