F1 2024 British GP at Silverstone LIVE: Third practice schedule, FP3 start time, updates and results

It’s a Mercedes one-two on the intermediate tyre!

Russell fastest with a 1:37:529, half-a-second quicker than Hamilton in second. Charles Leclerc is third, nearly a second down on Russell!

4-10: Norris, Verstappen, Sainz, Perez, Hulkenberg, Piastri, Alonso

Gasly’s Alpine car has been picked up out of the gravel – and we’re underway with FP3 again!

Pierre Gasly is beeched in the gravel at Vale!

Nothing dramatic – he just lost the car and slid off the track!

Session stopped, just eight minutes in… and more rain is expected in five minutes!

If you needed any evidence of the conditions out there, a spin from Max Verstappen at Brooklands shows it!

We’re underway with the third and final practice session!

Around 10 cars out there straight away in wet conditions at Silverstone. An 80% chance of rain in this session, though it has just eased off in the last 10 minutes or so.

We’re just five minutes away from third practice at a very wet Silverstone!

Can Lando Norris back up his pace from yesterday? Or can Red Bull and Mercedes storm back into contention?

The two drivers, who are good friends off track, were vying for the lead before both sustained punctures during a collision. Verstappen finished fifth after receiving a 10-second time penalty but Norris was forced to retire due to irreparable damage.

Norris was fastest in both practice sessions at an overcast Silverstone circuit on Friday as he targets a dream victory at his home race following his inaugural F1 win in Miami two months ago.

British teenager Ollie Bearman has signed a “dream” contract to join Haas F1 team next year on a multi-year deal.

The 19-year-old, hailing from Chelmsford in Essex, will become the fourth full-time British driver on the grid in 2025 alongside Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris. He will make his debut in Australia in March.

Bearman, who is racing full-time in F2 this year alongside his duties as a reserve for Ferrari and Haas, impressed when called up to make his F1 debut for Ferrari in Saudi Arabia in March, finishing seventh having replaced the ill Carlos Sainz.

Verstappen and Norris collided on lap 64 of the 71-lap Austrian Grand Prix while vying for the lead last Sunday. Both sustained punctures, with Verstappen finishing fifth and Norris forced to retire.

The pair are close friends off-track yet Norris was fuming at Verstappen for “ruining his race” afterward, insisting the three-time world champion “moved under braking” more than once.