Barcelona F1 test two day four
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Sirotkin is back out in the Williams now, he has the track to himself.
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Here's a lap count update while it's quiet:
Hamilton 97
Sirotkin 93
Hartley 91
Grosjean 89
Ocon 69
Raikkonen 66
Ricciardo 47
Leclerc 18
Alonso 7
Bottas 5
Sainz 4
Hamilton 97
Sirotkin 93
Hartley 91
Grosjean 89
Ocon 69
Raikkonen 66
Ricciardo 47
Leclerc 18
Alonso 7
Bottas 5
Sainz 4
Bottas and Sirotkin both back in the pits. The track falls silent again.
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Another lap and another place gained for Bottas, who posts a 1m19.001s to go fifth.
First flyer of the day puts Bottas sixth, just ahead of team-mate Hamilton.
Bottas is on the mediums, Sirotkin has just gone out on a fresh set of supersofts.
Bottas heads out in the Mercedes for the first time today.
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Grosjean and Sirotkin have both just set personal bests - Sirotkin goes ahead of Hamilton with that effort, a 1m19.168s.
Grosjean's a tenth slower than his best on that last lap. Close but no cigar.
Sirotkin's back out and he's got Grosjean's Haas for company.
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Sirotkin is back into the pits now. Not-lunch is still ongoing.
Those are your two main contenders to be first to make today's 100 Club. Could an outsider, someone not even on the bracket, sweep in and steal it? That'd be a Cindarella story to melt your heart, but we can't really see it happening.
In the blue/red corner (this never happens in boxing), we have Toro Rosso: Brendon Hartley's been a busy boy so far and racked up 91 laps. He's also third-fastest as the Red Bull junior team's partnership with Honda starts in fine fashion.
Who will be the first to hit 100 laps?
In the silver corner we have Mercedes: ultra-reliable, ultra-fast, but ultra-committed to splitting running between their drivers, which means we might not see Bottas for a little bit while they adjust the W09 for the Finn. The German team's on 97 laps, so is closest at the moment.
In the silver corner we have Mercedes: ultra-reliable, ultra-fast, but ultra-committed to splitting running between their drivers, which means we might not see Bottas for a little bit while they adjust the W09 for the Finn. The German team's on 97 laps, so is closest at the moment.
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Sainz is going to "stay" in the Renault this afternoon. We say "stay" in quote marks because he's barely been in it today! But he will not hand over to Hulkenberg as planned, given the lack of running.
The big man sets a personal best. Sirotkin improves to a 1m19.996s.
Why did we call him the big man? Because we can. A live commentary power trip.
Why did we call him the big man? Because we can. A live commentary power trip.
Soft tyres for Sirotkin on this run.
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Sirotkin's out on track. Making the most of the chance to have it to himself.
As we've got a lull in the action: thank you to everyone who helped arrange that quick tribute to HHF. Simple but effective. #Fever.
Despite the protestations from the timing screen, which is declaring "No stop for lunch".
Sorry race control. Yes stop for lunch.
Sorry race control. Yes stop for lunch.
Ocon brings this hypersoft run to an end and now the track is empty.
The F1 paddock pays tribute to Henry Hope-Frost
Raikkonen flies for Ferrari, Mercedes and Toro Rosso rack up the laps, a Sauber in the gravel again and a new low for McLaren - here's the full summary of the final morning of the F1 winter: 
Grosjean returns after another brief sojourn on ultrasofts, leaving just Ocon out on track.
New personal best straight away for Ocon, a 1m18.967s, on hypersofts.
Nope, not Hamilton, sorry. It's Ocon. Silver and pink are easy to confuse.
Hamilton also back out to add to his morning-topping tally of 97 laps. He'll be handing over to Bottas at some stage soon, in theory.
Grosjean is no mood for food. He's back out in the Haas.
This lull is great news for our lunchtime report though, which will be arriving shortly.
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Hanging out in the paddock today - 1982 world champion (and father of 2016 world champion) Keke Rosberg
Empty track. And eight minutes before, in normal circumstances, we'd have a chequered flag.
...and Sirotkin (Sutton Images)
Contrasting approaches to track width from Hamilton... (Sutton Images)
Hamilton now the only man on track. Good thing the teams are making use of this extra running, eh?
Now we're down to just Hartley and Hamilton. We can almost hear the clinking of cutlery.
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