Achi news desk-
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the third and final practice for the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix on Saturday.
On Friday, the drivers had to deal with a wet track during both sessions.
They ran just five minutes on soft rubber in the first session, and 30 minutes in the second.
The teams were finally able to run for an hour on a dry track on Saturday as the clouds finally gave way to sun over the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
Mercedes’ Hamilton set a lap time of 1 minute 12.549 seconds. Three-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen (1:12.923) followed in second, while fellow Mercedes driver George Russell (1:12.957) completed the top three.
Aston Martin’s Quebec driver Lance Stroll was fourth with a time of 1:13.026, while teammate Fernando Alonso was eighth with a time of 1:13.340.
Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll of Canada arrives for a pit stop during third practice at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday, June 8, 2024 in Montreal. (Ryan Ramuge, The Canadian Press)
The third practice session was stopped for five minutes after Sauber’s Guanyu Zhou lost control of his car and hit the wall coming out of Turn 2.
Williams’ Alex Albon and Verstappen also lightly kissed the ‘Wall of Champions’, but didn’t appear to have suffered much damage.
Qualifying starts at 16:00 on Saturday.
The race starts at 2pm on Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 8, 2024.
