Barcelona F1 test two day four
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In comes Sirotkin. And then there were three.
Leclerc walks away from the scene of his crash earlier (Sutton Images)
Grosjean pits, which leaves us with Hartley, Hamilton, Ocon and Sirotkin all on track.
Pictures are coming in of Leclerc's crash this morning - which he's been lambasting himself for on social media (Sutton Images)
For now though, there are five cars on track. Grosjean just logged a personal best middle sector on ultrasofts, but the lap was way off his best from earlier on.
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Reminder that there's no official lunch break today, as on Wednesday - although if that day was any guide, there'll probably be a lull in on-track action as teams serve up some grub.
Raikkonen backed off and pushed again to produce a 1m17.5s on his next hypersoft flying lap.
Hamilton now comfortably in the 1m19s on this latest run on medium tyres.
Grosjean heads back onto the track in the Haas. He joins Raikkonen, Hamilton and Sirotkin out there.
Hartley back in and that presents the opportunity for Hamilton to become the busiest driver so far. He's on lap 83. Hartley pit with 84 completed.
Hamilton with a personal best final sector to lap just 0.020s slower than his previous best.
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Raikkonen goes even faster but it's not quite a new record. 1m17.221s.
Raikkonen is pushing again. Fastest first sector.
Hamilton's back out there. Just waiting for Hartley to finish a personal best...
Hartley uses the hypersofts to set a 1m18.949s – may have lost time in the final sector catching Ricciardo.
Ocon back in after that supersoft run.
Ocon back in after that supersoft run.
Grosjean a few tenths off his previous best on a supersoft effort. Hartley backs off and is ready to push again on hypersofts.
Ricciardo's in the 1m21.3s on medium tyres, lapping half an hour or so off the pace.
Raikkonen's back in, as predicted. Hartley ends up a couple of seconds slower on that lap.
Hamilton's still lapping in the 1m20s on the medium tyre.
Hartley sets a personal best first sector in the Toro Rosso. The Honda-powered Red Bull junior team has been the busiest so far.
Raikkonen rolls (or should that be 'raollws'?) through the pitlane after some start practice. Suspect he'll head back in properly at the end of this outlap.
Raikkonen back in the pits after that show-stopping time. Interesting fact: if you try to type Raikkonen while looking at the timing screen, it starts 'Raollw'. And now you know.
The Ferrari is indeed fitted with hypersofts.
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Oooooohhhhhhhhhhh. Raikkonen goes very quick. It's a 1m17.375s and that (unsurprisingly) looked like a hypersoft run.
Raikkonen sets off for what's looking like a rapid run...
Raikkonen's set the best first sector so far.
Ocon out there in the Force India, with medium tyres on. Looks like Hartley's run is on hypersofts but we'll just check that next time.
The Ferrari drivers starts a flying lap. Hamilton's into the mid-1m20s on his last lap.
For full impact, please read this post with your best impression of The Mask.
There's Raikkonen. He's smokin'.
There's Raikkonen. He's smokin'.
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We won't be seeing Kubica on track today - Williams reveals he gave up his scheduled running to give Stroll and Sirotkin more laps: 
Hamilton into the 1m20s that lap, 1m20.846s.
Lots of white smoke. Whither Raikkonen?
Another lap from Hamilton, a 1m21.332s on the medium tyres. He and Hartley are both on track and it is exactly that attitude that has them as the busiest runners of the day so far.
Hamilton has a friend. Hartley heads back out pretty swiftly.
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Hamilton has the track to himself for a spell (Sutton Images)
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By: Geoff Creighton
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