P1racenews AI automatic summary:
George Russell completed a Mercedes practice clean sweep at the Las Vegas Grand Prix after a late red flag truncated the final qualifying preparations in FP3. The frontrunners — bar Russell — had e…
In FP3 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, George Russell set the fastest time for Mercedes before a red flag ended the session prematurely due to Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin issues at Turn 12. Russell’s time of 1m 33.570s was the quickest, with Piastri second and Sainz in third place. Verstappen struggled initially but improved after setup changes, ending up fifth. Hamilton aborted his run and finished sixth, while Albon recovered to seventh. The top 10 was completed by Colapinto, Magnussen, and Gasly, with Hulkenberg close behind in 11th. Leclerc, despite showing strong pace, was 12th, followed by Perez and Ocon. Alonso, Tsunoda, Bottas, Lawson, Stroll, and Zhou rounded off the grid.
