Lewis Hamilton heads Mercedes 1-2 in final Italian GP practice

Lewis Hamilton pips George Russell as Mercedes show impressive 🎀pace in final practice꧙.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton picked up where he left off on Friday by setting the pace in final practice at the F1 Italian Grand Prix.

The 𝓡seven-time world champion, who also produced the fastest time in FP2, pipped teammate✃ George Russell by just 0.093 seconds to head a Mercedes 1-2 on what has been a hugely positive start to the Monza weekend for the Silver Arrows.

Mercedes’ late turn of pace came after Charles Leclerc, who ended up third-quickest and 0.✅109s behind Hamilton, had spearheaded a Ferrari stranglehold at♊ the top of the timesheet to delight the tifosi. 

The McLaren’s of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris finished fourth🐟 and fifth, while reigning world champion Max Verstappen was unhappy with the balance of his Red Bull as he posted the sixth-fastest time, 0.251s adrift of his 2021 title rival.

Carlos Sainz ended up seꦜventh, ahead of the Williams duo of Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto, who continues to enjoy a solid debut F1 weekend having been na𝓰med as a late replacement for the dropped Logan Sargeant.

Nico Hulk🎀enberg rounded out the top-10 as his Haas teamm𒊎ate Kevin Magnussen stopped on track in the closing minutes of the final hour of practice running ahead of qualifying.

It proved to be a messy session for traffic, with Leclerc and Piastri both noted for impeding. The pair had a near-m🎃iss coming out of the second Lesmo, with Leclerc forced to take evasive action by dipping his right-hand wheels onto the grass.

Qualifying f﷽or the Italian Grand Pri♋x gets underway at 3pm BST.

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