F1 News: On-Form Hamilton tops final practice for Canadian GP

Lewis Hamilton, with his Mercedes engine turned up in full qualifying mode, easily topped final practice for the 2024 Canadian GP with a time of 1m12.549s around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Final -practice ran dry from start to finish after both Friday sessions hit by rain.

Wall banging Max Verstappen was 2nd quick in his Red Bull, 0.374s behind Hamilton. Verstappen banged the Wall of Champions with his right rear on his fast lap.

George Russell was 3rd quick in the #63 Mercedes, 0.408s behind Hamilton, as Mercedes looks strong this weekend.

Canadian Lance Stroll was 4th quick, much to the delight of the Canadian fans.

Oscar Piastri rounded out the top-5 for McLaren, 0.717s behind Hamilton.

Mercedes might be running less fuel than their rivals. Or maybe, just maybe, that Mercedes really suits this track and is genuinely back in the mix?

Plenty of laps for most of the field – the anomaly being Guanyu Zhou. He spun off early on, and thus only managed four laps in FP3. He’s up against it heading into qualifying, with Alpine and Williams also looking like getting out of Q1 might be a challenge.

2024 Canadian GP Practice 3 Results