Barcelona F1 test two day three
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And he sets one in the second sector too.
He improves to go up to fifth with a time of 1m17.493s.
Best of all, the timing screen accepts the time.
It's all coming up Ricciardo.
Best of all, the timing screen accepts the time.
It's all coming up Ricciardo.
Bottas is out again and this time its on a shiny set of C3s.
Ben Anderson
The Williams looks much better than it did two days ago, and Russell is clearly more confident, but watching Leclerc hunt him down it’s clear the car lacks downforce. The tell tale sign is the big lift Russell needs to get through Campsa. Leclerc is barely bleeding off the throttle by comparison - sounds pretty close to flat out in the Ferrari.
Cool down lap follows for Ricciardo as he tours in 1m38.224s.
Bottas sets a personal best time in the first sector.
And he does improve, lapping in 1m18.862s. He's in 12th place and over half a second off Magnussen in 11th.
Considering how good Mercedes is looking on the long runs, we doubt it cares too much about the leaderboard.
Considering how good Mercedes is looking on the long runs, we doubt it cares too much about the leaderboard.
Ricciardo ends that little C4 blast (get it?).
Stroll heads out.
Stroll heads out.
Stroll looks to be on the C1 tyre, but we'll check again when he laps us.
Into the last 90 minutes of running and there's still no Red Bull or Haas on track.
We could probably shoehorn in an energy drink joke about those two, but we've missed the boat.
Bottas is again looking quick, he's set a personal best in the first sector once more.
But he falls short of improving again, this time it's a 1m19.550s lap.
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We've reached the halfway point of hour three of the afternoon session. Time for a lap count update.
Leclerc - 120
Russell - 108
Albon - 94
Stroll - 91
Hamilton - 85
Bottas - 76
Hulkenberg - 73
Norris - 72
Gasly - 65
Giovinazzi - 60
Magnussen - 53
Ricciardo - 38
Leclerc - 120
Russell - 108
Albon - 94
Stroll - 91
Hamilton - 85
Bottas - 76
Hulkenberg - 73
Norris - 72
Gasly - 65
Giovinazzi - 60
Magnussen - 53
Ricciardo - 38
Leclerc, Stroll, Russell and Bottas currently on track.
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Ricciardo heads back out again.
The boss watches on
Ben Anderson
Good to catch a glimpse of the Mercedes at last (the car's oil leak prevented me seeing it running on Tuesday). Looks as though it’s a bit behind the Ferrari as things stand. Decent, as you’d expect, but looks a bit lazier and not as responsive to a change of direction through Turns 7 and 8. That understeer could be the result of running heavier of course, but considering the Ferrari is running a harder tyre at the moment it definitely looks the slightly faster prospect to me right now.
Ricciardo is going for another strong run, it's a personal best in the first sector once again.
Bottas came into the pits, but he's heading straight back out via a practice start.
Ricciardo sets another personal best in the second sector.
And he improves to a 1m17.204s running the C5 tyre. He stays fifth in the times.
Russell is also back out on track.
Bottas is back in again, this time to make a proper stop and there's a good plume of smoke off the rear brakes as he came in.
Mercedes had the fire extinguisher to hand, but it certainly wasn't needed in the end.
Mercedes had the fire extinguisher to hand, but it certainly wasn't needed in the end.
Leclerc, Stroll and Russell are sharing the track now.
Russell's back on the C2 tyre for this run.
Just Stroll and Russell on track now.
Stroll's just cleared 100 laps which is the first time Racing Point has passed that marker in pre-season testing.
Both Russell and Stroll are lapping in the 1m23s as they rack up the long run mileage.
Stroll is now dipping back into the 1m22s, which is stronger than his earlier long runs which often featured 1m24s laps.
Red flag
And we have a red flag.
Going off the timing screens, Stroll is the cause.
CCTV clashes with a bit of lowering sun, but it looks like Stroll has stopped at Turn 9
The recovery of Stroll's car is well underway.
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The Racing Point team is ready in its pitbox to receive Stroll's car, which is heading up the pitlane now.
Green flag
With the Racing Point back in the pitlane, the green flag is shown once again. There's 55 minutes left in the session now.
Ricciardo has headed back out in the Renault.
By: Geoff Creighton
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