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Barcelona F1 test two day three

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The Toro Rosso rookie is quicker again next time by, setting a 1m23.376s. But Magnussen looks as though he's going to go quicker.
Albon goes comfortably quickest of all with a 1m26.529s, as the Toro Rosso kicks up a whole lot of sparks down the main straight.
Giovinazzi is back in this time round and is called straight into the Sauber garage, but Magnussen heads out again in the Haas.
C4s are Toro Rosso's early weapon of choice, as Albon heads over the start/finish line to start a first timed lap.
Albon is also back on track for Toro Rosso, as Giovinazzi drives through the pits and Gasly brings the Red Bull back to the garage.
Hamilton comes in for a quick stop after that first 'lap', but heads straight back out on the C3 tyre.
Giovinazzi also takes the Alfa out for the first time, so it's just the Ferrari of Leclerc that we're yet to see.
Gasly has joined Hamilton out on track, and out-does the Mercedes driver in the aero-rake stakes by two to one.
We have a first time on the board - but don't get too excited. Hamilton's first timed run is a 2m01.389s.
Hamilton does go round for a second lap, heading past us along the main straight at a constant speed.
Hamilton heads out on the mid-range C3 tyre. He's also got one of those trusty aero rakes fitted to the left-hand side of the Mercedes, behind the front tyre.
Norris is also heading back to the garage after that extra lap.
Magnussen heads straight back in after a standard first lap on inters, while Russell, Albon, Hulkenberg and Stroll are also back in.
Norris heads straight onto a flying lap on the softest C5 compound.
Green flag at the end of the pitlane. The penultimate day of pre-season testing is underway!
All that and more is covered in our recap of yesterday's action.

Watch below

But over at Williams it's still an uphill battle for the team that looks firmly at the back of the grid.

Kubica and Russell have managed a good number of laps this week, but Williams is still playing catch up.
Kubica: Time running out for F1 '19 preparation work Williams needs
The midfield battle is continuing to fascinate and its still tricky to pick out who's the leading contender.

Renault focussed on its long run programme yesterday while its rivals managed to go for red-walled performance runs late in the afternoon.

It sounds promising at Alfa:
Raikkonen starting to figure out Alfa Romeo's 2019 F1 car set-up
Mercedes managed to make up good ground yesterday, giving Hamilton a full race simulation in the afternoon after Bottas clocked 75 laps in the morning.

Running its Australian GP-spec car, Mercedes is beginning to get back to its usual testing form after a shaky start by its own high standards.
So what are we looking for today?

Ferrari needs to get Leclerc a decent day's work after he managed just one lap following Vettel's crash yesterday morning.

On top of that, Leclerc lost running on Tuesday while Ferrari checked its cooling system.

By: Geoff Creighton

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