<p>Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the third and final practice session ahead of qualifying on Saturday for the Styrian Grand Prix.</p>.<p>Hamilton bounced back from Friday's sessions when he played second-best to championship leader Max Verstappen to head the Red Bull driver by 0.204 seconds.</p>.<p>Verstappen leads seven-time champion Hamilton by 12 points after seven races.</p>.<p>Valtteri Bottas, who faces a three-place grid penalty for spinning in the pit lane on Friday, was third quickest in the other Mercedes, marginally ahead of Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull.</p>.<p>The AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly were fifth and sixth, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.</p>
<p>Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the third and final practice session ahead of qualifying on Saturday for the Styrian Grand Prix.</p>.<p>Hamilton bounced back from Friday's sessions when he played second-best to championship leader Max Verstappen to head the Red Bull driver by 0.204 seconds.</p>.<p>Verstappen leads seven-time champion Hamilton by 12 points after seven races.</p>.<p>Valtteri Bottas, who faces a three-place grid penalty for spinning in the pit lane on Friday, was third quickest in the other Mercedes, marginally ahead of Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull.</p>.<p>The AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly were fifth and sixth, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.</p>