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Verstappen fastest in wet and wild final practice

Max Verstappen set the pace in difficult wet conditions in Turkish GP final practice as heavy rainfall gave drivers even more problems on an "ice rink" of an Istanbul Park circuit that was already low on grip. The rain started on Saturday morning and got heavier through Practice Three, with Verstappen's fastest time of a 1:48.485 coming on intermediate tyres in the Red Bull, almost a second clear of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton, who completed only three laps on full wet tyres and failed to set a time, said "this is as close to driving on ice as you can get" during a session that featured spins and drifts aplenty. Water on a track which was described as...
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