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By Vanessa Georgoulas – 07.07.2018 13:01
The third free practice session on the Silverstone circuit had less difficulty. a quarter of an hour when the red flag was already displayed, The reason: Brendon Hartley had placed his runner Toro Rosso in the limit of the track.
Also on Saturday, the stars of the Silverstone GP were greeted by a radiant sun and 22 pleasant degrees, before qualifying. The 5.981-kilometer circuit had heated up to 39 degrees Celsius when Stoffel Vandoorne and Charles Leclerc started working and leaving.
Romain Grosjean, who had missed the second free practice session after his FP1 crash, did not waste any time his Haas vehicle out of the box. The first timed lap was however shot by another driver who was sentenced Friday afternoon: the talent of Red Bull Racing, left early in the second session, went to the soft tire and managed a time 1: 29.238 min.
For a long time, Geneva was not happy because Ferrari star Kimi Raikkonen improved the best point a few moments later at 1: 27.913 min. While team-mate Sebastian Vettel was preparing for his quick test, the Iceman from Finland clocked a time of 1: 27.607 min. Then the red flag was panicked
The reason for the break was quickly found: Brendon Hartley had left the Brooklands and drilled his Toro Rosso in the barrier. As a precaution, the big blond boy was taken to the hospital, where he was thoroughly examined, even though he had already told the radio that he was fine. The doctors came to the same conclusion.
His rider did not do well and the repetition of television footage showed that the New Zealander's departure was preceded by a break in the left front suspension. It took 13 minutes for the traffic light at the end of the pit lane to turn green and the GP stars to start again. They had 34 minutes to prepare for qualifying, so it was not a surprise that the track filled up quickly.
Hardly Lewis Hamilton had taken his time hunting, tumbled the best time. With a time of 1: 27.442, the four-time Mercedes champion had the fastest lap of Silverstone this weekend. Still, it was not yet the best turn of the session. Kimi took first place in 1 "27" in 1: 26.815 and was beaten soon after by Hamilton 1: 26.722.
With that, the Silver Arrow star was able to hold on, even though Was just right.Räikkönen's second place was only 0.093 sec: Valtteri Bottas, Vettel (only eight laps), Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Leclerc, Kevin Magnussen, Grosjean and Marcus Ericsson complete the top ten
Elsewhere, Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll, Sergey Sirotkin, Vandoorne, Pierre Gasly and Hartley, who had not made a timed lap before his accident. 19659014] Address of this article:
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