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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Bottas,Mercedes,1m19.532s,M
Vettel,Ferrari,1m17.182s,HS
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m19.842s,S
Perez,Force India,1m19.634s,HS
Kubica,Williams,1m19.629s,SS
Hulkenberg,Renault,1m18.675s,HS
Gasly,Toro Rosso,1m18.363s,HS
Magnussen,Haas,1m18.360s,SS
Vandoorne,McLaren,1m18.855s,HS
Ericsson,Sauber,1m19.244s,HS
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m19.575s,M
Stroll,Williams,1m20.262s,US
Sainz,Renault,1m18.725s,HS
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That's a wrap for today's testing action. We'll have more coverage this evening on Autosport and Motorsport.com, and will of course be back for full coverage of the final day of testing tomorrow, but for now we'll leave you with the full report from Thursday's running:

Formula 1 testing: Vettel's Ferrari stays fastest with record lap

Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari on top by over a second of the penultimate day of pre-season Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, as nobody got close to his unofficial lap record

Formula 1 testing: Vettel's Ferrari stays fastest with record lap
As Scott Mitchell openly admits, here's a terrible photo of a practice start

As Scott Mitchell openly admits, here's a terrible photo of a practice start

Vandoorne cruises down the start/finish straight and gives a wave. There's going to be another standing start practice in a minute.
Perez takes the chequered flag. That's 156 laps in the books for Force India today. There's not going to be any late improvements though.
Vettel is now parked next to the Toro Rosso pit. He pulled out from his stop and sat parked there for a bit. He has got going again now.
Checkered flag
And that's the chequered flag.
Ericsson is still pounding round, starting his 146th lap of the day.
Verstappen back in for another practice stop, but he's held in his pit bay before they start the change. He pulls forward, stops then is backed into the garage.
Vettel comes in for a practice pitstop, which was a bit slow. He heads back out.
Final five minutes. Anyone fancy ending the day a low-fuel, hypersoft blaze of glory?
Gasly comes in for some pitstop practice and leaves in a noisy fashion. That Honda might be running well but it sounds a bit...primitive.
Magnussen's back on track after a 1h45m spell in the garage.

Whatever the stoppage at the end of the pitlane, it's out of the way now. Vettel's Ferrari is back in the garage though.
There was also a car stopped towards the end of the pitlane, triggering yellow flags, but we can't see which it is from here.
Hmm, that's odd. Vettel pulled away from the Ferrari garage then stopped and reversed down again...

Another Verstappen pitstop, and Vettel also comes in for a change of tyres.
We also spotted Vandoorne weaving aggressively on the start-finish straight, sparks flying from the underneath of the McLaren.
Verstappen comes in for more pitstop practice and stalls on his departure, then gets away properly. Ferrari also prepared for a Vettel stop but its driver carried on round.

Sainz back in for keeps as Verstappen comes in for a pitstop then heads out on his merry way.
Sainz rolled through the pitlane on that last lap, while Vandoorne has hit the track again in the McLaren.

Vettel, Gasly, Sainz, Ericsson, Verstappen and Stroll are the drivers on track as we head into the final 20 minutes.
And that lap from Stroll is 0.012s faster than his best. He stays 13th.
Much slower lap from Stroll so maybe he's about to push again.
That lap from Stroll, which looked to be on ultrasofts, was 0.008s slower than his best.

By: Geoff Creighton

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