Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen ended the final practice session on top of the times, the Mercedes driver ahead by just two-hundredths of a second.
But the Ferrari pair behind them showed better pace than the headline times at the end of the session indicated.The track conditions continued to improve after yesterday’s rain and the teams found significant chunks of time with every run. Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel did their final new-tyre runs of the session with 20 minutes left, yet ended up around three-tenths of a second off Hamilton’s pace on his later laps.
Hamilton and Verstappen’s team mates were next, each around eight-tenths of a second slower than the team’s other car.
Behind the usual top six, Toro Rosso bounced back after their disappointing Friday, with Daniil Kvyat leading the midfield. But it remained very close among the remaining teams, bar Williams, with less than six-tenths of a second covering Kvyat in seventh back to Sergio Perez 11 places behind him.
Antonio Giovinazzi put his Alfa Romeo an encouraging eighth ahead of the McLaren pair. Carlos Sainz Jnr spent a significant chunk of the session on medium tyres as the team evaluated a set-up change, but expressed doubt over whether it had improved the MCL34.
The Williams pair brought up the rear of the field again. George Russell was still unhappy with his car’s lack of grip, but at least managed to get within a second of the Racing Points.
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’08.320 | 17 | |
2 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’08.346 | 0.026 | 18 |
3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’08.611 | 0.291 | 20 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’08.664 | 0.344 | 22 |
5 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull-Honda | 1’09.136 | 0.816 | 17 |
6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’09.201 | 0.881 | 20 |
7 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’09.415 | 1.095 | 22 |
8 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’09.462 | 1.142 | 20 |
9 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1’09.585 | 1.265 | 18 |
10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren-Renault | 1’09.588 | 1.268 | 21 |
11 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’09.619 | 1.299 | 21 |
12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’09.625 | 1.305 | 19 |
13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’09.650 | 1.330 | 17 |
14 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’09.713 | 1.393 | 18 |
15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1’09.761 | 1.441 | 17 |
16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’09.798 | 1.478 | 20 |
17 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’09.995 | 1.675 | 19 |
18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’10.312 | 1.992 | 16 |
19 | 63 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’10.843 | 2.523 | 19 |
20 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Williams-Mercedes | 1’11.205 | 2.885 | 23 |
Third practice visual gaps
Lewis Hamilton – 1’08.320
+0.026 Max Verstappen – 1’08.346
+0.291 Charles Leclerc – 1’08.611
+0.344 Sebastian Vettel – 1’08.664
+0.816 Alexander Albon – 1’09.136
+0.881 Valtteri Bottas – 1’09.201
+1.095 Daniil Kvyat – 1’09.415
+1.142 Antonio Giovinazzi – 1’09.462
+1.265 Lando Norris – 1’09.585
+1.268 Carlos Sainz Jnr – 1’09.588
+1.299 Kimi Raikkonen – 1’09.619
+1.305 Pierre Gasly – 1’09.625
+1.330 Nico Hulkenberg – 1’09.650
+1.393 Kevin Magnussen – 1’09.713
+1.441 Daniel Ricciardo – 1’09.761
+1.478 Romain Grosjean – 1’09.798
+1.675 Sergio Perez – 1’09.995
+1.992 Lance Stroll – 1’10.312
+2.523 George Russell – 1’10.843
+2.885 Robert Kubica – 1’11.205
Drivers more then ten seconds off the pace omitted.
Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Fri/Sat diff | Total laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’09.440 | 1’08.320 | -1.12 | 59 | |
2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’09.351 | 1’08.346 | -1.005 | 54 | |
3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’17.285 | 1’09.238 | 1’08.611 | -0.627 | 68 |
4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’17.041 | 1’09.217 | 1’08.664 | -0.553 | 65 |
5 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull-Honda | 1’16.142 | 1’10.275 | 1’09.136 | -1.139 | 57 |
6 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’16.693 | 1’09.373 | 1’09.201 | -0.172 | 67 |
7 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’18.274 | 1’10.424 | 1’09.415 | -1.009 | 72 |
8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’19.600 | 1’10.419 | 1’09.462 | -0.957 | 74 |
9 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1’18.559 | 1’10.700 | 1’09.585 | -1.115 | 74 |
10 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren-Renault | 1’17.786 | 1’10.310 | 1’09.588 | -0.722 | 75 |
11 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’19.532 | 1’10.210 | 1’09.619 | -0.591 | 72 |
12 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’18.100 | 1’10.352 | 1’09.625 | -0.727 | 62 |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’17.899 | 1’10.325 | 1’09.650 | -0.675 | 56 |
14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’19.247 | 1’10.143 | 1’09.713 | -0.43 | 66 |
15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1’17.985 | 1’10.194 | 1’09.761 | -0.433 | 58 |
16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’10.504 | 1’09.798 | -0.706 | 61 | |
17 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’10.443 | 1’09.995 | -0.448 | 51 | |
18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’19.414 | 1’10.568 | 1’10.312 | -0.256 | 55 |
19 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’18.779 | 1’11.818 | 1’10.843 | -0.975 | 73 |
20 | Robert Kubica | Williams-Mercedes | 1’11.205 | 25 | |||
21 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1’20.010 | 16 |
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Dan Rooke (@geekzilla9000)
16th November 2019, 16:08
I wonder how much we didn’t see of Ferrari’s performance there. I predicted Vettel for pole in my Fantasy F1 team.
Should he an interesting start with the top 3 teams so close, and LeClerk starting a few places back with some quick midfielders in the way all battling for constructors points.
JC
16th November 2019, 16:44
It’ll be interesting to see who gets a massive tow in qualy
Dan Rooke (@geekzilla9000)
16th November 2019, 16:50
With LeClerk’s penalty, it makes sense for him to assist Vettel.
But with 3rd in the Driver’s championship so close, he may not want to!!!
pastaman (@)
16th November 2019, 17:35
Leclerc
BOSD
16th November 2019, 17:38
Go Lewis go