After a strange Friday with a wet session and another that left nothing clear, the waters seem to return to normal this Saturday and, without rain, the world leader has put land in between. Verstappen was fastest in FP3 on Saturday morning, the last practice session before qualifying, and seemed unrivaled.
Max Verstappen was the only one to go below 1:28, and with a 1:27.901 achieved in the last 15 minutes he finished in front, with four tenths of a difference over his closest pursuer. It was Sergio Pérez, his teammate, who finished 0.410s behind, with Charles Leclerc third at 0.447s.
The teams suffered a great porpoising that made things difficult and, affected by that rebound in his Ferrari, Carlos Sainz could only be sixth after configuration problems that ended up damaging the bottom of his car. In front of him were the Mercedes, more than half a second behind Verstappen and also with porpoising problems, especially Hamilton , who finished behind Russell .
As many as seven teams slipped into the top 10. After running only on mediums in the first part of the session, Lando Norris took advantage of the softs to be seventh, finishing as ‘first of the rest’ with the McLaren F1. In the Alfa Romeo, Bottas finished eighth, with Mick Schumacher ninth.
Fernando Alonso closed the top ten positions in a difficult FP3 for Alpine. First they started with a long run to do the tests that they couldn’t complete on Friday, and then, with a lot of rebound, they suffered cracks in both cars that they had to fix. On their last attempt they came out on soft but used tyres, not letting us see their real pace. Esteban Ocon was 11th.
Up next, live fire, 2022 British GP F1 qualifying.
Results of the FP3 of the British GP 2022 of F1, in Silverstone
| Cla | Pilot | laps | Weather | Difference | Interval | |
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| 1 |  Max Verstappen |
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18 | 1’27.901 | ||
| two |  Sergio Perez |
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twenty-one | 1’28,311 | 0.410 | 0.410 |
| 3 |  Charles Leclerc |
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21 | 1’28.348 | 0.447 | 0.037 |
| 4 |  George Russell |
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21 | 1’28.426 | 0.525 | 0.078 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton |
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24 | 1’28.488 | 0.587 | 0.062 |
| 6 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. |
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twenty-one | 1,28,689 | 0.788 | 0.201 |
| 7 | Lando Norris |
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20 | 1’29.102 | 1.201 | 0.413 |
| 8 |  Valtteri Bottas |
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20 | 1’29.185 | 1.284 | 0.083 |
| 9 |  Mick Schumacher |
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21 | 1’29.510 | 1.609 | 0.325 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso |
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20 | 1’29.520 | 1.619 | 0.010 |
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Summary of the FP3 of the 2022 British GP of F1, in Silverstone
With black skies and clouds threatening to descend on Silverstone, an FP3 started that almost everyone took it easy at the start. In fact, only the Alpines had done a timed lap in the first five minutes, with Ocon ahead of Alonso at the first attempt. The French team riders did a long run after a Friday without being able to rehearse race pace, and from the start they accumulated more than 10 laps.
The McLarens took the lead when they came out on average, before being overtaken by the Alfa Romeos and then by the Ferraris, among whom Leclerc set the fastest time despite saving a spin by hitting the gravel at Turn 7.
Pérez slipped between the Ferraris with his first lap and, with 46 minutes remaining, when more than half the grid had already done a lap with time, Lewis Hamilton took third. On his second attempt, teammate George Russell passed his partner to stay within three tenths of Leclerc.
There were 40 minutes left when the teams announced that the rain was approaching (in the end it was not), and Max Verstappen, in his first attempt, nailed the time to beat everyone and put more than four tenths on his closest rival. Taking advantage of the fact that the track was improving, Leclerc lowered his mark, but it was only enough for him to be 0.362s behind his rival. Sainz also advanced to be third, but without dropping below three tenths.
Hamilton, who time and time again set the record for the second sector (the one with the fast corners) managed to stop the clock less than two tenths behind Verstappen, specifically at 0.199s, before lowering it to 0.102.
Completed the first half, there was a step between the three main teams and the others. Alonso, more than a second behind Verstappen, was ‘first of the rest’, seventh, while Pérez stayed very close to Russell but was unable to beat him.
On new soft tyres, Russell was able to move up to third, but the Ferraris were yet to come out again. Already with soft, Norris was placed seventh, when only the AlphaTauri were missing to appear with the fastest tires.
Leclerc came within 0.002s of Ferrari, but Verstappen responded by putting half a second on him, 0.587 on Hamilton, more than six tenths on Russell and almost eight on Sainz. With 13 minutes remaining, only the Alpines were in the pitlane.
Checo Pérez took a step forward, although he remained 0.410s behind Verstappen, while Russell also advanced to be 0.525s behind. The Alpines finally went out, but they did it on used tires and did not show their real pace.
That meant other teams slipped ahead, and the session ended with seven teams represented in the top 10. As the clock ticked down, most of the drivers rehearsed starts down the Silverstone straight, preparing for Sunday before racing the classification.
