Hamilton appears from the ether, Messi style

Lewis Hamilton is taking a liking to Messi’s tacticsscan the panorama, studying the dynamics of the game andpretar, arriving from nowhere to appear at the right moment. The British seemed in trouble all weekend, but in the general qualifying rehearsal (16.00) in Austria, nailed his lap to place third, a tenth behind a Russell who by dint of persevering took first place from Antonelli.

One tenth at the Red Bull Ring is be in the race for pole, but from 0.3 like Verstappen or Leclerc (who again seemed out of range with Lewis), the possibilities decline full. Charles is the one who marks the frontier in seventh, from there the middle zone arrives, with Hadjar 0.8 seconds behind, even though he drives a Red Bull.

If the winner of Barcelona takes pole, there will be a World Cup and it will begin to be seen that Ferrari is a big threat to Mercedes in the future. If you don’t get it, but it’s close, it won’t change much either. the reflection.

Carlos Sainz was able to overcome Alex Albon in the final session of free practice 3, but Williams seems to have in mind Q2 its main objective this weekend. The Spanish stayed one tenth of the 16th (the one that marks the cut) from Ocon and will need a turnaround to overcome the Haas.

Aston Martinas expected, closes the table again, with Alonso 21st, 3.3 seconds behind Russell. He complained of turning problems on his AMR26, which he was later able to correct, and the situation is the same as in the last tests.

Antonelli starts and Leclerc wakes up

Antonelli placed first in his initial attempt and then lowered his times, to leave very far to russell with the first set of softs, but with a Leclerc who seemed to wake up from his lethargy and took third placethousandths of a second from the Mercedes. Hamilton did not shine start.

Below, the Williams crash, with Albon 16th and Sainz 18th. The Astons did not improve either, they were even further away than in Barcelona in terms of distance from the head, with Stroll 21st and Alonso 22nd, both with medium rubber bands, not like the rest.

Times, courtesy of ‘formula-timer.com’.