German GP: Rain limits running for Williams Martini in FP3


By Andrew Hooper
July 21 2018

The final practice session for the 2018 German GP would see the session affected by rain. Only nine drivers would set a time during the session with Williams drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Strioll finishing in 3rd and 9th. Lance would have a spin at the close of the session taking to the grass. With limited running with the teams not been prepared to risk their cars prior to qualifying not much coulbe drawn from the results of the session.

 Williams Martini German GP Saturday Practice
 
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Team Summary:
On a day that saw the rain start to fall with the start of the final practice session drivers would complete their installation laps running on the full wet tyre. The only driver not to use this tyre was Hulkenberg running on the intermediate tyre but he would pit and changed to the full wet. With ten minutes of the session completed no times had been set and Ferrari, Mercedes, and Force India have not taken to the track. Hulkenberg would set a 1m:36.873 after which he would pit.

With nine minutes remaining cars would start to return. Leclerc would go quickest with a 1m:36.447 followed by Hulkenberg, Ericsson and Sergey for Williams. Vettel was now quickest with a 1m:35.573 followed by Leclerc, Ericsson. More times would be set and with the end of the session it would be Leclerc quickest from Ericsson, Sergey, Vettel, Gasly, Hartley, Hulkenberg, Raikkonen, and Lance. Only nine times were set and not much could be drawn from the times set.

Lance Stroll:
Lance would complete a single installation lap running on th full wet tyre given the rain. Lance would join his team-mate for a short run as the session drew to a close. Lance would set a 1m:38.393 to be fifth. He would not improve dropping to ninth. With the end of the session he would have a spin off onto the grass but he was able to continue and pit.

Sergey Sirotkin:
Sergey would join his team-mate out also on the full wet tyre. He would pit after a single lap. With the rain Sergey would not return until just under ten minutes remaining. A 1m:37.644 from Sergey on his first timed lap to see him second. He would improve with a 1m:37.376 currently fourth. Sergey would improve with a 1m:35.334 to be third.

 
Sirotkin
 
Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.577s - 8
2 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1m35.000s 0.423s 9
3 Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 1m35.334s 0.757s 9
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m35.573s 0.996s 5
5 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Honda 1m35.659s 1.082s 6
6 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso-Honda 1m36.151s 1.574s 6
7 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m36.873s 2.296s 4
8 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m37.755s 3.178s 4
9 Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 1m38.393s 3.816s 7
- Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari - - 2
- Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari - - 2
- Max Verstappen Red Bull-Renault - - 1
- Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault - - 1
- Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault - - 2
- Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault - - 1
- Carlos Sainz Renault - - 2
- Valtteri Bottas Mercedes - - 2
- Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes - - 2
- Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes - - 1
- Lewis Hamilton Mercedes - - 2
 
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