Barcelona F1 test two day four
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And that's enough to get a 1m19.669s on the C2 tyre, he lies bottom of the times in 13th.
A good four chunk of time found there for the Renault man.
A good four chunk of time found there for the Renault man.
But anyway, Hulkenberg's looking quick. He's set personal bests in the first two sectors.
We're all trying to work out if Sainz is actually on unmarked tyres rather than the C1. After multiple attempts it's still proving tricky!
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Track is looking a bit busy out there and cars are running fairly close together, that's certainly showing in the times for some drivers too.
Magnussen's through and leaps up to eighth with a 1m17.672s lap.
Magnussen sets his personal best in the first sector.
Magnussen completes his out lap and we spotted he's on the C4 tyre, Kubica is on the C3.
Vettel's the quickest of those on the long runs, lapping in the high 1m21s on the C2 compound.
Kvyat's in the 1m24s on the C1, Sainz in the 1m23s on the C5.
Kvyat's in the 1m24s on the C1, Sainz in the 1m23s on the C5.
But we have another face on track as Magnussen heads back out.
Right now it's Vettel, Kvyat, Sainz, Perez and Hulkenberg on track.
Raikkonen has just pitted again, that's his second in-and-out lap.
Raikkonen has just pitted again, that's his second in-and-out lap.
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Hour one of the afternoon is done. Time for an update on the lap counts.
Vettel - 90
Grosjean - 73
Bottas - 71
Kubica - 67
Kvyat - 62
Sainz - 62
Raikkonen - 62
Perez - 58
Ricciardo - 52
Verstappen - 29
Hamilton - 17
Magnussen - 12
Hulkenberg - 5
Vettel - 90
Grosjean - 73
Bottas - 71
Kubica - 67
Kvyat - 62
Sainz - 62
Raikkonen - 62
Perez - 58
Ricciardo - 52
Verstappen - 29
Hamilton - 17
Magnussen - 12
Hulkenberg - 5
We're not looking at any blistering times currently, more laps are between 1m20-25s.
Raikkonen comes back down the pitlane on C3 tyres.
Raikkonen has also headed out, so it's just the Red Bull we're yet to see.
Kvyat also heads down the pitlane so he can go straight back out. It looked as though he might have been on the C1s.
Vettel comes back to punctuate his long run with a practice start.
Sainz is on the C5 tyre, while Kvyat has joined him out on track.
Sainz has headed back out too after an extended lunch break. We're still yet to see the Alfa or the Red Bull - which wasn't out during the final two hours of the morning session - this afternoon.
Hulkenberg makes a minor improvement on the next lap and is down to a 1m23.585s.
Kubica comes into the pits, but heads straight back out after practising a start.
Hulkenberg's first lap on the C3 compound is a 1m23.895s.
Keeping to the shadows in the covert world of winter testing
Sparks aplenty as Hulkenberg heads down the main straight for the first time. He and Perez have been joined on track by Kubica.
Magnussen comes back in now.
Driver Change
Hulkenberg is the last of this afternoon's new drivers to head out in the Renault.
We can hear the sound of Hamilton coming back in down below us. That second run takes his lap tally up to 17 for the afternoon already.
Perez's latest lap in the Racing Point brings his tally for the day up to 50.
Vettel is currently up to 10 laps on these C3s, lapping in the 1m23s.
Magnussen sets a new personal best time of 1m17.947s, but stays 11th.
Magnussen is also back out in the Haas, and has set a personal best in the first sector.
Hamilton goes marginally quicker again thanks to a personal best in the first sector, and now has a best time of 1m17.740s.
Perez heads back out in the Racing Point, as Kvyat brings his C3 run to an end.
Hamilton moves up to ninth now on a 1m17.755s. Looks like he's going to hit traffic again, though - this time in the form of Vettel's Ferrari!
New personal best for Hamilton in the first and second sectors.
Hamilton takes the Mercedes back out on a set of unmarked tyres.
Vettel's first lap on this run is a 1m23.047s. Magnussen heads back to the pits now.
Vettel comes over the start/finish line this time round, with Magnussen in close company.
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With half an hour of the afternoon session gone, let's take a look at the lap count.
Grosjean - 73
Vettel - 71
Bottas - 71
Kubica - 62
Raikkonen - 61
Sainz - 59
Kvyat - 56
Ricciardo - 52
Perez - 44
Verstappen - 29
Hamilton - 8
Magnussen - 6
Grosjean - 73
Vettel - 71
Bottas - 71
Kubica - 62
Raikkonen - 61
Sainz - 59
Kvyat - 56
Ricciardo - 52
Perez - 44
Verstappen - 29
Hamilton - 8
Magnussen - 6
Looks like a longer run might be on the cards for Kvyat, who's been in the low 1m23s then high 1m22s at the start of this stint on the C3.
By: Geoff Creighton
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