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Norris rejoins the track in the McLaren. The 45 laps notched isn't bad considering his day started in a gravel trap.
Giovinazzi does the same, after a couple of practice starts. Hamilton has stayed out.
Albon pits for good this time after a couple of tours purely for practice laps.
The C3 is the tyre of choice for what is likely to be Hamilton's last stint of the afternoon as we tick inside 10 minutes to go in the session.
Hamilton is out on track now.
Albon has done two out-in laps in the Toro Rosso, bagging some practice starts. Giovinazzi has done the same.
Norris has pitted the McLaren. Just Kubica and Giovinazzi on track now, both on C3s.
Kubica is out on track on the C2. Giovinazzi has rejoined him on the C3 tyre.
Giovinazzi pits again.
Giovinazzi has also joined the track.
Albon has pitted, and then returned to the track. We think he's on C4s but it's hard to tell. The Toro Rosso is covered in green aero paint.
Albon has pitted, and then returned to the track. We think he's on C4s but it's hard to tell. The Toro Rosso is covered in green aero paint.
Norris improves with a 1m19.543s, as Hamilton pits.
The session topper, Albon, is out after a practice start.
The session topper, Albon, is out after a practice start.
Norris also has a personal best in the second sector...
Green on the timing board means we have someone improving! Lando Norris has a personal best first sector.
Norris joins the circuit as we head into the final 20 minutes of the session which is called the morning session but here in Barcelona actually moves into the afternoon, so it's the morning afternoonish session. Can you tell it's the last day of testing and we've all gone mad?
Just over 20 minutes to go in the session. Neither Hamilton or Giovinazzi are going for glory laps on their C4 and C5 tyres respectively.
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Kubica (C2), Giovinazzi (C5), Leclerc (C3) and Hamilton (C4) are on track.
Gasly has pitted after a couple of laps.
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Here’s how many laps each driver has racked up as we head into the final half hour:
Leclerc - 69
Grosjean - 64
Gasly - 52
Giovinazzi - 49
Hamilton - 45
Stroll - 41
Albon - 41
Kubica - 41
Norris - 39
Ricciardo - 34
Leclerc - 69
Grosjean - 64
Gasly - 52
Giovinazzi - 49
Hamilton - 45
Stroll - 41
Albon - 41
Kubica - 41
Norris - 39
Ricciardo - 34
Leclerc's pace hasn't been hampered by that off into the Turn 5 gravel.
Kubica gets on the C2 tyres for the first time as he emerges from the pits on a new set.
Leclerc has stayed out after his excursion into the gravel.
Giovinazzi is on the C5.
He's escaped, in a similar place where Norris went off earlier, at Turn 5.
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Leclerc is in the gravel.
Grosjean pits from the stint that delivered Haas's best lap time so far, on the C4 tyres.
Giovinazzi fancies a run, so he joins the track just ahead of Hamilton, who is also coming out of the pits.
Albon goes fastest on the C5 tyre, a 1m17.637s. That's the fastest time of the test so far.
Kvyat topped yesterday's afternoon session with a 1m17.704s.
Kvyat topped yesterday's afternoon session with a 1m17.704s.
Albon sets a session best first sector, as he did on his personal best lap around 10 minutes ago. He's pitted since.
Kubica pits from a decent stint on the C3 tyre.
Leclerc's first flier on the C3 tyres is a personal best, a 1m18.046s. It's only by two hundredths of a second, though.
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Tyre choices on track:
C3: Kubica, Gasly, Leclerc
C4: Grosjean
C3: Kubica, Gasly, Leclerc
C4: Grosjean
Leclerc is on the C3 tyre, Grosjean set his personal best on the C4.
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Leclerc heads out, as Grosjean sets a best time for Haas with a 1m18.563s that keeps him sixth.
Norris also pits the McLaren.
A personal best for Kubica in the middle sector on the C3, but he's binned the lap off. He wasn't using DRS on the back straight.
Albon has pitted after his improvement.
Albon has pitted after his improvement.
Grosjean is out to improve on Haas's lap count.
The car broke down three times yesterday due to electrical issues, so the untroubled running this morning will have been very useful.
The car broke down three times yesterday due to electrical issues, so the untroubled running this morning will have been very useful.
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Tyre choices on track:
C3: Stroll, Gasly, Kubica, Norris
C4: Albon
C3: Stroll, Gasly, Kubica, Norris
C4: Albon
Albon takes third with a 1m18.012s on the C4 tyre.
A personal best second sector time is added by Albon.
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