Barcelona F1 test two day three
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Good morning and welcome to the final day of F1 pre-season testing in 2020. The sun is shining, the track is dry, JBL is full of puns, and we are just 15 minutes away from the track going live.
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Here is the line-up for the first four-hour session on Friday:
Alfa Romeo - Raikkonen
Williams - Russell
Red Bull - Albon
Renault - Ricciardo
Racing Point - Perez
Haas - Magnussen
McLaren - Sainz
Mercedes - Hamilton
Ferrari - Leclerc
AlphaTauri - Kvyat
Alfa Romeo - Raikkonen
Williams - Russell
Red Bull - Albon
Renault - Ricciardo
Racing Point - Perez
Haas - Magnussen
McLaren - Sainz
Mercedes - Hamilton
Ferrari - Leclerc
AlphaTauri - Kvyat
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Vettel led Thursday's running in the Ferrari. Currently he's without a contract for 2021, but - as Jonathan Noble writes - he's not quite done yet annoying Ferrari: 
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And the final day of testing is under way!
Raikkonen is first out track, while Grosjean is in the Hass car instead of Magnussen.
Russel is out on C5s with the aero rakes fitted to the front of his car.
Hamilton is back out this morning on C3s after his running was cut short yesterday afternoon by an oil pressure anomaly shutting the engine down in his Mercedes.
Bit of smoke puffed out the back of Perez's Racing Point exiting Turn 5 on the previous lap. He's back in after an initial install run.
Interestingly, both Hamilton and Perez's cars were smoking a little a moment ago. Hamilton is continuing to circulate, so all good for now.
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Hamilton sets the early pace with a 1m24.017s on C3s.
Albon's got an aero rake on the left-hand rear side of his Red Bull early doors.
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Hamilton goes a bit quicker with a 1m21.027s. Of course, early days and track conditions are not ideal. So lap times not at all representative at this stage.
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Albon returns to pitlane for a nose change, while Hamilton improves to a 1m19.868s.
Hamilton's Mercedes let off another big puff a smoke at Turn 10.
Raikkonen puts his first timed lap on the board - a 1m20.750s.
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Grosjean takes over at the top of the pile with a 1m18.449s on C3s.
Ricciardo is out on the development Zandvoort tyres this morning. He's currently second on the timesheets.
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Sainz is on a bit of a push early doors. He goes quickest on C4s with a 1m18.109s in the McLaren.
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Just Albon and Ricciardo on track at the moment. Albon's latest effort of 1m19.217s puts him into fourth.
And now Leclerc joins the party in the Ferrari.
Leclerc heads back into his garage after a steady install lap. 30 minutes of the session almost down and six drivers have thus far set a time.
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Today's morning thoughts - can you come up with F1 driver-themed football team names? We've got West Bromwich Albon, Lewis Hamilton Academical and Valtteri Bottas-ton Villa so far - if you've got any to share, tweet your suggestions with #autosportnames and we'll share our favourites!
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Sainz improves his previous session-best with a 1m17.508s on C2s. He's now close to a second clear of the field.
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Hamilton returns to the circuit on a fresh set of C3s. Wonder if he'll pick up his long run from yesterday, which he had to abandon when his Mercedes decided it was bored of running.
Hamilton jumps up to second with a 1m17.987s and a session-best final sector. So, his car isn't fat with fuel just yer.
In the Autosport Football Name Game, our media centre friend Phillip Horton has suggested Osainzsuna - and on the Twittersphere, we've had @wallacecam12 suggest Michael Schumalke 04, and Dinamo Kvyat from @PurpleR09600390. Keep 'em coming at #autosportnames.
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Kvyat makes a small improvement in the AlphaTauri to fourth with a 1m18.482s, while Leclerc has gone out on fresh C3s.
Leclerc hops up to eighth with a 1m19.056s. Everyone apart from Russell has set a time this morning.
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Sainz ups the pace to 1m17.255s on the C2 tyres. The McLaren looks like it's handling rather well.
Leclerc finds some time on this lap and fires in a 1m18.297s to move into fourth spot.
Grosjean had a fairly sizeable lock-up on the front right on the way into the first corner and had to take to the escape road. That, or he just really wanted to try out MotoGP's long-lap penalty route.
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How much have the big boys hidden so far during testing? Asked whether he thinks Ferrari is bluffing about its pace, Bottas says teams often play "a weird game" during the pre-season. 
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