Barcelona F1 test day three
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We have a lot of cars on track that are on difficult to identify Pirellis. Please bring back last year's system instead of this very unclear and difficult one.
And here is Russell returning to the pits after his installation lap
Ricciardo has set his first lap, a 1m25.382s.
Just after, Hamilton improves to a 1m20.818s.
Just after, Hamilton improves to a 1m20.818s.
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Here's the tyres for each driver on track:
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Ricciardo, Hulkenberg
C3: Perez, Verstappen, Vettel
D3: Hamilton
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Ricciardo, Hulkenberg
C3: Perez, Verstappen, Vettel
D3: Hamilton
Another angle of the Williams returning to the pits
Kvyat has just headed out to join the track.
Ricciardo has just set a personal best, a 1m20.989s which keeps him...last.
Kvyat is on the C2 tyre.
There's blue aero paint on the front of Ricciardo's Renault. It doesn't really suit the black and yellow colour scheme, though.
Kvyat has pitted and then re-emerged. He's on the C2.
Ricciardo is set to improve on the C2s.
Gary Anderson
Again today, from trackside all of the cars are looking decent. There are small things here and there, but none of them look like they have any particular problems. Verstappen looking very consistent in the Red Bull, which seems to do what the driver wants.
And he does, but it's still not enough to move off the bottom of the order.
Perez has headed back out on track.
There's no one on track under a 1m22.897s at the minute, so there's no significant update to the leaderboard.
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Tyres on track:
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Ricciardo, Kvyat
C3: Verstappen, Vettel
Hamilton and Perez have pitted, Sainz is coming on to the track.
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Ricciardo, Kvyat
C3: Verstappen, Vettel
Hamilton and Perez have pitted, Sainz is coming on to the track.
Sainz did an install lap and then came into the pits. He was on the C3 tyre.
Sainz did an install lap and then came into the pits. He was on the C3 tyre.
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Vettel is slipstreaming Kvyat down the straight, that should give him a boost.
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Gary Anderson
The Honda really does sound less distinctive than it did. It’s fairly difficult to tell the engines apart, the Mercedes is slightly different but not much.
Sainz pits again. He went straight out last time, but he's stayed in this time.
Verstappen has also pitted.
Sainz pits again. He went straight out last time, but he's stayed in this time.
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Lots of drivers in the 1m25s as they conduct race runs.
Tyres on track:
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Ricciardo, Kvyat
C3: Vettel
Tyres on track:
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Ricciardo, Kvyat
C3: Vettel
Gary Anderson
Interesting to see Vettel spending a few laps behind the Toro Rosso. A sensible move as there’s a chance to learn something about what it’s like with these new rules in the wake of another car [it's supposed to be easier to follow the car in front in dirty air].
Sainz pits again.
Raikkonen is worth keeping an eye on here, as he's the first person to do what looks like a long-run on the rarely-used C1 tyre, the hardest in Pirelli's range.
Gary Anderson
Williams will be doing the normal checks after than installation laps. I’m sure there’s a few things they need to poke around in and check, including the many data sensors. It’s rare that there’s not some things that need sorting when you first run.
Gary Anderson and Edd Straw have headed out on track, or at least beside it, to give us some great feedback on the 2019 cars.
Ricciardo pits after 17 laps, on the C2 tyre.
Handy tip: the higher the number of the tyre, the softer the compound.
Handy tip: the higher the number of the tyre, the softer the compound.
Hamilton's out on track after Bottas racked up the miles this morning
Hamilton is heading back out on track on the D2 tyre.
Into the pits comes Vettel.
Into the pits comes Vettel.
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Tyres on track:
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Kvyat, Sainz, Hamilton
C1: Raikkonen
C2: Kvyat, Sainz, Hamilton
Sainz has just pitted after losing a small piece of his bodywork.
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