Barcelona F1 test two day four
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Vettel comes back past us and heads for another practice start at the pitlane exit.
An improvement is on the cards for Magnussen until he gets to the final sector and drops the best part of four tenths.
Vettel has gone out again in the Ferrari on unidentifiable tyres from our spot in the media centre. Kvyat is definitely on C3s.
Kvyat is back on track for the first time since lunch in the Toro Rosso, as Kubica returns to the pits.
It's a decent first lap from the Haas, too. A 1m18.124s puts Magnussen 10th.
Personal best first and second sectors for Magnussen. They were never going to be anything else, given he hasn't set a time, but there's so little else to report we thought we might as well.
Magnussen has gone out on the mid-range C3 tyre.
Kubica has dropped into the 1m28s now. Hamilton pits - but we're not convinced the two things are related.
After Grosjean completed his testing programme this morning, Magnussen has headed out for the first time in the Haas.
Hamilton improves again to a 1m18.415s on his latest lap.
Kubica is running down in the 1m27s at the moment, which isn't anything particularly impressive. Hamilton backs off again, having been more than eight seconds faster than the Williams on the previous lap.
The Mercedes had caught Kubica pretty quickly by the start of the previous lap, so Hamilton has backed out of things. It's not like the track was particularly busy, anyway.
Hamilton's first time on the board is a 1m18.695s, which immediately puts him ahead of Kubica.
Amid that commotion, Perez has brought the Racing Point back to the pits.
It's caught up now and realised it's Hamilton, but that means we haven't got a time for his first full lap on the C2s.
The timing screens can't let go and are insistent it's Bottas that's out on track, but we've had a good look at the Mercedes coming past and it's definitely the #44 on track.
Not for long, though. Hamilton heads out for a first run on the harder C2 compound.
Vettel pits proper this time round, so we're back to having two cars on track.
Perez is currently circulating in the high 1m23s, while Kubica is down in the 1m25s.
Pacesetter Vettel heads back down the pitlane (and out again) on a set of the unmarked development tyres.
We missed Kubica's tyres on his first run past the pits, but paid closer attention this time and spotted they are C3s.
Vettel becomes the third driver to head out.
Perez is on C2s for his first run of the afternoon. His morning tally was just 36 laps - only Verstappen (29) completed fewer.
Kubica has also headed out for Williams. Two's company.
There we are - six minutes in and we have a car at the end of the pitlane. It's Perez, who is in need of a few more laps this afternoon in the Racing Point.
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As was the case yesterday, there's no mad rush from anybody to head back out on track.
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Green light at pit exit - the final four-hour session of the fortnight is underway.
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Four minutes until the final four-hour session of the pre-season gets underway. Here are the driver changes we're expecting:
Mercedes: Hamilton in, Bottas out
Renault: Hulkenberg in, Ricciardo out
Haas: Magnussen in, Grosjean out
Mercedes: Hamilton in, Bottas out
Renault: Hulkenberg in, Ricciardo out
Haas: Magnussen in, Grosjean out
We all remember the Schumacher/Hakkinen battles from F1, but it all began much earlier. Enjoy this duel between two future greats, in the 1990 Formula 3 Macau GP, with one driver coming out on top and the other crashing out! >
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With testing drawing to a close at the end of today, reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton reckons Mercedes is at least half a second off of Ferrari's pace currently. 
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Vettel sets the fastest time of F1 pre-season testing so far in the morning, before Raikkonen's Alfa stops on track in the final minutes 
Vettel is the morning pacesetter on the final day of pre-season testing.
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Here's the Alfa being returned to the pits, at the other end of the pitlane to our vantage point
By: Geoff Creighton
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