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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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Russell avoids becoming the seventh driver to set a lap time by bringing the Williams back into the pits. We still have two cars on track, though, as Magnussen has headed back out in the Haas.
Albon makes a quick visit to the pits before heading back out on his merry way. Why stop clocking up the laps?
Yep, it's still there.
Russell is back out in the Williams, but we can't spot whether he's still sporting the game-changing rake at the moment.
The Toro Rosso had gone a bit unnoticed before this fast run, but Albon is up to 15 laps already this morning - the most anyone has racked up.

Is Williams overcompensating for something with this massive aero rake?

Albon couldn't improve on his latest lap, but did set a new fastest time of all through the second sector.
Giovinazzi brings the Alfa back in, and Gasly is soon up on trays below us at Red Bull. Just Albon left out there now.
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Albon is also fastest in the second sector, and completes the set with the best time of all through sector three to set a new 1m18.535s benchmark.
Albon goes fastest of all in the first sector. He's got the unmarked development tyre on at the moment.
Gasly is back out. Anyone want to have a guess which tyre he's on? (It's the C3)
Leclerc brings the Ferrari straight back in, having completed the first run on C5 tyres. Back he goes behind the screens.
Giovinazzi improves to a 1m21.323s in the Alfa.
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With 30 minutes of the day already in the books, here’s your first lap count:

Magnussen, 13
Hulkenberg, 12
Albon, 9
Hamilton, 9
Giovinazzi, 7
Stroll, 5
Norries, 4
Russell, 4
Gasly 6,
Leclerc, 0
There's the Ferrari for the first time today. Leclerc heads out for the first of what Ferrari will hope is many laps given its lack of running yesterday.
Magnussen immediately makes our previous post redundant by heading in, as Russell heads back out in the Williams.
He's one of three drivers still out there at the moment. Magnussen is still lapping, as is Giovinazzi.
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Stroll makes good on those promising sector times and leaps to the top of the pile with a 1m19.138s.
Stroll also gets his first time on the board. It's a 1m24.811s for the Racing Point driver, who now goes fastest of all in the first and second sectors.
Giovinazzi gets his first timed lap on the board, registering a 1m23.701s that puts him fourth in the early order.
Stroll, on C2 tyres, pulls out of the Haas's draft heading over the start/finish line to start a first flying lap.
Not a lot to report from the opening half hour, but two drivers - Magnussen and Hulkenberg - are already up to 11 laps for the day.
Out goes Stroll for his first bit of running since his initial sighting lap.
Giovinazzi heads back out as Gasly brings the Red Bull - which had been on unmarked tyres - back to the garage.
Gasly visited the pits last time round, but has stayed out with those HUGE rakes on this lap.
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Magnussen couldn't quite improve on his previous lap, but is faster on the next. A 1m20.484s puts him back at the top of the pile.

It appears that Hamilton actually had an early spin down at the Turn 10 hairpin 

Russell has C4s fitted to the Williams, which is also sporting a couple of aero rakes.
For a second lap in a row, Albon heads back to the pits and drives straight through.
Gasly has gone out once more, and Russell is also on track for the first time since his initial installation lap.
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But Hulkenberg deposes the Haas with a 1m20.646s on the harder C2 tyre. It's all go!
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Magnussen goes faster still at the head of the order - his new best is a 1m20.766s. He's setting these times on the unmarked tyre.
Norris brings the McLaren back into the pits on the C5 tyre.

 A brief excursion for Hamilton during his early laps
Another marginal improvement for the Toro Rosso, which now has a fastest time of 1m22.792s.
Hulkenberg is just 0.004s slower than the Toro Rosso with his first effort.
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Magnussen does go quickest of all on a 1m21.312s. Albon also improves, setting a new personal best of 1m22.985s.
Norris and Hulkenberg are also back out on track.

By: Geoff Creighton

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