Russell fastest from Hamilton and Verstappen in final practice

Mercedes driver George Russell has beaten Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton to top spot in Formula 1’s final practice session at the Italian Grand Prix.

Russell comfortably held off the seven-time world champion on a toasty Monza circuit, with Max Verstappen and championship leader Kimi Antonelli third and fourth respectively.

After a calm opening quarter of the session, the medium-tyre shod Alpines topped the leaderboard with Franco Colapinto leading Pierre Gasly by a tenth.

Home hero Antonelli upped the ante, putting a 1m23.032s on the board on his first soft-tyre run. His second run looked quicker still, until he step