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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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Norris is around again, this time it's 1m23.742s, the McLaren man is lapping consistently in that range.

Hamilton's on the C3 compound for this latest stint, by the way.
Albon's found an improvement this time, it's a 1m17.279s that keeps him in third.
Norris ends his stint after what we make to be 12 laps.
Giovinazzi and Russell have just recently joined the track and have both set personal bests in the opening sector.
They both set more personal bests in the second sector too.
And Giovinazzi uses the C4 tyre to go sixth with a time of 1m17.969s.

Russell is on the same compound and narrowly falls short of improving his time, lapping in 1m19.270s.
Stroll's latest run looks to be on the C5 this time.
Magnussen is back out for Haas.
Gasly completes his outlap and is back on the C5.
Leclerc follows Gasly in returning to the track.
Russell completes a cool down lap and then is straight back on the attack, another personal best in the first sector for the Williams driver.

Magnussen comes by us on the C4 tyre.
Leclerc is at a bit of a contrast to the others and is on the harder C2 tyre.
Russell misses out on improving by three tenths this time around.
Leclerc first flying lap is enough for him to find time.

He shoots to third with a 1m17.253s lap as Gasly pits.
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Norris returns to the track.
Leclerc jumping that high up the order on the C2 must have raised a smile at Ferrari.
Hamilton is back out for Mercedes, too.
Leclerc's set his personal best second sector now.
Bit of a tease there from the Ferrari man, who pits at the end of that lap.

Spoilsport.
Norris is on the C3 compound as he completes his first flying lap in 1m24.309s.
The McLaren driver has the freedom of the Barcelona circuit as the only man on track.
Hulkenberg decides he wants a piece of the action and joins Norris on track.
Albon's back out now to make it three cars on track.
Hulkenberg appears to be on the C5s this time.
Albon is also running the C5s. Nothing exciting to report in terms of lap times though.

Norris is doing 1m22s on his current stint, Hulkenberg 1m23s.
Russell is joining the field again.
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Albon uses the C5 to go fastest, it's a 1m16.981s.

He's the first driver to break into the 1m16s.
Meanwhile Russell is using the C4 tyre for this run.
Leclerc and Giovinazzi head out to make it a fairly busy track now.
Albon celebrates his fastest time by coming into the pits.
Russell's looking quicker, setting personal bests in the first two sectors.
And he is. Russell breaks into the 1m18s with a 1m18.896s effort.
Leclerc is now out on the C4s after his earlier eye-catching C2 run.

Hamilton's out on some shiny C3s.
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With the opening session of the day motoring along at a fair rate, let's take a look at the current lap count.

Hamilton - 55
Magnussen - 53
Albon - 52
Norris - 51
Hulkenberg - 51
Giovinazzi - 44
Gasly - 38
Stroll - 37
Leclerc - 37
Russell - 34
Leclerc is fastest of all in the second sector now.
He goes second on his first attempt, the Ferrari driver's 1m17.056s is less than a tenth off Albon.
Giovinazzi improves too, setting a 1m17.639s on the C4.
Russell does another 'set-a-personal-best-sector-but-fall-short' lap, this time it's a 1m19.413s.
Russell pits after that last lap.

By: Geoff Creighton

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