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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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And Bottas does a 1m16.196s to wind the times down even further!
Verstappen, on the C3s, does a 1m16.384s - that's just 0.188s off of Bottas's best today.
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It's just Perez on-track at the moment, he's doing a run on C1s.
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Six drivers have breached the 100-lap barrier today. Here's a rundown of the lapcount as the final hour nears:

Leclerc - 155
Kvyat - 142
Sainz - 141
Perez - 133
Raikkonen - 115
Russell - 101
Hamilton - 90
Grosjean - 86
Ricciardo - 65
Albon - 59
Ocon - 51
Bottas - 51
Verstappen - 31
Magnussen - 16
Looks like Alfa Romeo has finished for this pre-season. Just 51 minutes of the session remain.
Just Leclerc, Russell and Kvyat on track right now. Long runs still the order of business.
George Russell's circulating on C1s - and Williams seems to have spent a fair chunk of the day doing aero testing. He's run with a new rear wing and engine cover, and running them in a mix with the launch-spec components, seemingly to determine which parts work together best.
Session leader Valtteri Bottas heads out with 35 minutes left on the clock. He's on C3s, so our dreams of some final hot laps might not come true...
There appears to be some UV paint on the rear of the Mercedes, which will be for the engineers to get a little more of an understanding of how the air flows at the back.
Verstappen's set a personal best first sector, so he might be on for something quick here...
That's a 1m16.269s by Verstappen, taking him to P2 and within 0.073s of Bottas.
Magnussen's back on track having been stuck in the Haas garage with a clutch problem.
Verstappen was on another good lap there, but made an error into Turn 13 and ran on. He's had a couple of moments there this test.
Leclerc has been hammering out the miles today. He's currently on his 174th tour of the circuit.
Bottas heads out again on a fresh set of C1s with just over 15 minutes left.
There's some flow-vis paint on the rear of the Mercedes. Bit of last-minute aero testing going on with Bottas' car.
Verstappen might be going for one final assault on the top of the timesheets. HIs Red Bull is armed with a brand new set of C4s.
There's less than 10 minutes left, folks - get your times in!
Verstappen's lap came to nothing in the end, unfortunately.
Checkered flag
Pre-season testing for 2020 is over!
Valtteri Bottas ends test two fastest of all, and concludes the pre-season fastest after topping the opening test as well.
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The final standings on the last day in Barcelona look like this:

Bottas - 1m16.196s
Verstappen - 1m16.269s
Ricciardo - 1m16.276s
Leclerc - 1m16.360s
Hamilton - 1m16.410s
Ocon - 1m16.433s
Perez - 1m16.634s
Sainz - 1m16.820s
Russell - 1m16.871s
Kvyat - 1m16.914s
Grosjean - 1m17.037s
Raikkonen - 1m17.415s
Magnussen - 1m17.495
Albon - 1m17.803s
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And here is the final lapcount of the 2020 pre-season:

Leclerc - 181
Sainz - 163
Kvyat - 160
Perez - 154
Russell - 146
Raikkonen - 115
Hamilton - 90
Grosjean - 86
Bottas - 79
Ocon - 75
Ricciardo - 65
Albon - 59
Verstappen - 45
Magnussen - 29
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Barcelona F1 testing: Bottas tops final day, Verstappen teases Red Bull

Barcelona F1 testing: Bottas tops final day, Verstappen teases pace

Valtteri Bottas completed the final session of Formula 1 pre-season testing at the top of the timesheets, ending the day with a 1m16.196s to beat Daniel Ricciardo's morning benchmark

Barcelona F1 testing: Bottas tops final day, Verstappen teases pace
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That is it, folks. F1 testing is done. Now the serious stuff begins.

It has been our absolute pleasure to bring you comprehensive coverage of the past two weeks of testing, and we thank you ever so much for your company.

Stay tuned to Autosport.com and Motorsport.com over the next couple of weeks for more test reaction and analyses as we gear up to go racing in Melbourne.

But, until then, it is a very warm goodbye.
Checkered flag
Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Sainz,McLaren,1m16.820s,C4
Kvyat,AlphaTauri,1m16.914s,C3
Grosjean,Haas,1m17.037s, C4
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m16.410s,C5
Perez,Racing Point,1m16.634s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m16.276s,C5
Leclerc,Ferrari,1m16.360s,C5
Albon,Red Bull,1m17.803s,C2
Raikkonen,Alfa Romeo,1m17.415s,C3
Russell,Williams,1m16.871s,C5
Ocon,Renault,1m16.433s,C4
Magnussen,Haas,1m17.495s,C4
Bottas,Mercedes,1m16.196s,C5
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m16.269s,C4

By: Geoff Creighton

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