Bottas leads another Mercedes 1-2 in practice 3
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| Bottas leads Hamilton |
The superior Mercedes F1 car is too much for Ferrari and Red Bull as the Mercedes duo of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton again ran 1-2 in the third practice session for the French GP at Paul Ricard Saturday morning.
Bottas tuned a lap of 1m30.159s to nip his teammate by just 0.041s – nearly identical times since the driver means almost nothing in F1.
The Ferrari's were out to lunch in 3rd and 4th, Charles Leclerc 0.446s behind Bottas and Vettel 0.474s back – again near identical times because the car is everything in F1.
Max Verstappen rounded out the top-5 a whopping 1.3 seconds behind.
Practice 3 Results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:30.159 | +0.000s | 18 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.200 | +0.041s | 15 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.605 | +0.446s | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:30.633 | +0.474s | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:31.538 | +1.379s | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:31.599 | +1.440s | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Renault | 1:31.654 | +1.495s | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:31.802 | +1.643s | 12 |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | McLaren Renault | 1:31.887 | +1.728s | 14 |
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:31.943 | +1.784s | 16 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:32.023 | +1.864s | 15 |
| 12 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:32.171 | +2.012s | 15 |
| 13 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda | 1:32.178 | +2.019s | 16 |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:32.385 | +2.226s | 15 |
| 15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:32.400 | +2.241s | 13 |
| 16 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point Bwt Mercedes | 1:32.491 | +2.332s | 15 |
| 17 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda | 1:32.540 | +2.381s | 22 |
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point Bwt Mercedes | 1:32.678 | +2.519s | 14 |
| 19 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Williams Mercedes | 1:33.902 | +3.743s | 21 |
| 20 | 63 | George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:39.987 | +9.828s | 4 |