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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day four

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C5s on the Mercedes, which blasts over the line to set a new session best of 1m16.561s. These are the performance runs we didn't get to see yesterday.
Fastest overall second sector time from Bottas on this run...
Oh - Bottas has also headed out in the Mercedes. We should have mentioned that a minute or so ago.
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Here’s another lap count with just under 90 minutes of the morning remaining:

Grosjean, 55
Bottas, 42
Vettel, 39
Sainz, 38
Ricciardo, 37
Raikkonen, 37
Kvyat, 31
Perez, 30
Kubica, 30
Verstappen, 29
Sainz brings the McLaren back to the pits.
It's C3s for the Toro Rosso driver, who improves to sixth on a 1m17.758s.
New personal best from Kvyat in the first and second sectors. We haven't spotted which compound he's on.
We spoke too soon, obviously. Vettel is back to the pits and goes behind Ferrari's secretive screens.
Four cars out there now - Vettel and Grosjean are joined by the Toro Rosso of Kyvat, while current pacesetter Sainz continues to circulate.
Grosjean is also back out on track in the Haas on a set of C4s.
There's another personal best for the Ferrari in the second sector, and although he doesn't improve in sector three he still jumps up to sixth with a new fastest time of 1m17.939s.
Vettel has C3s on for this run and sets a new personal best in the opening sector. The Ferrari is currently second last in the order.
Vettel has headed back out for Ferrari as Perez comes back in.
Perez then nudges the Alfa back down to seventh with a 1m18.050s on those softer C4s.
Ricciardo is back in after that effort, as Raikkonen jumps up to sixth with a 1m18.084s.
Raikkonen is out on the mid-range C3s, while Perez has a set of C4s fitted.
Personal bests all round for Ricciardo, who moves up to third on a 1m17.114s.
The Renault is on the C5 for this run and sets a new personal best in the first sector. Raikkonen and Perez have also headed out.
Ricciardo has taken the Renault - not the Red Bull as we nearly wrote - back out for another run.
It's a new personal best of 1m19.041s for the Williams driver over the line, but he's still six tenths adrift at the bottom of the pile.
Personal bests in the first and second sectors for Kubica already.
Kubica is on another set of the softer C4s on this run, while Sainz has gone a step harder.
Sainz and Kubica have both headed back out, as Bottas comes in at the end of that short run.
That's 50 laps up already for the Haas driver, who missed out on a good deal of running yesterday thanks to an exhaust issue.
Nice consistency from Grosjean on this run, who's currently lapping in the 1m20s.
Raikkonen has headed to the pits for good, so it's just Bottas and Grosjean in the Haas - who's almost up to 50 laps for the morning - out on track right now.
Bottas ends the lap 0.018s slower than his previous best.
We've spotted Mercedes changing 'L3' to 'L2' on Bottas's board, so looks like this will be a short performance run. The personal best first sector indicates that too.
Raikkonen has been out on track on C3s for Alfa, but heads back through the pits for a practice start.
A buzz of activity down in the pits, as Kvyat comes in but Bottas heads out (on red sidewalled C4s).
Vettel does indeed head back to the pits - in a sandwich behind the Renault of Ricciardo and in front of Perez's Racing Point.
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With two hours gone, here’s the latest lap count for the final morning:

Grosjean, 40
Bottas, 35
Ricciardo, 34
Verstappen, 29
Raikkonen, 28
Perez, 27
Sainz, 26
Kvyat, 26
Vettel, 26
Kubica, 25
Ferrari is out in the pitlane, so it looks like Vettel will be received this time round.
The answer's yes from Kvyat and Perez. They set 1m18.245s and 1m18.261s laps respectively.
No improvement in the end from Grosjean, but might we get some from those a bit further down the order?
New personal best in the middle sector for Grosjean as Vettel heads down to the end of the pitlane for a practice start.
The Renault is fitted with the softer C4s on this run, by the way. Grosjean is on C3s in the Haas, as are Kvyat/Perez for Toro Rosso/Racing Point.
Ricciardo set a personal best in the final sector of his latest flying lap but couldn't improve.

By: Geoff Creighton

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