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Lewis Hamilton, six-time champion and leader of the current Formula One season, set the best time in the third free practice of the Belgian GP. The Mercedes driver accelerated 1m43s255 on his best lap and was 0s230 faster than Renault’s surprising runner-up Esteban Ocon. Lando Norris (McLaren) and Alexander Albon (RBR) came in third and fourth.
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Lewis Hamilton during the third free practice at Spa – Photo: Disclosure
The favorites to the top positions, Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (RBR) were in fifth and sixth place. In the last series of laps started, the Finn made a mistake in the first corner, while the Dutchman got traffic. The top ten fastest, from seventh to tenth, were completed by Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), Lance Stroll (Racing Point), Carlos Sainz Jr. (McLaren) and Sergio Pérez (Racing Point).
The training was marked by the shame of the Ferrari engines. The six drivers with the Italian manufacturer’s power units placed in the last seven places. Sebastian Vettel was an annoying last place.
The classification will be played from 10am. SporTV2 broadcasts live with the narration of Sergio Mauricio and the comments of Felipe Giaffone and Rafael Lopes. Ge tracks in real time.
Training started with drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean rushing onto the track to try to make up for time lost in yesterday’s training due to Ferrari engine problems. The two soon made timed laps, but then it started to rain on part of the track.
Time closes in free practice for the Belgian GP
However, the rain did not really fall, and after waiting in the pits for a while, the drivers decided to finally hit the track after 20 minutes of training. There is the possibility of heavy rain at the time of qualifying, which could mess up the grid.
Still in the first half hour of training, Bottas was the first to fall from home at 1m44 by scoring 1m43s813. Hamilton initially set the second fastest time, with 1m44s422. But then Verstappen came along and he was just 0s083 from Bottas. Hamilton improved but remained in third place, 0s138 behind the Finn.
Bottas and Hamilton lead free practice at the Belgian GP
In the final part of training, the drivers came out for the last attempts, and of the favorites, Hamilton was the only one who improved and had the best time of the weekend, while Bottas and Verstappen could not lower their times. Despite this, all three remain favorites for the pole position fight.
Ferrari continued its terrible weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. As happened on Friday, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel could not fight for the top ten. In the end, the Monegasque was in 17th place, while Vettel finished in 20th and last place.
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