Lewis Hamilton led teammate George Russell to the top of the timesheets in final practice at the Italian Grand Prix while Max Verstappen languished more than a quarter of a second off the pace. The Mercedes drivers set their fastest time with around 10 minutes to go in the session as among the last of the frontrunners to embark on their ultimate flying laps, capitalizing on most of the track evolution. Russell set his time first, but the Briton complained that the lap had “felt pretty rubbish” and that the “balance is quite a long way off”. Hamilton immediately bettered it, but by only 0.093s, setting the benchmark at 1m 20.117s. Charles Leclerc was third fastest, the Ferrari...
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