Formula 1 Canadian GP
F1 Canadian GP: Hamilton leads final practice from Verstappen, Russell
Lewis Hamilton topped the final free practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, 0.374s clear of Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen in Montreal.
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Jun 8, 2024, 5:52 PM
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The weekend's first wholly dry session produced a clamour to log mileage on the medium tyre where Sergio Perez and Pierre Gasly logged the first benchmarks before an unwelcome hiatus in running emerged.
Zhou Guanyu produced the second red flag of the weekend with a spin at Turn 2, losing the rear on the exit of the first corner to tuck his Sauber into the grass backwards.
On the restart, Verstappen put his Red Bull top with a 1m15.495s and then grabbed a 1m14.983s, although this was subsequently beaten by Fernando Alonso's 1m14.870s, the Spaniard bucking the trend by running on the hard tyre.
The Aston Martin driver took his effort down to a 1m14.445s to bring the medium runs to an end, as the attention subsequently switched to soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying.
Logan Sargeant kicked the C5 runs off with a 1m14.355s, but the Williams driver was chiselled out of his rare appearance at the top end of the timesheets by George Russell.
Alex Albon then took the benchmark below the 74-second mark as further improvements emerged - Charles Leclerc took a turn at the top of the order before being displaced by Lewis Hamilton.
The Briton stayed at the top for a healthy chunk of the session, briefly overlapped by team-mate Russell, but reclaimed his advantage with an impressive 1m12.549s, 0.725s clear of his team-mate's best effort.
Hamilton's time remained top of the order for the rest of the session, but few could get close until the session moved towards its climax; Russell got to within half a second before being beaten by Verstappen, who touched the Turn 14 wall before setting a 1m12.923s, still 0.374s away from Hamilton's headliner.
Lance Stroll claimed fourth in the times, the only other driver within half a second of Hamilton, while Oscar Piastri was fifth ahead of compatriot Daniel Ricciardo.
Lando Norris and Alonso followed, ahead of Perez and Charles Leclerc among the top 10 - Leclerc finding that his Ferrari was "slow" in the opening corners, and was told he was losing 0.3s in the left-right complex.
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval km/h 1 L. Hamilton Mercedes 44
Mercedes Mercedes 31
1'12.549
216.399 2 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull 32
+0.374
1'12.923
0.374 215.290 3 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes 33
+0.408
1'12.957
0.034 215.189 4 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes 27
+0.477
1'13.026
0.069 214.986 5 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes 32
+0.717
1'13.266
0.240 214.282 6 D. Ricciardo RB 3
RB Red Bull 34
+0.730
1'13.279
0.013 214.244 7 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes 32
+0.744
1'13.293
0.014 214.203 8 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
Aston Martin Mercedes 30
+0.791
1'13.340
0.047 214.065 9 S. Perez Red Bull Racing 11
Red Bull Red Bull 29
+0.793
1'13.342
0.002 214.060 10 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari 28
+0.800
1'13.349
0.007 214.039 11 K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team 20
Haas Ferrari 30
+0.890
1'13.439
0.090 213.777 12 C. Sainz Ferrari 55
Ferrari Ferrari 33
+1.021
1'13.570
0.131 213.396 13 V. Bottas Sauber 77
Sauber Ferrari 32
+1.093
1'13.642
0.072 213.188 14 L. Sargeant Williams 2
Williams Mercedes 31
+1.114
1'13.663
0.021 213.127 15 Y. Tsunoda RB 22
RB Red Bull 31
+1.167
1'13.716
0.053 212.974 16 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault 29
+1.188
1'13.737
0.021 212.913 17 N. Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 27
Haas Ferrari 27
+1.228
1'13.777
0.040 212.798 18 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes 22
+1.331
1'13.880
0.103 212.501 19 E. Ocon Alpine 31
Alpine Renault 31
+1.526
1'14.075
0.195 211.941 20 Z. Guanyu Sauber 24
Sauber Ferrari 4
+6.107
1'18.656
4.581 199.598 View full results
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