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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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The timing screens indicate Hamilton has had a lap deleted for cutting the chicane, but not his best lap, so he remains 11th on a 1m20.068s.
Vettel's Ferrari in action (LAT)

Vettel's Ferrari in action (LAT)

Vettel, who is now up to 120 laps for the day, is on a race sim, his pitboard indicating he has 30 laps to go.
Magnussen is now into three figures on lap count, 103 down for the Dane.
Edd Straw
The Haas is looking like a consistent car. Mid-corner at Campsa it can't quite carry the speed, but it's turning in responsively enough and not doing anything unexpected.
Edd Straw
Perez has a moment coming into Campsa after the car didn't turn in as he hoped. Got it under control easily enough but cost a bit of momentum. 
Verstappen follows Perez through Campsa and deploys the DRS, but isn't quite able to make it past on the run to Turn 10.
Edd Straw
Stroll is leaning heavily on the Williams at the exit, having some bumpy rides over the exit curve before opening the DRS. The car doesn't look great mid-corner but he's not carrying in too bad a speed level. By comparison, the Sauber doesn't look that quick but is consistent in the hands of Ericsson in terms of what it's doing. That maybe suggests a car that's ok but not great on downforce levels.
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Full lap count update:

Vettel 108
Verstappen 106
Gasly 102
Bottas 97
Magnussen 94
Perez 83
Hulkenberg 79
Ericsson 79
Kubica 73
Vandoorne 64
Hamilton 24
Sainz 15
Stroll 9
Vettel, Verstappen and Gasly have all surpassed the 100-lap mark for the day, too.
Busy track right now - all teams are on track, barring Renault.
Here's a trackside-eye view from our very own Stuart Codling

Here's a trackside-eye view from our very own Stuart Codling

Edd Straw
Moving round to the fast Campsa right-hander, it's interesting to get a feel for the mid-corner speed. Hamilton is able to turn in decisively in the Merc and carry good speed, The Red Bull is also strong. The McLaren looking good for most of the corner, although does give up a little bit at the exit.
Sainz moves clear of Stroll with a 1m20.277s, two tenths slower than Hamilton's best on the same tyre.
Hamilton passes Gasly's Toro Rosso on the inside in the final part of the Turn 4 right-hander.
Edd Straw
Interestingly, the Ferrari seems to be bottoming out a lot in Turn 3. 
Hamilton improves again and picks up a spot at Stroll's expense with that 1m20.068s.
Sainz also finding time, edging closer to the 1m21s mark.
Edd Straw
The Ferrari was pretty consistent through Turn 3 on its recent laps. Didn't look quite as sure footed as the Red Bull and the direction changes out of 2 and into 3 were sometimes slightly uncertain. But as Vettel settled into the run, became much more planted.
It's Mercedes that leads overall however, with Hamilton adding 14 laps to Bottas' haul of 97 from the morning. The world champion goes just 0.001s shy of Stroll with his latest effort.
Vettel looks to be heading for today's first spot in the '100 club', with 96 laps down in the Ferrari. Verstappen is hot on his heels with 94 logged so far, though.
Back to the garage for Stroll, who's completed his first laps of the day

Back to the garage for Stroll, who's completed his first laps of the day

Stuart Codling
The Force India makes a very strange whistling noise as it goes along - wonder if that's because of the nostril treatment at the front. It sounds a lot like a balloon going down! 
Also circulating right now are Vettel, Magnussen, Gasly, Perez and Verstappen. Track temperature is 25C, ambient 15C.
A couple more personal bests for Sainz, albeit so minor as to be barely worth mentioning. He's still four seconds off the pace.
Improvement there for Sainz, who works his way down to a 1m21.281s but remains bottom of the pile.
Edd Straw
Sainz is able to carry good speed into Turn 3 in the Renault, although it is giving up on him a little and sending him slightly wider on the run out of the corner compared to the top cars.
Sainz's first timed lap of the day - using mediums - is a 1m22.603s, good only for 13th.
Carlos Sainz Jr emerges for the first time today in the Renault.
A 1m20.422s effort by Stroll puts him 11th ahead of Hamilton.
Edd Straw
The Red Bull is looking planted. A bit lazy, so suspect it's on a reasonable fuel load. But Verstappen is able to turn in decisively and, other than a few laps ago when he tried to follow the Mercedes through Turn 3, he's able to hold a good line through the corner.
Stroll nudges into the 1m20s now, but needs to find three tenths to overhaul Hamilton for 11th.
Edd Straw
Watching up at the fast Turn 3 right-hander, which is a great corner for getting a feel for the car balance and downforce levels, Gasly in the Toro Rosso is having to lift a little on the way in. He's experimenting with it, but he's not able just to turn in and commit as the top cars are able to.
Stroll knocks more than a second off that time round, but remains 12th. Vettel meanwhile has officially left the pits.
Stroll opens his account with a 1m22.459s, set using softs.

By: Geoff Creighton

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