Valtteri Bottas set the benchmark time in the third and final practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday, indicating that Williams could perhaps challenge the might of Mercedes during qualifying later in the day. The Finn was 0.268 seconds quicker than Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull with Nico Rosberg emerging as the quicker Mercedes driver on the option tyres in third. Lewis Hamilton was only fifth, but had set the fastest overall time on the primes by a whisker, as he was only 0.001 seconds quicker than his teammate on the medium compound. Mercedes-powered teams stand to gain a significant advantage over its Ferrari and Renault counterparts on the long straights of the...
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