Sebastian Vettel lapped quicker than last year’s pole position time as he headed a Ferrari one-two in the final practice session.
Team mate Kimi Raikkonen got within three tenths of a second of his time and narrowly beat Lewis Hamilton to second place. However the Mercedes driver was a match for Vettel everywhere besides the final sector.
Straight-line speed was a key difference between the two cars: Hamilton’s lower top speeds suggesting a less powerful engine more or additional downforce may have prevented a better lap time.
Max Verstappen split the Mercedes drivers with a great lap at the end of the session, getting perilously close to the Wall of Champions. He relegated Valtteri Bottas, who had his own near-miss with the turn four wall, to fifth place.
The other Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo could only manage eighth behind Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa. In a closely-knit field eight tenths and ten cars separated the first Williams from that of team mate Lance Stroll.
Esteban Ocon and Carlos Sainz Jnr also made it into the top ten while their team mates did not, indicating the fight for a place in Q3 will be tight in the upcoming qualifying session.
Fernando Alonso held a place inside the top ten until late in the session before slipping to 12th place.
Third practice visual gaps
Sebastian Vettel – 1’12.572
+0.292 Kimi Raikkonen – 1’12.864
+0.354 Lewis Hamilton – 1’12.926
+0.393 Max Verstappen – 1’12.965
+0.638 Valtteri Bottas – 1’13.210
+0.921 Nico Hulkenberg – 1’13.493
+0.955 Felipe Massa – 1’13.527
+0.973 Daniel Ricciardo – 1’13.545
+1.063 Esteban Ocon – 1’13.635
+1.095 Carlos Sainz Jnr – 1’13.667
+1.216 Daniil Kvyat – 1’13.788
+1.313 Fernando Alonso – 1’13.885
+1.384 Sergio Perez – 1’13.956
+1.422 Romain Grosjean – 1’13.994
+1.530 Jolyon Palmer – 1’14.102
+1.656 Stoffel Vandoorne – 1’14.228
+1.820 Kevin Magnussen – 1’14.392
+1.837 Lance Stroll – 1’14.409
+2.311 Marcus Ericsson – 1’14.883
+2.393 Pascal Wehrlein – 1’14.965
Drivers more then ten seconds off the pace omitted.
Combined practice times
| Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Fri/Sat diff | Total laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’14.007 | 1’13.200 | 1’12.572 | -0.628 | 89 |
| 2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’14.230 | 1’12.935 | 1’12.864 | -0.071 | 88 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’13.809 | 1’13.150 | 1’12.926 | -0.224 | 99 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’14.861 | 1’13.388 | 1’12.965 | -0.423 | 66 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’14.046 | 1’13.310 | 1’13.210 | -0.1 | 87 |
| 6 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’16.473 | 1’14.604 | 1’13.493 | -1.111 | 85 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’15.106 | 1’14.063 | 1’13.527 | -0.536 | 91 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’15.441 | 1’15.072 | 1’13.545 | -1.527 | 66 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’14.785 | 1’14.299 | 1’13.635 | -0.664 | 107 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’14.621 | 1’13.667 | -0.954 | 66 | |
| 11 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’15.658 | 1’14.461 | 1’13.788 | -0.673 | 87 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’16.521 | 1’14.245 | 1’13.885 | -0.36 | 50 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’14.578 | 1’14.501 | 1’13.956 | -0.545 | 102 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’16.345 | 1’14.566 | 1’13.994 | -0.572 | 70 |
| 15 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’17.004 | 1’15.127 | 1’14.102 | -1.025 | 88 |
| 16 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1’15.943 | 1’15.624 | 1’14.228 | -1.396 | 71 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’16.233 | 1’14.676 | 1’14.392 | -0.284 | 78 |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’16.313 | 1’15.240 | 1’14.409 | -0.831 | 101 |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’16.805 | 1’15.611 | 1’14.883 | -0.728 | 80 |
| 20 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’17.606 | 1’16.308 | 1’14.965 | -1.343 | 84 |
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Gabriel (@naylamp)
10th June 2017, 15:58
Is Stroll really that bad? I know it is his first year. I know he is really young. But 1 second slower than an almost retired driver?
Fran
10th June 2017, 16:01
Sack Ricciardo
Adam Blocker (@blockwall2)
10th June 2017, 16:22
The point is that Stroll has been off the pace in this way in almost every session of the season.
Arad (@just-an-fan)
10th June 2017, 16:41
Why sack him when Redbull can shaft Max to make Dani boy look better than he is??? So much for being qualifying specialist!
Fran
10th June 2017, 16:03
and Bottas
Arad (@just-an-fan)
10th June 2017, 16:42
Why? he’s been consistently outperforming the racing god!!
trublu (@trublu)
10th June 2017, 16:55
What alternate reality do you live in?
anon
10th June 2017, 17:53
@trublu, he is an attention seeking troll – the best thing that you can do is to ignore him.
Baron
10th June 2017, 16:51
Bottas is 3 tenths off Hamilton on a track where Hamilton is always very fast.
Ricciardo has always been mediocre here. Yes, even in 2014. Before Vettel got stuck behind the Force India’s he was running comfortably ahead of Ricciardo.
Nevertheless Ricciardo is also only 6 tenths off whilst having done much less running than Verstappen and setting his time earlier in the session.
Stroll is just slow. As is Palmer. Both did a similar amount of laps compared to their teammates and both set their fastest times at the same time as their teammates. So they can’t blame lack of run time or track evolution. Just the difference in talent.
Andre Furtado
10th June 2017, 16:30
Stroll definitely does not belong I formula 1. He had extensive preparation expensively paid by his father. More than any rookie has ever had.
juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
10th June 2017, 17:23
Good one :)
kanan
10th June 2017, 16:28
Mercedes was clearly sandbagging. They weren’t even using DRS lol.
Arad (@just-an-fan)
10th June 2017, 16:39
Looks like Dani boy is having a hard time beating Redbull’s No2 driver!
NeverSummer
10th June 2017, 16:52
Even though Max is behind on points…he clearly looks the stronger driver this year. Better and more agressive during the races and outQing Danny the last few races. Bad luck is what stopped Max getting more points
Arad (@just-an-fan)
10th June 2017, 16:59
Max would have been ahead had redbull not shafted him in Monaco. Anyway, there is a long way to go and Max doesn’t have to prove anything anymore.
guesswho
10th June 2017, 16:56
I have always precipitated Dani as no 2 driver ever since dr Marko brought in Max.
guesswho
10th June 2017, 16:59
I like Dan better but Max showed some excitement or only excitement last year.
Ju88sy (@)
10th June 2017, 17:11
Shaping up to be a tight qualifying. Great lap from Verstappen and boy was that close to the Wall of Champions with the rear of the car snapping away from him, he just caught it.