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Bottas's latest is 1m23.788s on his 10th lap of the stint. Nudging towards the 1m24s but doing so gradually.
We remarked that Hamilton's long run pace this morning looked strong too.
We remarked that Hamilton's long run pace this morning looked strong too.
Russell comes in, so we won't know the answer to that last question.
Russell's latest is a 1m27.404s. An anomaly perhaps or quite a bit of drop-off?
Bottas is already up to 10 laps for the afternoon.
Russell's now hit a 1m26.585s, Bottas still in the mid-1m23s.
Just Bottas and Russell on track, so fairly quiet right now.
Russell's nudging the higher ends of the 1m25s now, lapping in 1m25.883s on his sixth lap.
Good consistency from Bottas, his next lap is a 1m23.265s as Russell continues to lap in the 1m25s on the C3s.
Stroll isn't though, because he's pitted.
Another 1m23s lap for Bottas, this time a 1m23.133s. That's his fifth lap on this stint, so he looks in for a long run.
Three cars on track and we're not exactly hearing a hive of activity below in the pits.
Bottas completes his third lap in the mid-1m23s.
Russell is consistently lapping about eight tenths slower than Stroll is on the same compound, early on.
Tough to say what their programmes are, and the level of fuel onboard, is at this stage of the afternoon.
Tough to say what their programmes are, and the level of fuel onboard, is at this stage of the afternoon.
Bottas ends up over half a second slower than his first timed lap in the end, particularly slower last sector.
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Stroll continues to lap in the 1m24s range as Bottas sets a better second sector for himself this time around.
Bottas clocks his first timed lap of the day in 1m22.883s.
After the morning's performance runs for most teams, it means he's propping up the time sheets.
After the morning's performance runs for most teams, it means he's propping up the time sheets.
Russell hits a 1m25.272s lap early in this stint.
Bottas completes his outlap.
Stroll improves a bit on his last lap, it's a 1m24.430s.
And Bottas is straight back out again.
Bottas comes in after his install lap, so no time on the board just yet.
Stroll's first lap is a 1m25.550s as Racing Point clears 40 laps.
That team hasn't really got the mileage it would have liked in testing so far this year.
That team hasn't really got the mileage it would have liked in testing so far this year.
Stroll comes across the line at a casual pace on a set of C3s too. Three in a row.
Bottas is out and is on the shiny C3s.
Russell's gone past our window running some C3 tyres.
Just like that, we have two cars. Racing Point send Stroll out for a...stroll.
Good thing too, because we had been passing the time counting how many 'Go Max' banners we could see in the grandstand.
For the record, it's nine.
For the record, it's nine.
Finally, a car! Russell heads out on track.
No pitguns now, it's very quiet.
We can hear a few pitguns at work. It's all very exciting.
And no-one rushes out to start proceedings. Clearly a long lunch strategy at work.
Green flag
And we go green for the start of the session.
Will we get an idea of how Ferrari and Mercedes stack up this afternoon?
Fernando Alonso was back in the paddock this week, as McLaren announced he would take up an ambassadorial role with the team and will test its 2019 car.
Autosport's Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell explain the background to this story, plus what it tells us about Alonso's motivation and how serious he still is about F1 despite not being on the grid this year
Autosport's Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell explain the background to this story, plus what it tells us about Alonso's motivation and how serious he still is about F1 despite not being on the grid this year
Expect Bottas to replace Hamilton in the Mercedes and Ricciardo to drive the Renault.
Remember Ferrari altered its driver line-up so Leclerc will stay in the car this afternoon.
Remember Ferrari altered its driver line-up so Leclerc will stay in the car this afternoon.
Ready for another round of 'watch cars go by, figure out which tyre'? We certainly are. Just under 10 minutes to go until the afternoon session kicks off.
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