George Russell leads British trio in rainy final practice at Silverstone

On a damp track ahead of qualifying for Sunday‘s British Grand Prix, Russell saw off Mercedes team-mate Hamilton by just 0.035 seconds. McLaren‘s Norris, fastest in both of Friday‘s dry sessions, finished 0.185secs off the pace.

World champion Max Verstappen took fifth, nearly nine-tenths behind Russell.

Qualifying for Sunday‘s 52-lap race is scheduled to take place later today.

And the British drivers look to be in contention for pole position after an encouraging session for Russell, Hamilton and Norris.

Verstappen, a winner of seven of the 11 rounds, has so far failed to trouble the top of the time charts this weekend and Red Bull appear to have work to do to close the gap to their rivals.

Pierre Gasly was the only major casualty of the wet running after he beached his Alpine at Vale.

The French driver lost control of his machine under braking before spinning into the sandtrap.

Elsewhere, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finished fourth and sixth respectively for Ferrari, with McLaren‘s Oscar Piastri seventh and Verstappen‘s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez eighth.

FP3 times

1 George RUSSELL Mercedes 1:37.529
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes +0.035
3 Lando NORRIS McLaren +0.185
4 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari +0.610
5 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing +0.864
6 Charles LECLERC Ferrari +0.925
7 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren +1.125
8 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin +1.411
9 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing +1.755
10 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team +1.811
11 Alexander ALBON Williams +2.074
12 Lance STROLL Aston Martin +2.171
13 Logan SARGEANT Williams +2.173
14 Yuki TSUNODA RB +2.291
15 Valtteri BOTTAS Kick Sauber +2.713
16 Esteban OCON Alpine +2.901
17 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team +3.010
18 Daniel RICCIARDO RB +3.294
19 Guanyu ZHOU Kick Sauber +4.256
20 Pierre GASLY Alpine NO TIME