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F1 Las Vegas GP: Mercedes stays quickest as Russell tops red-flagged FP3
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F1 Las Vegas GP: Mercedes stays quickest as Russell tops red-flagged FP3

By Miles Cooper November 23, 2024
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F1 Las Vegas GP: Mercedes stays quickest as Russell tops red-flagged FP3

George Russell ensured Mercedes claimed a clear sweep of Las Vegas Grand Prix Method 1 observe periods with the quickest time, as a late pink flag truncated the hour-long operating.

The Briton claimed a 1m33.570s within the closing 10 minutes of the session, which went unbeaten as Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin floor to a halt on the exit of Flip 12 to convey out a pause within the session.

A pink gentle remained on by Stroll’s T-cam as his automotive appeared to close down, which required time to clear to make sure the marshals may wheel the automotive away to security. This left only a minute within the session’s run-time when it was finally resumed, so there have been no additional enhancements.

In a quiet first quarter-hour, Sergio Perez was the one driver with a time on the board; the Mexican remarked that the circuit was “nowhere” when it comes to grip versus the tip of Thursday’s FP2 session.

His medium-tyre lap was simply crushed by Yuki Tsunoda’s effort on softs, which started a protracted interval of continuous observe evolution because the circuit once more wanted to return to the drivers.

Oscar Piastri then drew the occasions into the 1m35s, which prompted a subsequent battle over prime spot between Charles Leclerc and Kevin Magnussen.

Thursday observe chief Mercedes then resumed its grasp on the prime, as Lewis Hamilton set a 1m34.565s, which Russell beat by 0.09s on his follow-up effort. Hamilton returned the favour, however Russell made his manner again to the highest.

Max Verstappen briefly held prime spot after spending a lot of the session floundering on the medium tyre with minimal grip – a situation he rendered ‘undriveable’ – and the Dutchman posted a 1m34.137s lap, noting the advance.

However this was swiftly crushed as the remainder of the sector began to open up their efficiency runs; Carlos Sainz captured a 1m33.918s, however Russell lastly beat Hamilton’s FP2 benchmark with a 1m33.570s. 

Piastri bought forward of Sainz to go second quickest, whereas Lando Norris was fourth quickest behind the Ferrari driver. Verstappen’s effort was ok for fifth, as Hamilton didn’t get a late time on the board earlier than the pink flag.

Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto put their Williams vehicles in seventh and eighth, as Magnussen and Pierre Gasly accomplished the highest 10. 

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