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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day four

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But Perez is fastest of all in the first sector again and Haas is running the unmarked tyre.
As is Raikkonen.
Sainz is also returning to the track.
No improvement for Perez this time he backs off into a 1m27s lap.
Grosjean is back out in the Haas to add to his 15 laps.
Perez moves third with a 1m18.930s lap on the C2.
Bottas is in again. But this time it's not a practice start! He's going back to the garage.
Perez goes fastest of all in the first sector.
Perez is on the C2 this time.
Bottas is in again. Guess what? It's for a practice start.
Kubica is back in the pits again, returning to the garage.
Perez is also back out for Racing Point.
Bottas is back in after one lap, but it's to do a practice start.
Kubica completes his out lap and it's on the C4. Definitely C4.
Bottas is now returning to the track on C2s.

Ricciardo whistles past to set a 1m20.570s lap that keeps him seventh.
Speaking of which, Kubica is in and we're now confident he's actually on the C4.

No matter, he's taken a pitstop and headed back out.
Ricciardo gets on the board with a 1m20.811s that puts him seventh.

Just Kubica and Verstappen yet to set a timed effort.
Bottas is in, and returns to the garage. 18 laps on the board for the Mercedes man.
Ricciardo is on the C3 tyre this time around, Kubica is using the C5 we reckon.
Ricciardo and Kubica head out.
Verstappen is straight back in after that first lap, Sainz also comes in.

The McLaren driver is going for a practice start though, whereas Verstappen is in the garage.
Looking at the pitwall at Mercedes, it appears Bottas will be in at the end of this next lap.

That will be 18 in total and 11 on this stint.
Red Bull is heading out for the first time since Gasly's crash yesterday.

Verstappen leaves the pits on a set of shiny C3s.
Kvyat is in again, but this time it's not for a practice start.

He heads into the garage.
Sainz uses the C5 to go second with a 1m18.817s, less than two tenths off Grosjean.

The Haas driver has just pitted too.
Kvyat becomes the third driver to clear 10 laps.
Kvyat is back into the pits for another practice start.
Bottas and Grosjean are both lapping in the 1m21s in their stints.
That makes it Grosjean, Bottas, Sainz and Kvyat on track.
Kvyat is back in after another one lap run, but he's making a practice start and heading back out with Sainz in tow.

Perez pits and heads to the garage.
Narrow miss for Perez, by 0.001s too! It's a 1m19.354s that time around.
Perez may well improve again, he's set a personal best first sector.

Kvyat is back into the pits.
Bottas and Grosjean are both up to 11 laps, the most of anyone so far.
Perez leaps to third with a 1m19.353s, but then falls a place when Bottas sets a 1m19.180s time.
Bottas and Perez are improving early in their latest laps.
Perez puts Racing Point on the board in seventh with a 1m28.035s lap.
Vettel is one of the few on a longer stint, he's now on his way to a seventh lap on the C3s.

By: Geoff Creighton

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