63 laps. As they had done in the morning, Charles and Lewis started off on Medium tyres, setting times of 1’18”434 and 1’18”546, improving to 1’17”692 and 1’18”027. After pitting for a few adjustments, Hamilton posted a 1’17”409 and shortly after, Leclerc stopped the clocks in 1’16”794, followed a lap later by Lewis getting down to 1’17”194. Then it was time to fit Softs to do a qualifying simulation: Hamilton managed a 1’16”859, with Leclerc setting the fastest time of the day in 1’16”439. For the final 20 minutes, both drivers ran with a heavy fuel load to run in race trim. Charles completed 32 laps, Lewis did 31.