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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day four

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Just Magnussen and Sainz on track, both on long runs.

Kubica is out again now though.
Hamilton's back in after that near-miss, he returns to the garage.
It's a 1m16.367s for Hamilton that time around, just over a tenth slower than his best.

Sainz is on the C2.
Hamilton's finished his outlap.
Sainz also heads out on track.
Hamilton heads back out again on a new set of C5s.
We're inside the final 45 minutes and we still haven't seen the Red Bull since the gearbox issue was found.
That's Renault's fastest lap of testing to date.
Testing has been a bit of a blur, hasn't it?

Testing has been a bit of a blur, hasn't it?

And he does so in the third sector to jump up to fourth place with a 1m16.843s lap.
Hulkenberg sets a personal best in the second sector.
Hulkenberg's passed our window on what we believe to be the C5.
Some fans in the grandstand really enjoyed Kubica pitting, so it's good to see enthusiasm for testing is still high after eight days of it.
No prizes for guessing who's just pitted again. Hint: He drives for Williams.
Hulkenberg comes back out in the Renault.
Magnussen's lapping in 1m20.805s.
You will hardly believe this, but Kubica's gone straight back out again.
Guess what? Kubica's in again.
Magnussen has stayed on the same C2 tyres for his latest run.
Especially as Kubica has come in again to make it an empty track, but thankfully both come back out.

Kubica has been doing plenty of pitstop practice with Williams.
And now Magnussen pits, quite a climbdown in excitement after that Hamilton lap.
Just Magnussen on track now, although Kubica is heading out again.
And Hamilton's Mercedes is wheeled into the garage.
He will pit this lap, but there's a nice shot in the arm for Mercedes.
And Hamilton's fastest of all in the third sector by some margin to go second in the times, it's a 1m16.224s.

More interestingly, it's 0.003s slower than Vettel this morning...
Hamilton's done his out lap and the first sector isn't anything to shout home about, but it's in the ballpark.

His second sector is a personal best.
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We're into the final hour of pre-season testing in 2019. Time for another lap count update.

Raikkonen - 131
Kvyat - 128
Sainz - 127
Vettel - 110
Perez - 104
Kubica - 78
Grosjean - 73
Bottas - 71
Magnussen - 63
Ricciardo - 52
Hamilton - 43
Hulkenberg - 37
Verstappen - 29
Hamilton's out on the C5s though, so we might have a bit more intrigue to come.
Both have lapped in the 1m22-23s range, and there's not a whole lot more to say.
Just Magnussen and Raikkonen on track currently.
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One-hour warning. Just 60 minutes left of pre-season testing.
That lap was on the softest C5 compound. The Renault has since returned to the pits.
Hulkenberg pops in a 1m17.092s, which moves him up from 10th to seventh.
We haven't spotted Hulkenberg's tyres, but the Renault driver has just put in person best first and second sector times.
More pitstop practice for Kubica and Williams, which is at least giving us something to write about.
Hulkenberg is back out after a quick breather.
Kubica heads in, serves a quick pitstop and heads back out.

By: Geoff Creighton

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