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By: Geoff Creighton

Summary

Status: Stopped
Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m22.175s, S
Bottas, Mercedes, 1m19.705s, US
Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m21.153s, S
Vettel, Ferrari, 1m19.952s, S
Celis, Force India, 1m23.568s, SS
Stroll, Williams, 1m22.351s, S
Alonso, McLaren, 1m22.598s, US
Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m23.952s, M
Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1m23.540s, M
Grosjean, Haas, 1m22.118s, SS
Hulkenberg, Renault, 1m21.791s, S
Palmer, Renault, 1m21.396s, S
Ericsson, Sauber, 1m21.824s, SS
Thanks for tuning in, see you then.
We'll bring you more from Barcelona throughout the afternoon and evening, and see you again tomorrow for the final day of the first test.
 
We have a full set of red dots on the timing screen, which means all 10 cars are in the pits.
 
We'll just make sure everyone gets back safely, given that Stroll went off after the chequered flag came out for the lunchbreak.
Chequered flag. Day three at Barcelona is complete, with Bottas fastest thanks to his run on ultra-softs. But was Ferrari the real star of today, just 0.2s back on softs?
No sign of any late heroics just yet here, the timing screen is yellow (no improvements) rather than green or purple.
Right, is anyone going to mess up the end-of-day reports with a quick lap right at the end here...
 
 
With the Ferrari pushed safely into the pits, we are green for the final few minutes.
The Ferrari heading back to the team's garage

The Ferrari heading back to the team's garage

Nothing too dramatic about that by the looks of things. Could be a fuel run, where teams deliberately run the cars out of fuel to help with calculations for when it's time to race.
There wasn't a Ferrari there earlier

There wasn't a Ferrari there earlier

The Ferrari has stopped on the pit straight.
Red flag.
Small improvement for Celis near the bottom of the order - he's 12th with only Kvyat behind him today.
 
That's a 1m22.0s for for Hamilton, which moves him up a place to seventh at the expense of Grosjean.
 
Just the Mercedes and Ferrari on track at the moment. Will they be fighting each other for wins this year? And what about Red Bull, which has kept itself quiet so far this week...
Another 1m22.1s for Hamilton a lap later - a marginal improvement in the end.
Hamilton is still eighth, but he's improved to a 1m22.175s, and appears to be going quicker again next time around.
 
Just Vettel and Hulkenberg on circuit right now. But with 25 minutes remaining, it should be a busy end to the day.
Hulkenberg manages a personal best in the first two sectors, but just fails to improve again. He's on softs.
Grosjean improves to a 1m22.118s on super-softs. He's seventh.
Grosjean heads back out in the Haas. Hulkenberg is the only other driver currently on circuit.
 
Hamilton's race simulation was interrupted by the pair of red flags, but he got there in the end. Pic: LAT

Hamilton's race simulation was interrupted by the pair of red flags, but he got there in the end. Pic: LAT

Hulkenberg improves to a 1m21.791s. He's fifth fastest. 
 
Lewis Hamilton’s third stint, 24 laps on soft tyres.

OUT; 1m22.216s; 1m22.720s; 1m22.909s; 1m23.538s; 1m23.392s; 1m23.218s; 1m24.635s; 1m23.137s; 1m23.438s; 1m23.252s; 1m23.733s; 1m23.778s; 1m23.727s; 1m23.679s; 1m23.682s; 1m23.791s; 1m23.602s; 1m23.822s; 1m24.078s; 1m24.027s; 1m24.337s; 1m24.837s; IN.
 
Celis returns to the pits. Just Alonso and Vettel left on track now with just 40 minutes remaining today.

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