British GP: Charles Leclerc tops Practice Three, Lewis Hamilton shows promise as Ferrari’s Silverstone surge continues | F1 News

Charles Leclerc stressed that Ferrari appears real contenders for the British Grand Prix by fixing the pace during a last training session which saw little choice between the Italian team Resurgent, McLaren and Red Bull.

Configuration of what seems likely to be a very narrow battle for Silverstone Pole between these three teams – Live Sky Sports F1 And Showcase At 3 p.m. – the best Leclerc’s fastest time of 1: 25.498 was less than a tenth of a second faster than the Oscar Piastri de McLaren and the Verstappen of Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton only finished 11th in the second Ferrari, but was on the right track for the best time of Leclerc through the first two sectors of his last gentle -type round before a premature red flag for bodybuilding arrives just when he entered the last corners of the Tour, forcing him to slow down.

“We will never know [how quick Hamilton’s lap would have been]. It’s a cliffhanger, “said Sky Sports F1 Anthony Davidson

“One thing for sure, I think Lewis Hamilton smells of blood here. He’s crowd behind him and the car to do it. Can he rise at the heights of last year?”

Lando Norris took the fourth row, just 0.108 s in return on the pace of Leclerc, in the second McLaren before an unusually gap in the process of making the top 10, led by Yuki Tsunoda in the second British recruit of Red Bull and Haas, Oliver Bearman.

This is the group where 2024 Silverstone Victors Mercedes found himself, with George Russell their head runner only in eighth – also behind Alex Albon de Williams – after a delicate session despite the arrival of the type of cooler conditions on Saturday that their W16 car generally prefers.

Kimi Antonelli finished 14th in the other Mercedes car, while the racing bulls ended again with their two pilots in the top 10.

The session ended with a dramatic style with two high -speed incidents.

Gabriel Bortoleto de Sauber brought the session to an effective early end when he turned at high speed in the corner of Maggotts.

Apparently taking too much sidewalk when he turned around, the Brazilian lost control of the car while he fell on the circuit – first above the sidewalk and the grass inside, where he broke his front left suspension, before stopping in the gravel on the other side.

But while the cars returned to the stands for the red flag, the fastest impressive session of Bearman ended inexplicably when he crushed his Haas in a front impact for barriers on the range of range.

It is not yet the end of the question for Bearman either, the Briton will face the commissioners before qualifying on the burden of a red flag offense.

As expected, the temperatures fell for the race on Saturday, with a sky above Silverstone replacing the sunny conditions on Friday.

However, the threat of afternoon rain showers has calmed down. Similar conditions are expected on Sunday race day.

British Sky Sports F1 GP schedule

Saturday July 5
1:10 p.m.: F2 Sprint
2:15 p.m.: British qualification accumulation GP *
3 p.m.: British GP Qualify *
4:55 p.m.: F4 Race 1
5:40 p.m.: Ted qualification notebook

Sunday July 6
8:15 am: F4 Race 2
9:25 am: F3 functionality breed
11 am: F2 Race Feature
1:30 p.m.: Grand Prix Sunday: British GP Build-Up *
3 p.m.: The British Grand Prix *
5 p.m.: Damy flag: British reaction GP *
6 p.m.: Ted * notebook

* Also on the main event of Sky Sports

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