F1 70th Anniversary GP Live Updates - final practice and qualifying
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Good morning! Final practice for F1's 70th Anniversary GP is a little over 10 minutes away, but there has been plenty of drama off track since the end of Friday's track action.
After F1 teams had time to digest the FIA's ruling over Racing Point's brake duct designs, Ferrari led the appeals to be lodged over the case - with five teams in total set to officially appeal, including Racing Point: 
This has led to a war of words between teams, with Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer hitting back at McLaren team principal Zak Brown over the brake duct ruling: 
But enough about brake duct design rulings, for now at least, as the drivers and teams gear up for FP3. There is a 0% chance of rain for this session with air temperature at a pleasant 23 degrees and track temperature at 33 degrees.
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FP3 is go!
After ending FP2 with a broken engine that was leaking fluid, Vettel is the first out on track this morning, followed by both Haas drivers and his Ferrari team-mate Leclerc.
Install laps the order of the morning, with Kvyat also completing one tour of Silverstone before returning to the garage. That leaves the track silent for the time being.
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Given the amount of running F1 teams have completed at Silverstone over the past week with the British GP last weekend, it isn't a surprise to see limited running at the start of FP3. Coupled with teams looking to preserve their tyre allocation for qualifying and the race, track running is likely to be relatively conservative this morning.
McLaren pair Norris and Sainz duly break the Silverstone silence to get their sessions underway.
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That leads to Norris providing the first timed lap of FP3 with a 1m29.236s running on the soft tyres.
Sainz, on the mediums, slots in behind his McLaren team-mate with a 1m29.661s.
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Vettel splits the McLaren pair with a 1m29.376s on the medium tyres.
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Norris steps up the pace with a 1m28.923s still on those softs, which yesterday didn't appear to be durable enough to go from Silverstone to Brackley in the hot conditions. Leclerc, on mediums, goes P2 with a 1m28.954s
After Vettel's power unit failure yesterday, Ferrari has changed the engine on both of its cars for this weekend as a precaution.
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Leclerc goes fastest in this session by a tiny fraction with a 1m28.346s. Elsewhere, plenty of other drivers are joining in on the track action so things are about to get busier on the timing screen.
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Stroll briefly puts his Racing Point top of the times with a 1m28.202s, before being beaten by Gasly in the AlphaTauri who sets a 1m28.040s.
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Here come the Mercedes pair, who continued their domination at Silverstone yesterday in practice, as Bottas goes fastest with a 1m27.509s with his first timed effort on the soft tyres. That is already half a second faster than anyone else in this session.
Hamilton opts for an extra preparation lap compared to Bottas on the soft tyres, and is pushing for a qualifying sim lap now.
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Hamilton cannot beat Bottas as he sets a 1m27.526s to slot into P2. Verstappen, also on the softs, goes P3 with a 1m27.702s but lets his Red Bull team know he was disappointed with his first sector split - to put it politely.
Verstappen is currently lapping at a snail's pace - over 3 minutes to be more precise - as he looks to get his soft tyre temperatures under control during a preparation lap.
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Hamilton, who pitted after his first soft tyre run, goes fastest with a 1m27.280s on his second run.
After his very slow prep laps, Verstappen also improves on his personal best with a 1m27.615s which keeps him in third place behind the Mercedes duo but within four-tenths of a second to find a small gain.
Hulkenberg, who would dearly love to be in the race tomorrow after last weekend's cruel DNS, is showing impressive pace for Racing Point in fourth place, within one-tenth of a second of Verstappen.
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Norris goes fastest on the medium tyres with a 1m27.202s.
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McLaren's joy at being top of the times is short lived as Bottas reasserts his Mercedes into P1 with a 1m 26.784s, some four-tenths of a second faster.
Ocon gets a nod of the head from Renault boss Abiteboul as the French driver slots into P5 with a 1m27.496s.
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The Mercedes pair continue to play trade the fastest lap as Hamilton puts in a 1m26.621s on the softs to regain top spot for the session. That puts him over a tenth quicker than Bottas.
Looking to shake off a difficult British GP, Albon puts in an encouraging lap to go P5 with a 1m27.474s ahead of Ocon and Red Bull team-mate Verstappen.
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Stroll joins the fun at the sharp end of the times to go P4 with a 1m27.263s for Racing Point, but it doesn't last long as Hulkenberg beats him by a tiny fraction with a 1m27.256s to take fourth.
Ricciardo, who ended FP2 in third place, had been on for a fast lap but gets held up by future McLaren team-mate Norris and has to back out of it.
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Missing out on that lap has kept Ricciardo down in P19 but he is going for a second attempt before the end of the session.
Ricciardo, free of traffic, can only go P14 but given the life in his soft tyres had been taken up by his first effort that was to be expected.
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That marks the end of FP3 - Hamilton is fastest from Bottas with Norris in third place.
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Vettel, who has completed nine laps on a set of softs, says "there is nothing left of the front-left" over his Ferrari team radio. He isn't wrong, that tyre wouldn't pass an MOT.
19 out of the 20 drivers complete practice starts to end the session - except for Verstappen who had already pitted at the end of FP3.
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It is now time for the standard two-hour pause before the start of qualifying, which gets underway at Silverstone at 2pm local time. Plenty of time for that DIY job you've been putting off or a quick walk in the sunshine.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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