Barcelona F1 test day three
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Verstappen is on track for some much needed lappery. He's only completed 58 tours today.
The team lost running yesterday when Pierre Gasly crashed its car at Turn 12.
The team lost running yesterday when Pierre Gasly crashed its car at Turn 12.
George Russell is back out in the Williams, which has only done an installation lap so far. The car arrived late and only appeared earlier this afternoon.
Driving a 2019 F1 car in anger is a mega 21st birthday present, after Russell turned the landmark age last week.
Russell is on the C4 tyre.
Vettel has also come out to play.
Vettel has also come out to play.
And Perez has joined the track. Nice and busy, just as we like it.
Russell stays out to complete a lap in the new Williams. It's a 1m56.073s.
Vettel is out on the C3 tyre while Perez is on the C2.
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Russell is through and sets a 1m49.830s.
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Here's the tyres the drivers on track are using:
C2: Perez, Sainz, Hamilton
C3: Ricciardo, Vettel, Verstappen
C4: Russell
C2: Perez, Sainz, Hamilton
C3: Ricciardo, Vettel, Verstappen
C4: Russell
Russell pits after four laps in the Williams.
Raikkonen is heading out to replace Russell on the circuit. Will anyone beat Raikkonen's best time, set in the morning session?
There's no one on track trying to beat their personal bests at the moment.
Perez pits the Racing Point, which has completed 67 laps today.
Perez pits the Racing Point, which has completed 67 laps today.
Raikkonen is on the C3 tyres, and is being chased down by Hamilton who is on a super-long run.
Ricciardo has pitted and switches off his engine. He currently has the ninth fastest time of 13 drivers.
Sainz leads a two-car train ahead of Verstappen for half a lap, but Verstappen breezes by with DRS at Turn 1 in a brilliant manoeuvre.
Hamilton pitted briefly, while Kvyat joins the track.
Sainz pits from his long run on the C2s, helping to bring up McLaren's lap count.
Russell has managed to take Williams's lap total to five after his latest run
Grosjean is back out on track, after he stopped the Haas on track earlier on for the second time in this test.
Kvyat is on the C3 tyre, as is Grosjean, as they look to add to their lap counts respectively.
Grosjean immediately improves, that's a 1m19.270s which moves him ahead of Sainz and into seventh.
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Tyre selections on track:
C2: Hamilton
C3: Grosjean, Verstappen, Vettel, Raikkonen, Kvyat
C2: Hamilton
C3: Grosjean, Verstappen, Vettel, Raikkonen, Kvyat
Grosjean has had a cool down lap after his personal best lap. Will he go again for another good time?
Ricciardo heads out for Renault. We're still not used to typing that, but at least it begins with an 'r'.
Sainz heads on to the track.
Grosjean is just over a tenth shy of his personal best with his last effort.
Grosjean is the only driver inside the 1m21s at the moment, with other drivers focusing on long runs and/or car set-up.
Ricciardo gets pretty close to his personal best with his first flying lap on the D3 tyre.
That's a developmental tyre that won't be used in the F1 season, but is very similar to the C3 tyre.
That's a developmental tyre that won't be used in the F1 season, but is very similar to the C3 tyre.
Grosjean improves again and pinches a spot from his team-mate Fittipaldi to go sixth overall.
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Vettel slowed on track earlier in this lap, but it looks like it was just to let some traffic past. He pits the Ferrari.
Verstappen has gone straight back out on the C3 tyre.
Hamilton has been pounding around for what feels like the whole session. He's done 72 laps this afternoon already, and with an hour and half to go, he's 15 laps behind his team-mate Bottas from the morning session. Productive.
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Claire Williams has her say on the testing delays that mean the squad has only completed five laps so far today. 
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No drivers on track are lapping under the 1m22s mark.
A centenary worth noting, Kvyat only got 77 laps in the Toro Rosso Honda on Monday, but has made the most of his Wednesday, racking up 116 laps and counting with an hour and 20 minutes still to go.
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More lappery has happened, three drivers past the 100-lap barrier.
Vettel - 134
Raikkonen - 133
Kyvat - 115
Bottas - 88
Sainz - 82
Hamilton - 77
Verstappen - 75
Perez - 67
Hulkenberg - 63
Ricciardo - 56
Fittipaldi - 48
Grosjean - 17
Russell - 5
Vettel - 134
Raikkonen - 133
Kyvat - 115
Bottas - 88
Sainz - 82
Hamilton - 77
Verstappen - 75
Perez - 67
Hulkenberg - 63
Ricciardo - 56
Fittipaldi - 48
Grosjean - 17
Russell - 5
Hamilton's Merc looks visibly gripless, and pits after a very long run. Lewis has earned his money this afternoon.
By: Geoff Creighton
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