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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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The C4 compound is the Renault's weapon of choice.
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As Thursday's session clicks into its final hour, let's take another look at the lap count.

Leclerc - 126
Russell - 119
Stroll - 103
Albon - 94
Hamilton - 85
Bottas - 80
Hulkenberg - 73
Norris - 72
Gasly - 65
Giovinazzi - 60
Magnussen - 53
Ricciardo - 43
Nothing to report other than that Ricciardo's first timed effort is a 1m21.910s.
Russell is also heading out for another run in the Williams. He's already at 120 laps for the day.
Ricciardo does another couple of 1m21.9s as Bottas heads out on the C3 tyres.
Russell looks to half our team as though he's on C1s, while the other was more confident it was a set of C2s. Giovinazzi is definitely on the C2s as he comes past the pits, while Albon is back out in the Toro Rosso.
Albon is on C2s for this run, while we're more and more confident Russell is out on C1s.
Haas klaxon. Grosjean has headed out for his first lap of the day after an exhaust issue stopped the team from sending the car out post-lunch.
Bottas is straight down into the 1m19s on his run, and is about to match team-mate Hamilton's tally of 85 laps.
Grosjean is on C3s for this run.
Norris also joins the action in the McLaren.
Grosjean gets a first lap time on the board. It's a 1m18.960s for the Haas driver.
Most of the seven cars out there are in long-run territory in terms of pace. Lots of 1m23s and 1m24s on the board.
Ricciardo pits from a fairly short run on which he was a long way short of his best.
Another improvement was on the cards for Grosjean, until he backed off in the final sector.
Albon beats the 100-lap mark as well for Toro Rosso - he's up to 102 for the day.
Leclerc is back out in the Ferrari now to add to his 127-lap tally.
Bottas comes into the pits and drives straight past the Mercedes garage and back out. Ricciardo is also out circulating again in the Renault.
Leclerc posts a 1m19.652s on the first lap of this run.
Scott Mitchell
A few eagle eyes here may have spotted Red Bull dismantling its pitwall in the last hour following Gasly's heavy crash.

I've spoken to the team who inform me it was "always dismantling it today as we don’t need it for tomorrow. We’re not going home."

The equipment is headed back to the factory for practice on Monday.
The Ferrari is out on the C4 tyre at the moment.
Grosjean has returned to the pits after logging an initial nine laps in the Haas since his late start.
Ricciardo is in the 1m23s on this latest run on the C4 tyre.
Ages ago we promised a count of the Hamilton support flags, and we can tell you there's seven.

Ferrari has three, but it comfortably dwarfs the size of the Verstappen support.

In the all important rankings, that's:
1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Ferrari
But in the real battle on track, there's not a lot to report beyond a lot of 1m24s laps at this stage.

Ricciardo still goes against the grain with his C4 runs. Everyone else on the longer runs.
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With just under 30 minutes of Thursday's running left, let's take a penultimate look at the lap count.

Russell - 136
Leclerc - 134
Albon - 110
Stroll - 103
Bottas - 91
Hamilton - 85
Norris - 84
Hulkenberg - 73
Giovinazzi - 68
Gasly - 65
Ricciardo - 58
Magnussen - 53
Grosjean - 9
Albon, Ricciardo and Russell on track.
Grosjean's back out and will take his afternoon total to 10 laps.
Bit busy in the pits as Russell and Leclerc head out almost nose to tail.
A better look at Stroll's stricken Racing Point that caused the earlier red flag.

A better look at Stroll's stricken Racing Point that caused the earlier red flag.

Grosjean does a rare thing in this last hour - sets a best sector. He does so in the first.
But Grosjean backs off heavily in the second and third sector, meaning there's no improvement.
Red flag
And we've got a late red flag.
It's Leclerc who's caused it.
And here's the stranded Ferrari

And here's the stranded Ferrari

We've had a second angle and it's clear Leclerc has stopped in the same spot as Stroll did earlier.
Getting close to the final 10 minutes of the session now.

By: Geoff Creighton

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