Barcelona F1 test two day four
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Vettel is back out again and has just completed his first lap.
Kubica completes his out lap, Bottas is circulating in the 1m19s.
And Kvyat does improve, moving to third with a 1m16.898s.
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With 30 minutes of the morning remaining, here’s the latest lap count:
Grosjean, 68
Bottas, 63
Vettel, 60
Raikkonen, 55
Sainz, 54
Kvyat 50
Ricciardo, 47
Kubica, 40
Perez, 36
Verstappen, 29
Grosjean, 68
Bottas, 63
Vettel, 60
Raikkonen, 55
Sainz, 54
Kvyat 50
Ricciardo, 47
Kubica, 40
Perez, 36
Verstappen, 29
Kvyat sets a personal best in the first sector.
Looks like a set of C5s for Kvyat and Kubica's on the same compound.
Kvyat and Kubica head back out on track for Toro Rosso and Williams respectively.
Vettel is straight back into the Ferrari garage after that single-lap run.
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Another overall best for Vettel in the second sector, which is enough for him to lower the benchmark time to a 1m16.333s.
Raikkonen finally looks as though he's heading back to the garage after a run of successive laps going in and out of the pits.
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Bottas is back out on the C3 tyre as we approach the final half hour of the session.
Pacesetter Vettel has headed back out for Ferrari, as Kubica and Kvyat head back in.
The Toro Rosso driver moves up to fourth with a 1m17.064s.
Kvyat is on for an improvement here in the Toro Rosso.
Raikkonen comes in for another practice start, but Grosjean heads back to the Haas garage.
Kubica's lap falls away a bit and he can't improve. It's 1.25s between him and the next slowest car (the Racing Point of Perez) now.
Ricciardo heads back out in the Renault too now.
Kubica is out on the C4 and sets a new personal best in the first sector.
Five cars out on track now, as Grosjean and Kubica have joined the action.
Sainz and Vettel both head down the pitlane and back out for a practice start, but Bottas comes back to the Mercedes garage.
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Raikkonen improves to a 1m17.239s on his latest lap.
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We took a closer look at Vettel's tyres on that run and stand corrected. Looks like the C5 was fitted to the Ferrari after all.
Sainz does a 1m22.989s on his first timed lap on the harder C2 tyre.
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And the Ferrari jumps to the top of the times for the first time today with a 1m16.352s. We reckon that's on the C4 tyre, too.
New overall best from Vettel in sector two.
Perez is in after that short run, but Sainz is back out on track in the McLaren.
Vettel is also back out in the Ferrari, as Kvyat sets a personal best in the first sector.
The Racing Point of Perez improves his time on this run, setting a 1m17.791s. He stays ninth for the time being.
Perez appears to be on the C5 as he flashes past our media centre viewing point, while Kvyat has also gone back out on a set of one of the red sidewalled C4 or C5 compounds.
A more consistent run of laps for Bottas now, who does a third consecutive 1m19s lap.
But Perez then makes some noise at the end of the pitlane and heads back out, so ignore us.
Back to the pits come Raikkonen and Kvyat, so it's just the Mercedes out on track now. This is the quietest it's been for some time.
A high 1m17s becomes a 1m18s on the next lap for Bottas, who then dips into the 1m19s on his latest effort.
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Another lap count with less than an hour of the morning remaining:
Grosjean, 63
Vettel, 51
Bottas, 50
Sainz, 46
Raikkonen, 46
Kvyat, 42
Ricciardo, 40
Kubica, 35
Perez, 33
Verstappen, 29
Grosjean, 63
Vettel, 51
Bottas, 50
Sainz, 46
Raikkonen, 46
Kvyat, 42
Ricciardo, 40
Kubica, 35
Perez, 33
Verstappen, 29
Bottas's first lap on the C3s is a 1m17.941s.
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