Russell Defies Odds to Clinch Top Spot in Final Austrian GP Practice
- On Saturday, George Russell finished fastest in the final practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix, edging out his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli by 0.038 seconds at the Red Bull Ring.
- Championship leader Antonelli had set the pace during Friday's practice sessions, but Russell strategically saved his best performance for the closing moments to overcome the earlier form.
- Mechanical troubles hampered Lewis Hamilton, the Ferrari driver, who placed third fastest; Hamilton remains concerned about his performance after winning the previous round in Spain.
- Oscar Piastri took fourth place, one spot clear of Lando Norris, while Red Bull driver Max Verstappen finished sixth, as Charles Leclerc struggled to match the pace in seventh.
- Qualifying for the eighth round of the Formula One season in Spielberg begins today at 4pm local time, with drivers preparing to compete for pole position after final practice.
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Writing sports, 27 Jun (EFE).- The Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) marked the best time this Saturday in the third and last free training for the Austrian Grand Prix, the eighth of the Formula One World Championship, which is held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, where the Spaniards Carlos Sainz (Williams) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) enrolled seventeenth and twenty first, respectively, in the table of times. In the best of his 21 l…
Mercedes is best off with the heat in Spielberg. However, the World Cup leader has to give himself to his teammate in the last training.
Max Verstappen gained some confidence in the third and final practice session in Austria ahead of this afternoon's qualifying. While he was half a second behind the Mercedes drivers on Friday, he now halved that gap (sixth) to 0.273 seconds behind George Russell, who surprisingly stayed ahead of Kimi Antonelli.
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