Valtteri Bottas put Mercedes on top as practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix concluded.
However he was less than a tenth of a second quicker than the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen following their final runs on super-soft tyres. Team mate Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest, over four tenths of a second behind, after near-missed with the barrier at the altered turn eight.
The second Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel covered just seven laps before being confined to the pits. Vettel’s engineer confirmed on the radio he had a repeat of an earlier problem with the car.
Having been quickest in both sessions yesterday Max Verstappen also hit trouble in the final hour of running. His car came to a stop while he was on course to improve his lap time. The RB13 simply lost power, Verstappen reported on the radio.
That left him sixth behind his team mate and the Force India of Esteban Ocon, who impressively lapped just six-tenths of a second slower than Bottas. The other Force India also made it into the top ten along with both Wiliams drivers and Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso.
Jolyon Palmer’s frustrating weekend continued when his Renault caught fire on his fifth lap. He parked the smouldering car at turn two, bringing out the yellow flags for almost ten minutes while the marshals cleared the scene.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’42.742 | 21 | |
2 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’42.837 | 0.095 | 14 |
3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’43.158 | 0.416 | 23 |
4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’43.287 | 0.545 | 24 |
5 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’43.344 | 0.602 | 21 |
6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’43.614 | 0.872 | 16 |
7 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’43.738 | 0.996 | 18 |
8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’43.908 | 1.166 | 21 |
9 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’44.040 | 1.298 | 17 |
10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’44.138 | 1.396 | 22 |
11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’44.312 | 1.570 | 16 |
12 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’44.344 | 1.602 | 7 |
13 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’44.401 | 1.659 | 23 |
14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’44.741 | 1.999 | 18 |
15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’44.926 | 2.184 | 20 |
16 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1’45.143 | 2.401 | 17 |
17 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’45.491 | 2.749 | 20 |
18 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’45.645 | 2.903 | 21 |
19 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’45.722 | 2.980 | 19 |
20 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’53.040 | 10.298 | 4 |
Third practice visual gaps
Valtteri Bottas – 1’42.742
+0.095 Kimi Raikkonen – 1’42.837
+0.416 Lewis Hamilton – 1’43.158
+0.545 Daniel Ricciardo – 1’43.287
+0.602 Esteban Ocon – 1’43.344
+0.872 Max Verstappen – 1’43.614
+0.996 Felipe Massa – 1’43.738
+1.166 Daniil Kvyat – 1’43.908
+1.298 Lance Stroll – 1’44.040
+1.396 Sergio Perez – 1’44.138
+1.570 Nico Hulkenberg – 1’44.312
+1.602 Sebastian Vettel – 1’44.344
+1.659 Carlos Sainz Jnr – 1’44.401
+1.999 Fernando Alonso – 1’44.741
+2.184 Kevin Magnussen – 1’44.926
+2.401 Stoffel Vandoorne – 1’45.143
+2.749 Romain Grosjean – 1’45.491
+2.903 Marcus Ericsson – 1’45.645
+2.980 Pascal Wehrlein – 1’45.722
Drivers more then ten seconds off the pace omitted.
Best times by tyre
Driver | Team | Best super-soft time | Super-soft gap | Best soft time | Soft gap | Best medium time | Medium gap |
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Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’43.158 | 0.416 | 1’44.390 | 0.67 | 5’37.096 | 229.944 |
Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’42.742 | 1’43.720 | 5’01.096 | 193.944 | ||
Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1’43.287 | 0.545 | 1’46.790 | 3.07 | 5’04.096 | 196.944 |
Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’43.614 | 0.872 | 1’46.440 | 2.72 | 9’34.096 | 466.944 |
Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’44.344 | 1.602 | None | 4’23.096 | 155.944 | |
Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’42.837 | 0.095 | None | 4’27.096 | 159.944 | |
Sergio Perez | Force India | 1’44.138 | 1.396 | None | None | ||
Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1’43.344 | 0.602 | None | None | ||
Felipe Massa | Williams | 1’43.738 | 0.996 | None | None | ||
Lance Stroll | Williams | 1’44.040 | 1.298 | None | 1’59.357 | 12.205 | |
Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1’44.741 | 1.999 | None | 1’49.783 | 2.631 | |
Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1’45.143 | 2.401 | None | 1’47.152 | ||
Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso | 1’44.401 | 1.659 | None | None | ||
Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1’43.908 | 1.166 | None | None | ||
Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1’45.491 | 2.749 | None | 2’46.482 | 59.33 | |
Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1’44.926 | 2.184 | None | 2’41.086 | 53.934 | |
Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’44.312 | 1.57 | None | 1’49.466 | 2.314 | |
Jolyon Palmer | Renault | None | None | 1’53.040 | 5.888 | ||
Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1’45.645 | 2.903 | 1’47.903 | 4.183 | 2’33.915 | 46.763 |
Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1’45.722 | 2.98 | 1’46.382 | 2.662 | 2’36.214 | 49.062 |
Combined practice times
Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Fri/Sat diff | Total laps |
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1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’45.737 | 1’43.462 | 1’42.742 | -0.72 | 72 |
2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’46.000 | 1’43.489 | 1’42.837 | -0.652 | 67 |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’45.497 | 1’44.525 | 1’43.158 | -1.367 | 62 |
4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’44.880 | 1’43.473 | 1’43.287 | -0.186 | 80 |
5 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’45.752 | 1’44.484 | 1’43.344 | -1.14 | 82 |
6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’44.410 | 1’43.362 | 1’43.614 | +0.252 | 71 |
7 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’44.967 | 1’43.615 | 1’44.344 | +0.729 | 62 |
8 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’45.968 | 1’44.609 | 1’43.738 | -0.871 | 76 |
9 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’46.617 | 1’44.321 | 1’43.908 | -0.413 | 59 |
10 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’46.649 | 1’44.113 | 1’44.040 | -0.073 | 72 |
11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’45.398 | 1’44.306 | 1’44.138 | -0.168 | 72 |
12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’47.217 | 1’46.003 | 1’44.312 | -1.691 | 66 |
13 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’47.501 | 1’45.733 | 1’44.401 | -1.332 | 70 |
14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’47.551 | 1’45.515 | 1’44.741 | -0.774 | 53 |
15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’46.721 | 1’45.831 | 1’44.926 | -0.905 | 76 |
16 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1’47.446 | 1’46.174 | 1’45.143 | -1.031 | 67 |
17 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’46.837 | 1’47.722 | 1’45.491 | -1.346 | 64 |
18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’49.937 | 1’47.347 | 1’45.645 | -1.702 | 67 |
19 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’49.048 | 1’47.150 | 1’45.722 | -1.428 | 63 |
20 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’48.525 | 1’46.061 | 1’53.040 | +6.979 | 36 |
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Patrick (@anunaki)
24th June 2017, 11:55
And again Max’s car stops working. From RIC’s time it doesn’t look like like the bulls are up there for qualy. Too bad
C
24th June 2017, 12:14
Bottas was very impressive and he was doing a lot of intelligent driving. lets see how quali goes.
Abhi
24th June 2017, 12:25
He is good in setting up his car. Where as Lewis cries for the setup. And with this comment his fans will go mad.
Kevin
24th June 2017, 12:57
Luckily for Hamilton he still has 3 wins so far.
Vishy
24th June 2017, 15:50
Ouch that must hurt.
Ferrari, Seb fan
24th June 2017, 13:02
None of this makes sense. Vet and ver have car issues, rai and ric are good but can’t quite find leading pace. Ham is doing good but I think he has a problem with getting tyres up to temperature. So only bot has not had any issues. Not to mention the amount of times drivers have gone off.
@HoHum (@hohum)
24th June 2017, 13:39
Might make an interesting race.
Markp
24th June 2017, 13:37
Looking at times if Vettel had got a run in Merc and Ferrari appear to be clear after yesterdays excitment at RB. RB may have problems with Williams and Force India. At this stage yesterday looked like a freak event.
@HoHum (@hohum)
24th June 2017, 13:37
That Palmer guy! Renault give him the hottest car out there and he parks it ! Again! Off with his head!