Barcelona F1 test two day four
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Magnussen follows him out on track.
Sainz is the first to head out.
Green flag
And we're green again.
The truck is bringing Vettel's Ferrari up the pitlane now, so we should be going green again shortly.
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Even though there's still two and a half hours left on the clock, the race is on to get packed up and out of the circuit as soon as possible. McLaren's taken a pretty early lead, deploying a scissor lift strategy to rise high up the order.
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The Ferrari is draped in red covers and is being lifted onto the truck now.
Our video guru Luke Hinsull has made it to Turn 9 during this red flag, and is enjoying the Kubica fan club singing chants of support for their favourite driver.
Still waiting for the Ferrari to be placed on the flatbed truck, but its relatively close proximity to the pitlane means it should be a quick turnaround to get the session going again.
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While we have a pause in the action, let's update you with the current lap counts.
Vettel - 110
Kvyat - 81
Sainz - 81
Perez - 76
Kubica - 74
Grosjean - 73
Raikkonen - 72
Bottas - 71
Ricciardo - 52
Verstappen - 29
Magnussen - 21
Hamilton - 20
Hulkenberg - 13
Vettel - 110
Kvyat - 81
Sainz - 81
Perez - 76
Kubica - 74
Grosjean - 73
Raikkonen - 72
Bottas - 71
Ricciardo - 52
Verstappen - 29
Magnussen - 21
Hamilton - 20
Hulkenberg - 13
Vettel had just taken his total up to 110 laps before stopping.
The Ferrari has been pushed back a little by the marshals, but Vettel's Ferrari is being attended to
He's stopped at Turn 3, but the CCTV camera has decided not to show an image of the Ferrari.
And it's Vettel who has caused it.
Red flag
Oh and there's a red flag.
So there we have it, a gearbox issue is preventing Verstappen adding to his lap total.
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Vettel remains the pacesetter as the afternoon moves on
Vettel makes another stop but heads out, Hulkenberg is back out on the C2s.
Hamilton moves up the time sheets with a 1m17.495s lap on the unmarked tyre. He moves up two places.
Magnussen pits the Haas.
1m22.040s lap for Vettel now, Hamilton on his outlap.
Hamilton is coming back out on track and is on the unmarked. We're absolutely sure of it.
Vettel's back in the 1m22s now, but only just. It's a 1m22.056s.
Next time around it's a 1m21.924s.
Next time around it's a 1m21.924s.
He knocks his time down a little further with a 1m17.639s.
Magnussen's set a personal best second sector.
After that one lap in the 1m22s, Vettel is firmly back in the 1m21s.
Magnussen rejoins on the C4s.
Magnussen rejoins on the C4s.
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Vettel's latest laps are now in the low 11m22s - before dipping back into the 1m21s - he's been out for roughly 30 minutes now.
Raikkonen comes in after a run on C2s.
But Hulkenberg doesn't back off this time, he actually pits and returns to the garage.
Sainz has done a stop and is now on the C2, which makes our life a lot easier.
Hulkenberg looked set for another improvement but fell short by almost two tenths.
He's generally backed off heavily after a push lap on this stint.
He's generally backed off heavily after a push lap on this stint.
We are now convinced Sainz is on the unmarked, rather than what we were about to call the-god-knows-what-that-tyre-is compound.
Vettel's looking as impressive on the long runs as Leclerc did yesterday, great consistency in the 1m21s.
Vettel's the first driver to clear 100 laps for the day.
And Hulkenberg does find time, it's a 1m19.298s this time around. Three tenths of a second gained.
Hulkenberg is improving again as Kubica enters the pits.
Few drivers in the 1m30s-40s range to prove the point there but by and large the lap times are regularly between 1m22-24s.
We're firmly in long run territory though, despite the occasional improvement.
By: Geoff Creighton
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