Bahrain third 2014 test Test day four
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Button's first lap lowers the benchmark by another two tenths of a second. Hulkenberg is across the line moments later, but he can only match his previous 1m38.5s so stays second.
No surprise to see Sutil and Sauber getting down to work after yesterday's running was lost. The German completes his first flying lap of the day to join Hulkenberg on the timesheets.
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Hulkenberg crosses the line to set the first time of the day - a 1m38.5s.
The only cars we haven't seen in the first quarter of an hour today are the Mercedes of Hamilton and the Lotus of Grosjean.
Vettel has made it back to the pits, so that beats yesterday's installation lap that only lasted a handful of corners.
Sebastian Vettel
We have our first sighting of Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull.
The world champion team and driver endured a disastrous penultimate day of testing, failing to complete a lap with the RB10.
Vettel tried to put as positive a spin as he could on the situation, but he did admit that he expected the team to have recovered more ground by now. Read about that by clicking here.
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@Marussia_F1Team: "The plan for today is some longer runs, a brake evaluation, qualifying simulation and live pitstop practice #busy (hope so!)"
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Alonso heads out, having taken the car over from team-mate Kimi Raikkonen for today.
Here's the Finn's assessment of his final day in the car, where he was stuck in the garage for most of the morning but managed to get a bit of race simulation work in late-on:
"I'd hoped to do more laps, but this wasn't an easy day. We lost some time this morning when we had to fix something on the car, but then we managed to make up for some of it in the afternoon.
"Running a race distance, we continued to get more data relating to fuel consumption strategies and tyre degradation, even though the strong wind upset the driving a lot. I'd like to be able to say we did better, but there's still one more day with Fernando to continue our preparation for Melbourne."
Here's the Finn's assessment of his final day in the car, where he was stuck in the garage for most of the morning but managed to get a bit of race simulation work in late-on:
"I'd hoped to do more laps, but this wasn't an easy day. We lost some time this morning when we had to fix something on the car, but then we managed to make up for some of it in the afternoon.
"Running a race distance, we continued to get more data relating to fuel consumption strategies and tyre degradation, even though the strong wind upset the driving a lot. I'd like to be able to say we did better, but there's still one more day with Fernando to continue our preparation for Melbourne."
Seven teams sent cars out as soon as the pits open, so we've seen Hulkenberg, Vergne, Button, Kobayashi, Sutil, Bottas and Chilton.
Here's today's line-up. Remember, Sauber made the decision last night to give Adrian Sutil half a day after he managed just one lap in the C33 yesterday. For more on that click here.
Red Bull – Sebastian Vettel
Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari – Fernando Alonso
Lotus – Romain Grosjean
McLaren – Jenson Button
Force India – Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber – Adrian Sutil/Esteban Gutierrez
Toro Rosso – Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams – Valtteri Bottas
Caterham – Kamui Kobayashi
Marussia – Max Chilton
Red Bull – Sebastian Vettel
Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari – Fernando Alonso
Lotus – Romain Grosjean
McLaren – Jenson Button
Force India – Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber – Adrian Sutil/Esteban Gutierrez
Toro Rosso – Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams – Valtteri Bottas
Caterham – Kamui Kobayashi
Marussia – Max Chilton
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The final day of 2014 Formula 1 pre-season testing has kicked off. This is the last chance for the teams to get into some proper on-track work before they leave the pitlane for free practice in Melbourne.
It's a sunny start here in Bahrain, with air temperature at 21C and track at 37C.
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Yesterday's star turns were Felipe Massa and Williams, who set the fastest time of the Bahrain fortnight so far with a 1m33.258s while in what was basically a simulated pole fight against Nico Rosberg's Mercedes.
Elsewhere, just getting on track at all was a problem. Sauber and, most notably, Red Bull didn't manage a lap.
Here's the full recap of Saturday's events:
Bahrain test day three full report
Elsewhere, just getting on track at all was a problem. Sauber and, most notably, Red Bull didn't manage a lap.
Here's the full recap of Saturday's events:
Bahrain test day three full report
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Such are the vagaries of the 2014 rules and cars that even those starting to make progress still feel on edge.
Caterham completed 117 laps yesterday:
"Another day like yesterday would be good.... so whoever was crossing whatever they were crossing, please do it again. Thank you."
Caterham completed 117 laps yesterday:
"Another day like yesterday would be good.... so whoever was crossing whatever they were crossing, please do it again. Thank you."
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And you can guarantee that Lotus isn't the only one feeling like this:
"Good morning from the last day of pre-season testing. It's fair to say we've got a long 'to do' list..."
"Good morning from the last day of pre-season testing. It's fair to say we've got a long 'to do' list..."
Good morning and welcome to the final day of 2014 pre-season Formula 1 testing from the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain.
The past month-and-a-bit has flown by, and now the teams just have today's eight hours of running to tick off everything they want to do before Melbourne.
The past month-and-a-bit has flown by, and now the teams just have today's eight hours of running to tick off everything they want to do before Melbourne.
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