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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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Hamilton's consistently in the 1m20s on those C3s, looking like another longer run.
Stopwatch
Albon betters his own time to a 1m16.882s on a new set of C5s, shaving nine thousandths off his old benchmark.
Leclerc has come in, but heads down to the end of the pitlane to do a practice start.
Just Albon, Leclerc, Norris and Hamilton on track now.
Norris is now into the 1m24s, so he's fairly late into his stint on the C3s you would imagine.
Russell is back out again for Williams.
Leclerc heads back in for Ferrari.
Albon pits as Russell sets a personal best in the second sector.
And Russell improves on his best time, making it a 1m18.616s on the C5s.

He is still at the foot of the time sheets for now though.
Hulkenberg heads out, Hamilton's still in the 1m20s after around nine laps on the C3.
Norris ends his longer run stint, while Leclerc and Hulkenberg head out.
We've been able to deduce from Hamilton's pit board that he has three laps left on this current stint on the mid-range C3s.
Leclerc is fastest of all in the first sector.
Not quite in the second, but he still improves to a 1m16.949s.

We're not sure if it was on the C4s or the C5s yet.
Giovinazzi is out again in the Alfa.
Hamilton's now dipped into the 1m21s for the first time with two laps of his stint left.
Leclerc's time was set on the C4.
Gasly is heading out again on the C5s, while Hulkenberg completes a run on the lesser-spotted C1s.
Albon - on the C4s - Gasly and Russell are running down the pitlane to join C5-wearing Giovinazzi and Hamilton on track.
Russell begins his first lap on the C5s.
Giovinazzi and Hamilton both end their stints as we hit the last 30 minutes of the morning session.
The Alfa stops at the pit entry.
Russell improves to a 1m18.348s, which brings him to just within a few tenths of Magnussen ahead.
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With just half an hour of the first session to go, let's take another look at the lap charts.

Hamilton - 70
Albon - 62
Norris - 59
Hulkenberg - 58
Magnussen - 53
Giovinazzi - 49
Leclerc - 43
Russell - 42
Gasly - 41
Stroll - 37
Gasly comes in after a very short latest run on C5s, as current second-place man Leclerc heads back out.
Hulkenberg comes in only to go back out, while Leclerc is also back out on what looks like a set of C5s.
Leclerc sets a new fastest time in the second sector...
Stopwatch
... and Leclerc goes fastest with a 1m16.658s! Ferrari back on top.
Hulkenberg is still circulating on those C1s, just to be a bit indie. We've also seen Giovinazzi walking back down the pitlane underneath us after the Alfa mechanics came to meet him at the pit entry.
Albon comes in, but Russell and Hamilton have both headed back out. We couldn't see Russell's tyres, but Hamilton is on the mid-range C3.
Pit stop
Leclerc brings the Ferrari back into the garage after that pacesetting run on the C5s.
Hulkenberg makes another visit to the pits, but this time comes to a stop and is wheeled back in.
Russell moves off the bottom of the pile with the first flying lap of this latest run on C5s. A 1m18.130s puts him seven hundredths ahead of Magnussen.
Russell returns to the pitlane immediately after that run.
Albon takes the Toro Rosso for another run, and Leclerc is also back out on track.
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Looks as though Mercedes intends for Hamilton to complete another seven laps on this run on the C3s. He's currently lapping in the mid-1m20s.
Leclerc is on C5s for this run - perhaps another attempt to beat his best lap? Albon is on C4s.

By: Geoff Creighton

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