I usually wait for FP3 before judging if a team or a driver really is competitive against the leading team. And true enough, FP3 has shown that Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari are more competitive than the guys at Aston Martin.

Surprisingly Sainz in that Williams looked really good in FP3. This could be an interesting qualifying imho.
1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team 1m08.972s
2 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren F1 Team 1m09.214s
3 George Russell GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m09.858s
4 Carlos Sainz ESP Atlassian Williams Racing 1m09.913s
5 Max Verstappen NED Oracle Red Bull Racing 1m09.925s
6 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari HP 1m09.938s
7 Alex Albon THA Atlassian Williams Racing 1m10.099s
8 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team 1m10.103s
9 Isack Hadjar FRA Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team 1m10.166s
10 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team 1m10.232s
11 Liam Lawson NZL Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team 1m10.300s
12 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Oracle Red Bull Racing 1m10.349s
13 Gabriel Bortoleto BRA Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 1m10.361s
14 Lewis Hamilton GBR Scuderia Ferrari HP 1m10.373s
15 Oliver Bearman GBR MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m10.595s
16 Nico Hulkenberg GER Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 1m10.599s
17 Kimi Antonelli ITA Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m10.697s
18 Esteban Ocon FRA MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m10.801s
19 Pierre Gasly FRA BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m10.963s
20 Franco Colapinto ARG BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m11.054s
And I'm now starting to think that Hamilton might go bald again. Lolol.
Yep this is a weird pattern.
When Aston is good also Williams is not so bad in the same track-day.
We got dry practice 3, and no rain in day 3 so far.
This is quite fun to see since rain was almost sure 3 days ago for the entire weekend.