The British George Russell This Friday he set the best time of the last free practice sessions of the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix (United States), held under wet and slippery conditions.
The Mercedes driver saved his best lap for last, 1 minute and 34.054 seconds, beating the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) for 0.227s.
Rain appeared in the final minutes of training in the game’s desert capital and threatened to affect the subsequent qualifying session.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastrileaders of the World Championship classification and McLaren teammates, seemed to opt for caution and finished with the worst times on the urban circuit installed on the famous casino avenue.
The British Norrishead of the World Championship, set the last time at 3,058 from Russell and the Australian Piastri the penultimate time at 2,969.
After these third and final tests, McLaren had two and a half hours to prepare for the qualifying session, which started at 8:00 p.m. local time (04:00 GMT on Saturday).
Norris, who has a 24-point advantage over Piastri and 49 over Verstappen, seeks to consolidate his leadership in this penultimate Grand Prize of the season.
The 26-year-old Briton landed in Nevada with the momentum of two consecutive victories that put him on the path to the first title of his career.
For the Latin American delegation, the Argentine Franco Colapinto (Alpine) set the sixteenth time, 2.251 behind Russell and the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) thirteenth at 1,684.
Results of the third tests of the Las Vegas GP:
- George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 1:34.054 (21 laps)
- Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) 1:34.281 (28)
- Alexander Albon (THA/Williams-Mercedes) 1:34.875 (21)
- Isack Hadjar (FRA/Racing Bulls-Red Bull) 1:35.169 (26)
- Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Ferrari) 1:35.269 (29)
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli (ITA/Mercedes) 1:35.385 (23)
- Liam Lawson (NZL/Racing Bulls-Red Bull) 1:35.439 (25)
- Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1:35.533
- Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1:35.540
- Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1:35.562
- Oliver Bearman (GBR/Haas-Ferrari) 1:35.586
- Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Williams-Mercedes) 1:35.662
- Gabriel Bortoleto (BRA/Sauber-Ferrari) 1:35.738
- Esteban Ocon (FRA/Haas-Ferrari) 1:35.817
- Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 1:35.908
- Franco Colapinto (ARG/Alpine-Renault) 1:36.305
- Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Sauber-Ferrari) 1:36.650
- Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/Red Bull) 1:36.667
- Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:37.023
- Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:37.112
