Barcelona F1 test day three
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Speaking of Williams. It may have finally hit the track, but the delays mean its on the back foot with developments. 
20 laps in the books now for Williams. At this stage, just being able to stay out on track and log some laps (currently around 1m26-27s) is a significant step for the team, which can hopefully use today as a glorified shakedown and then make a proper start to testing tomorrow.
Hamilton heads back out. If it wasn't for the Williams appearing today, the world champion would be bottom of the timesheets.
Russell is back in the pits with 21 laps to his name. Just Grosjean and Hamilton out on track at the moment, both on higher-fuel runs based on their lap times (1m25s and 1m22s respectively).
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Heading towards the final 30 minutes, the lap total is:
Raikkonen - 138
Vettel - 134
Kvyat - 124
Verstappen - 93
Sainz - 90
Bottas - 88
Hamilton - 80
Ricciardo - 73
Perez - 67
Hulkenberg - 63
Grosjean - 50
Fittipaldi - 48
Russell - 21
Raikkonen - 138
Vettel - 134
Kvyat - 124
Verstappen - 93
Sainz - 90
Bottas - 88
Hamilton - 80
Ricciardo - 73
Perez - 67
Hulkenberg - 63
Grosjean - 50
Fittipaldi - 48
Russell - 21
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If this was a filming day/shakedown for Williams, the 21 laps the team has completed so far would take it up to 97.7km of the 100km limit that is in place on those days.
Hamilton is doing some slow-speed running, opening his DRS on the straights (and skipping Turn 10 by taking the old track), but we have Kvyat putting in a new fastest overall first sector. Interesting.
Kvyat follows that fastest sector up with a personal best in the middle... then pits! Tease. It looked like he was on the red C4 tyres, but we've already got that wrong once today, so who knows, perhaps it was the even softer other red-marked compound, the C5s.
Low light means there is barely a photographer to be found in the media centre. Will the final 30 minutes of the day bring any soft-tyre quick runs from anyone like it did yesterday?
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Verstappen is back on track, six laps away from hitting 100 today. Not bad considering we highlighted an earlier lap count total of Red Bull's as looking a bit disappointing compared to its major rivals.
Kvyat has put in another fastest first sector, and we're sure he's on the C4 tyres now we've had a few more looks at them.
Personal best for Kvyat in the middle sector. Will he stay out this time?
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Kvyat goes second! Toro Rosso fancies a bit of what Gary Anderson refers to as 'happy hour' then. 1m18.276s for the Russian. Now we have Ricciardo going quickly, setting personal bests.
Now Ricciardo takes second in the Renault! 1m18.164s for the Australian, running what looks to be a set of C4 tyres.
While Kvyat and Ricciardo were stealing the sun-setting limelight, Verstappen did put in a personal best final sector, as part of a lap that was just two tenths down on his best for the day.
Ricciardo is on another push lap and has improved again in the first sector.
Ricciardo gives away less than a tenth (0.079s) through the final two sectors, and narrowly misses out on improving with a 1m18.2s.
Kvyat's back in the pits now after that short soft-tyre run to move the Toro Rosso up the leaderboard.
Hamilton heads out with what looks to be a small camera mounted to the nose, pointing towards the left-front corner of the car.
Verstappen has stayed out on this run that started with a sub-1m19s lap to clear 100 for the day with Red Bull. He's seven laps in now and has fallen back to the 1m22s on the C3 compound.
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Kvyat goes quickest! The Toro Rosso dethrones Raikkonen with less than 15 minutes to go with a 1m17.704s. C4s? C5s? We'll need a closer look.
Kvyat has the courtesy to trundle through the pits straight after that fastest lap of the day, and he gives us a good look at what are clearly C5 tyres, the softest ones available at this test.
Another five laps have passed since we updated you on Verstappen's pace on what is becoming a decent long run. He's still just about clinging to the 1m22s on his C3 tyres.
Russell heads back out in the Williams with less than 10 minutes to go, to take the team over the 'filming day'* mileage cap. It's all proper testing from now!
*We know they've not been doing a filming day up to now
*We know they've not been doing a filming day up to now
What happy hour looks like (Motorsport Images)
Red flag
Red flag. The Haas has stopped again.
That's frustrating for Williams, which had just sent Russell out in a car caked in aero paint. Hopefully one lap of data from that is enough.
Only four minutes left on the clock, so you'd assume that's it for today.
Grosjean is out of the car, which has stopped at Turn 6. He's having a quick look at the rear of the Haas now he's taken his crash helmet off.
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As Verstappen comes back to the pits, he spends a prolonged period of time sat outside the Red Bull garage with his engine running.
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Unlikely to be any more running, so it looks like Raikkonen wins the lap contest narrowly over Kvyat. I'm sure the Alfa man is thrilled.
Total laps:
Raikkonen - 138
Kvyat - 137
Vettel - 134
Verstappen - 104
Hamilton - 94
Sainz - 90
Bottas - 88
Ricciardo - 80
Grosjean - 69
Perez - 67
Hulkenberg - 63
Fittipaldi - 48
Russell - 23
Total laps:
Raikkonen - 138
Kvyat - 137
Vettel - 134
Verstappen - 104
Hamilton - 94
Sainz - 90
Bottas - 88
Ricciardo - 80
Grosjean - 69
Perez - 67
Hulkenberg - 63
Fittipaldi - 48
Russell - 23
Checkered flag
Aaaaaand the clock strikes 0:00, so that is day three of F1 testing 2019 done. Kvyat fastest from Raikkonen. No, seriously.
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Thanks for joining us on day three. Keep up with the Autosport website and YouTube and social media channels for emerging stories through the evening.
In the meantime, join us again tomorrow for the final day of action, and here's our afternoon report.
In the meantime, join us again tomorrow for the final day of action, and here's our afternoon report.
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Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Bottas,Mercedes,1m20.693s,C3
Vettel,Ferrari,1m18.350s,C3
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m18.787s,C3
Hulkenberg,Renault,1m18.800s,C4
Fittipaldi,Haas,1m19.249s,C4
Sainz,McLaren,1m19.354s,C3
Perez,Racing Point,1m20.102s,C3
Raikkonen,Alfa Romeo,1m17.762s,C5
Kvyat,Toro Rosso,1m17.704s,C5
Grosjean,Haas,1m19.189s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m18.164s,C4
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m20.818s,C3
Russell,Williams,1m25.625s,C3
Bottas,Mercedes,1m20.693s,C3
Vettel,Ferrari,1m18.350s,C3
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m18.787s,C3
Hulkenberg,Renault,1m18.800s,C4
Fittipaldi,Haas,1m19.249s,C4
Sainz,McLaren,1m19.354s,C3
Perez,Racing Point,1m20.102s,C3
Raikkonen,Alfa Romeo,1m17.762s,C5
Kvyat,Toro Rosso,1m17.704s,C5
Grosjean,Haas,1m19.189s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m18.164s,C4
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m20.818s,C3
Russell,Williams,1m25.625s,C3
By: Geoff Creighton
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