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George Russell led a Mercedes 1-2 in a rain-affected final practice session at Formula 1’s British GP that was briefly stopped when Pierre Gasly slid off into the gravel
George Russell of Mercedes led the way in a rain-affected final practice session at the British Grand Prix. The session saw intermediates as the preferred tyre due to continuous rain at Silverstone on Saturday. The Formula 3 sprint race scheduled before FP3 was delayed, but conditions improved later on. Pierre Gasly’s incident with the gravel at Vale caused the sole red flag in FP3, leading to him watching the session from the Alpine garage. The wet conditions during practice made it challenging to predict the qualifying outcomes, but it allowed for significant track time. Mercedes’ drivers Russell and Hamilton were fastest, followed by Norris, Sainz, and Verstappen in the top five.
