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Russell will be the only car out on track, incidentally, as Magnussen has brought the Haas back to the garage after a 14-lap stint.
Typical. Just as we say that, Russell heads back out in the Williams. Maybe we should see if our prompts works with other requests this week.
We're three quarters of an hour into this first session and already we've got seven times on the board. Only Norris, Stroll and Russell - who hasn't seen the track since his out-lap at 9am - are yet to clock a timed lap.
Gasly and Hamilton pit, leaving only Magnussen circulating. He's up to 15 laps so far this morning now.
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He's 0.018s slower than his sector one best on this latest hot lap, but sets a new session best in sector two and ticks off another fastest lap - improving marginally down to a 1m19.021s.
We're enjoying Gasly's cool-down lap strategy at the moment as it's giving us some time to catch our breath.
Hamilton improves to a 1m21.813s on his first flying lap of this stint.
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And Gasly improves again, this time getting down to a 1m19.077s. That's less than three tenths shy of Red Bull-Honda's best lap of the first week already.
New fastest first sector for Gasly now after a cool-down lap.
Hulkenberg brings the Renault back to the pits to halt what ended up being a 15-lap run.
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Gasly strings together new fastest times of all in the second and third sectors to improve his benchmark time to a 1m19.323s.
Hulkenberg is up to 14 laps on this run, incidentally. A good start to the day for Renault, which had difficult racking up laps at times last week.
Gasly has returned to the track on C3s, while Hamilton takes the Mercedes back out on a set of C2s.
Albon, who no longer has a Haas in his mirrors as Magnussen has dropped back, goes fifth on his next lap of 1m22.001s.
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Albon's first lap on the board in this second test is a 1m24.392s. Magnussen, who's stalking the Toro Rosso down the straight, is faster again on that lap with a 1m20.358s.
Albon heads onto a first flying lap on C5s, as Magnussen jump up into second on a 1m20.515s.
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Stroll returns to the pits on what appeared to be a band-less C5 tyre.
It's a C2 tyre for Magnussen, who pops up into third with a 1m21.512s.
Stroll and Albon have also headed back out.
Magnussen has joined Hulkenberg on track and is on one of the harder compounds, which we weren't able to identify as it flashed past the pits for the first time.
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But the one-man band does his best to keep the modest smattering of fans in the grandstand (and us) happy by staying out and improving on that lap. The Renault's new best time is a 1m21.728s.
Leclerc brings that five-lap stint on C3s to an end, leaving only Hulkenberg out on track.
The Ferrari driver improves again on his net lap to a 1m20.830s, which brings him within a second of Gasly's early benchmark.
Leclerc, incidentally, has popped up into second on a 1m21.227s.
But Gasly's also in the mood to tease us, and follows Giovinazzi back to the pits.
Gasly did a massive cool down lap, but is going for it again now and sets two more fastest sector times.
Hulkenberg goes up to second on a 1m22.456s, as Leclerc - on the C3 tyres as well - slots into third with his first timed lap of the day.
Leclerc has headed round for a flying lap too, but Stroll brings the Racing Point back to the pits.
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Gasly's first effort is a 1m19.973s - comfortably fastest of all so far. Giovinazzi slots into third, one second behind Hamilton and a further second clear of Hulkenberg.
Leclerc and Stroll have also headed out, as Gasly sets a new benchmark in the second sector too.
Gasly's straight down to business with the fastest first sector of all in the Red Bull.
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All three of them head round for a flying lap, and all three are on C3 tyres.
Hulkenberg breaks the silence by heading out in the Renault, and is swiftly followed by Giovinazzi and Gasly.
Bit of blistering spotted on the tyres as Hamilton returns to his box. It's all quiet out there now for the first time since the start of the session.
Hamilton pits to bring an end to what was a six-lap run.
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Hamilton has definitely backed off now, which has helped us to identify he is on the C5 tyre, not the C4 as we indicated earlier.
By: Geoff Creighton
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