F1 70th Anniversary GP Live Updates - final practice and qualifying
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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.
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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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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.
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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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
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Vettel splits the McLaren pair with a 1m29.376s on the medium tyres.
Sainz, on the mediums, slots in behind his McLaren team-mate with a 1m29.661s.
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That leads to Norris providing the first timed lap of FP3 with a 1m29.236s running on the soft tyres.
McLaren pair Norris and Sainz duly break the Silverstone silence to get their sessions underway.
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.
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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.
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.
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FP3 is go!
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.
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: 
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: 
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.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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