EL3: Valtteri Bottas fastest

Finally ! Saturday morning, the Formula 1 took to the Nürburgring track for the first time this week, during free practice 3, which turned into the first and only free practice session. However, the track remained very cool to the point that some drivers were warming their rubber in the pit lane.

The main information was the package of Lance stroll, ill, which left Sergio Pérez alone on the track for Racing Point.

Regarding the times, we have long been worried about the Mercedes. While Max Verstappen set the best time on medium tires, the black arrows were behind and complained about the DAS system, in particular Lewis Hamilton.

Everything returned to normal when the drivers put on the soft tires. Valtteri Bottas set a fantastic time of 1'26"225, 136 thousandths better than his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Charles Leclerc managed the small feat of interspersing his Ferrari between the three big names, narrowly ahead of Max Verstappen, who had long led the session.

Despite a head to tail, Sebastian Vettel also achieves a nice fifth time at less than a second. Enough to hinder the battle for third place in the constructor's championship?

The main protagonists are just behind since Lando Norris takes sixth place with his McLaren, Sergio Pérez seventh in the Racing Point and Daniel Ricciardo the eighth with the Renault.

Pierre Gasly, 10th is sailing in his usual standards, just ahead Esteban Ocon. All the drivers ran on softs and mediums in this session and will therefore only have had one hour of driving before qualifying this afternoon.