Barcelona F1 test two day three
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New personal bests for Stroll and Giovinazzi in the first sector.
Giovinazzi gets up to sixth and ahead of Stroll - who can't improve - with a 1m18.577s on a set of C3s.
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Time for another lap count:
Hamilton, 29
Hulkenberg, 28
Albon, 27
Magnussen, 24
Giovinazzi, 21
Gasly, 18
Stroll, 18
Leclerc, 17
Norris, 12
Russell, 11
Hamilton, 29
Hulkenberg, 28
Albon, 27
Magnussen, 24
Giovinazzi, 21
Gasly, 18
Stroll, 18
Leclerc, 17
Norris, 12
Russell, 11
Hamilton heads into the pits, but drives straight past the Mercedes garage and up to the pit exit to practice a start.
Magnussen sets a new personal best second sector now, and improves to a 1m18.834s on the C3.
Russell is back out on track, as is Gasly in the Red Bull.
Hamilton has headed back to the garage after that run. We made it an eight-lap stint on the C2s.
Russell gets his first timed lap of the day on the board, setting a 1m20.342s with his first effort on C4s. That puts him at the bottom of the pile for now.
New personal best in the first sector for Gasly on this lap.
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It's C3s for the Red Bull driver, who shoots to the top of the times thanks to a new overall fastest time in the final sector. A new benchmark of 1m17.911s.
Norris finds a bit more speed in the McLaren, setting a 1m19.177s.
Gasly might be on for another improvement here. His first sector time is only a fraction slower than his best, while he sets a new personal best in the second sector.
He's a full six tenths slower in the final sector, though, so misses out on an improvement.
Norris gets up to eighth with a 1m18.748s. He's on the C2 tyre on this run.
Hulkenberg sets the fastest second sector of all...
But the Renault driver is seven tenths down on his best in the final sector, so doesn't improve.
Just Gasly, Hulkenberg and Magnussen out on track now.
Three becomes two as Hulkenberg heads back in.
Action down below us now as Gasly comes in. Red Bull practices a pitstop before taking the car back into the garage.
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Norris heads out to keep Magnussen company.
New personal best of 22.011s in the first sector for Norris on this lap, and his second sector is the fastest of all!
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That helps the McLaren driver to go fastest of all, with a new benchmark of 1m17.838s on the mid-range C3 tyre.
Norris is straight back to the pits after that lap. Efficient.
And Magnussen is in now after a fairly long stint. The track is silent for a matter of moments, though, as Hulkenberg heads back out in the Renault.
Norris is quickly back out there in the McLaren, too.
Hulkenberg puts in a new personal best in the first sector and goes fastest of all in sector two.
Giovinazzi and Stroll have also headed back out.
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It's a new fastest time of all from Hulkenberg, who goes to the top of the pile on a 1m17.496s on the softest compound C5 tyre. Norris is going even faster in the first sector, though.
There's no immediate response from the McLaren, though, as Norris falls short through the next two sectors.
Giovinazzi improves to a 1m18.559s but stays seventh on the C3, while Stroll - who looked as though he was on the harder C2 - doesn't improve.
Russell is out on the C4 and improves his best lap time. It's a 1m19.232s for the Williams driver this time round, although he stays at the bottom of the pile for the time being.
Stroll is in fact on the C3 tyre.
Russell follows up his C5 quick run with a cool down lap.
And the Williams driver then sets a personal best in the first sector.
He slowed significantly in the second sector though and then pits.
Gasly heads back out on track on used C3 tyres, joining Giovinazzi on track.
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Giovinazzi was four tenths slower than his best the last time around, having been consistently lapping in the high 1m29-31s.
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