Barcelona F1 test two day four
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When will we see Kimi win in F1 again? Well, why not this year? If Raikkonen wins in Melbourne he'll move up to 16th in the all-time list for 'oldest winners' (based on their age at their last victory).
Grosjean does though – he's now on a 1m20.906s.
More flo-viz on the rear wing of the McLaren as Alonso pits. Hartley doesn't improve on his latest lap on softs.
Your pacesetter so far - Raikkonen (LAT Images)
Hartley improves again on a 1m21.383s. Grosjean threatens to go fastest but only improves to a 1m21.181s.
Hartley's into third now on a 1m21.720s in the Toro Rosso.
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Kimi faster again – a 1m20.483s. He's 1.1s clear of Grosjean, who has just popped up to second on the soft tyres.
Papaya with lime green
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He's even quicker next time through and lowers the benchmark to 1m20.519s.
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Raikkonen to the top of the times now on a 1m21.141s.
We found the Ferrari tweet. See below (and make sure "show text only updates" is unticked).
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Presumably aided by a brilliant tow down to Turn 1!
Raikkonen's gone quickest of anyone in the first sector of this lap.
That looked like softs for Raikkonen – this time we were distracted because he came down the start-finish straight close behind Grosjean's Haas (also on softs).
Hamilton's back out on the ultrasofts.
Raikkonen improves next time by but we were too busy thinking of Can-Am cars and forgot to go to the window to check his tyres. It's a 1m22.215s for the Ferrari.
How much are you loving seeing papaya orange back on a McLaren though? Let us know your favourite McPapayas and we'll share a few pics later on when it gets quiet.
Alonso back in the pits with green flo-viz paint strewn across his nice papaya orange livery. That's an odd combination.
Raikkonen gets on the board with a 1m23.227s.
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Raikkonen's back out in the Ferrari. Kimi's got a new lid this season, which Ferrari did quite a cool video about yesterday. Let's try to find it...
Ricciardo's fence-laden Red Bull smokes its way onto the track
Leclerc pits. Racing fans won't be new to the name – Charles' father Herve, who sadly passed away last year, was an F3 racer and contested the category's Monaco GP from 1986-1990.
Soft tyres on the Sauber as Leclerc improves to a 1m24.186s.
Leclerc on the board with a 1m27.224s.
Leclerc's out there in the Sauber. That car has a simple livery but it is very cool to see the Alfa brand back in F1 – lovely big logo on the engine cover.
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Alonso's been out in the McLaren. Hamilton returns in the Mercedes, which has some aero sensors on the front end.
Several of us worked with HHF for years and years, mainly on Autosport magazine, at the Autosport Show and Autosport Awards. We'll remember him best from those days where his love of motorsport was made abundantly clear. And we'll try to pack as much #fever into today's commentary as possible.
While it's quiet...The Live team was shocked to hear last night about the passing of our colleague Henry Hope-Frost. Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends.
And now the world champion is down to a 1m21.720s as he starts his sixth lap of the morning.
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Hamilton improves to a 1m22.290s. He's the only driver with a time at the moment.
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Looks like ultrasofts for Hamilton as he improves to a 1m25.624s.
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