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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test day three

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Green flag
Back to green.
Magnussen's car is finally en route back to pitlane, and the session will be restarting in just over two minutes' time.
Meanwhile, keen-eyed Jake Boxall-Legge says he's clocked Nicholas Latifi in the Williams hospitality, suggesting the Williams FW43's return to the circuit might be a while away yet.
The car is now on the truck, but the truck remains stationary.
Not a happy sight for Haas

Not a happy sight for Haas

Much like the Ferrari earlier, the VF-20 is being draped in all sorts of thematically coloured blankets before it can be lifted up and placed on the flatbed truck.
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Magnussen had reported a puncture, so that seems to be the culprit.
Crash
The Dane got a swapper on at the exit of Turn 7, spinning into the opposite gravel trap and lightly touching the wall. Easily done on cold tyres.
Before Honda slathered its RA107 with its infamous world livery, it ran in more monochromatic tones in testing. It also broke down a lot.

Before Honda slathered its RA107 with its infamous world livery, it ran in more monochromatic tones in testing. It also broke down a lot.

Red flag
Red Flag number three! Magnussen's dropped it already at Turn 8, halting the session.
Hamilton now takes over from Bottas and comes onto the track with C4 tyres. That's a potentially explosive choice.
Albon's come out on track too, bearing a pair of C2 tyres. Magnussen also hits the road, taking over from Grosjean.
Ferrari will be hoping for a much smoother afternoon

Ferrari will be hoping for a much smoother afternoon

After this morning's power unit trouble, which paused the session, Vettel is now on the road after an engine change.
Renault's Daniel Ricciardo takes over from Esteban Ocon for the afternoon, and now hits the track. Gasly's clocked in his first time of the day, a 1m20.332s.
Gasly joins the fray, taking over from Kvyat in the AlphaTauri for the afternoon.
Giovinazzi looks to be starting an immediate longer run on the C2s, stringing together some high 1m21s-low 1m22s.
Giovinazzi - or Joe Vinazzi, in the venerable Stuart Codling's unique vernacular - has currently done 67 laps with a best time of a 1m18.035. He's currently out on C2 rubber - Giovinazzi, not Codders.
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We took bets on who would be out first - and Antonio Giovinazzi defied them and took to the circuit. The #99 driver has the circuit to himself.
It's been an uneventful opening five minutes, but there's the sound of a car in the distance... so someone should be out on track soon. We hope.
We've been green for a couple of minutes so far, but there's no rush to go out straight away.
Green flag
And we're green once again!
Two minutes, folks, until the final part of Week One testing!
We're less than 10 minutes away from the start of the afternoon session in Barcelona. Running will resume at 2pm CET (1pm GMT) before coming to a close four hours later.
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Another testing rarity - BMW using the Williams FW20 during its 1999 tests. The 1996 Formula 3000 champion and owner of one of motorsport's most psychedelic helmet liveries, Jorg Muller, is the man at the wheel.

Another testing rarity - BMW using the Williams FW20 during its 1999 tests. The 1996 Formula 3000 champion and owner of one of motorsport's most psychedelic helmet liveries, Jorg Muller, is the man at the wheel.

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Barcelona test day three, session one: Mercedes fastest again, engine issue for Ferrari

Barcelona F1 testing: Mercedes fastest again, engine issue for Ferrari

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap of Barcelona Formula 1 pre-season testing so far in the day three morning session, as Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari suffered an engine problem

Barcelona F1 testing: Mercedes fastest again, engine issue for Ferrari
Full report to follow shortly!
Esteban Ocon completed a productive morning for Renault, racking up 76 laps en route to the second-fastest time ahead of Lance Stroll and Daniil Kvyat.
Valtteri Bottas ends the session fastest for Mercedes, setting the best time of testing so far. His lap of 1m15.732s was set on the C5 tyre, and is just three-tenths of a second off the track record at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Checkered flag
CHEQUERED FLAG - That's a wrap on the opening morning of day three at Barcelona!
Kvyat, Sainz and Verstappen are showing no signs of wishing for an early bath, pounding around still as we get close to the chequered flag for the morning.
Grosjean pits after his most recent run on the C3s for Haas. That'll probably be him done for the morning. Magnussen will take over after the lunch break.
Verstappen's recent long run on the C2 tyre has been fairly consistent, staying in the 1m21s. He's handing over to team-mate Alexander Albon for the afternoon.
Verstappen is now the lap leader for the morning, sitting on 79 laps, three clear of Ocon's haul of 76.

By: Geoff Creighton

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