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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day four

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Magnussen rolls back down the pitlane in the Haas, but only so he can do a practice start.
Hulkenberg moves off the bottom of the pile with a 1m17.603s. He's 10th now.
All of our afternoon-only runners are out on track now, as Magnussen has taken the Haas back out.
Hulkenberg has headed out on the C3s and does a personal best of his own in sector one.
And that's a new best lap of 1m17.106s for Hamilton, who is sixth.
Another personal best for the Mercedes driver in the second sector.
New personal best for Hamilton in the first sector. It's around two tenths shy of Vettel's benchmark.
Hamilton comes across the line to start his first run on the C4, as Hulkenberg heads out again in the Renault.
The developments keep arriving thick and fast at Formula 1 testing, and our technical experts Giorgio Piola and Jake Boxall-Legge have been tracking the details of each new part as they spot them. But which team currently has the best package from a technical standpoint?

We put Piola and 'JBL' on the spot to give each car a score out of 10, to find out which teams they think have done the best job with their designs for the new season.
Hamilton heads back out now on a set of the softer C4 tyres.
Sainz becomes the second driver to reach 100 laps on final Friday. Vettel was the first, but might not add to that for a little while.
Of the four circulating, Perez and Sainz are in the 1m22s (Sainz actually dips into the 1m21s at this point), Kvyat is on a 1m2.2 and Raikkonen was in the 1m25s before heading back to the pits.
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With two hours to go on the final day of pre-season testing, let's take another look at the lap count.

Vettel - 110
Sainz - 96
Kvyat - 92
Raikkonen - 86
Perez - 82
Kubica - 74
Grosjean - 73
Bottas - 71
Ricciardo - 52
Verstappen - 29
Hamilton - 27
Magnussen - 26
Hulkenberg - 20
Sainz is on the C2s now.
Perez is one of four drivers on track, sharing space with Kvyat, Sainz and Raikkonen.
Perez has already doubled his lap count from this morning and is only nine laps away from his highest total in a single day.

Considering Racing Point's lack of mileage, that's promising.
Hulkenberg's back in the pits now, as is Sainz.

The McLaren driver is eight away from 100 laps for the day.
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Eager beaver LUKE HINSULL is trackside at Turn 9 getting a good look at the cars in action for one last time during testing:

For those running high rake, the front wing endplates are practically on the ground here. Hamilton is really going for it at the moment in the high range of the gear, really pulling.
Perez is on the C2 compound as he begins his first proper lap of the stint.
And the Mercedes driver pits the following lap.
Hamilton's now in the low 1m21s on this stint.
Racing Point heads back out with Perez at the wheel.
Hamilton and Hulkenberg consistently lapping in the 1m19s for most of their stint, until the last lap or so, but Hamilton is on a step harder compound than the Renault driver.
Hulkenberg shaves off just under a tenth this time around and sets a 1m19.057s best lap.
Hulkenberg's on the C2, the tyre he used to better his own time minutes ago.
Magnussen comes back into the pits following his improved lap.
Kvyat is on the unmarked tyre.
Hulkenberg improves his time once again, a 1m19.269s as he continues to slowly lower his time.
Hamilton laps 1.5s off his best on his first timed lap on the unmarked tyre.
Kvyat is out in the Toro Rosso.
Actually, that last lap Magnussen set was done on the C5.
Raikkonen and Sainz are lapping in the 1m23s on the C2.
Ricciardo heads back out for Renault.
He does, marginally. It's a 1m17.565s.

Hamilton heads out on the unmarked tyre once again.
Magnussen looks on to improve his time.
Raikkonen is on the C2 tyre as well, looks like drivers are restarting long runs.

Magnussen potentially the exception, running the C4.
Sainz is on the C2 tyre, while Raikkonen also emerges from the garage in the Alfa.

By: Geoff Creighton

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