George Russell set the fastest time in the final practice session (FP3) of the 2023 F1 season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating Lando Norris. Russell improved his lap times throughout the session, going fastest on the Soft tires and finding an additional 0.4s towards the end. His performance was notably strong in the warm conditions, outpacing his previous lap times from FP1 and FP2. Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton faced a more challenging session, finishing in P12. The Mercedes team dominated the session, with Russell's performance contributing to their overall success.
Russell fastest as Mercedes top final practice of F1 season https://t.co/76jnQWX5FO https://t.co/Vq12UpNNJV
FP3 REPORT: Russell leads Norris as Verstappen struggles during final practice ⤵️ #F1 #AbuDhabiGP https://t.co/nySHDnrzSR
George Russell set the fastest time in the last #F1 practice session of 2023 to beat Lando Norris in FP3 at the #AbuDhabiGP. https://t.co/Vn4uGT0tgh
Russell set the pace in the final #F1 practice session of 2023 to beat Norris in FP3 at the Abu Dhabi GP. Full report and results. ⬇️ https://t.co/Pl4PZSNQ5B
George Russell finishes P1 in the final practice session of 2023 ⏰👇 https://t.co/bYLS2zzCxQ
George sets the pace in the warm conditions of FP3 👊 A trickier session for Lewis, he's P12 with time still to find. Quali up next... Don't miss it 💪 https://t.co/EDocxcs7Qm
George Russell goes fastest for the second time so far this weekend in #AbuDhabiGP FP3 ⏱️ Could this afternoon bring a first pole position of 2023 for GR63? 🤔 #Fit4F1 https://t.co/LsZ58pf9AQ
10 minutes to go of FP3, George Russell is still fastest 👏 https://t.co/9NgedJx7h3
15 minutes left on the clock in FP3. George heads out on a set of Softs and finds another 0.4s - he's P1 🔥 https://t.co/U7xM8Z0vEp
20 minutes into FP3 and George goes fastest on the Softs 👏 He’s a second faster than yesterday in the warm conditions of FP1 and matches his FP2 lap from yesterday 💪 https://t.co/eBulO9wIrV