Barcelona second F1 test day three

02:02 Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Vettel, Ferrari, 1m19.024s, US
Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m19.352s, US
Bottas, Mercedes, 1m21.819s, S
Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1m20.824s, S
Ocon, Force India, 1m20.161s, US
Stroll, Williams, 1m24.863s, S
Vandoorne, McLaren, 1m21.348s, US
Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1m20.416s, SS
Magnussen, Haas, 1m20.504s, US
Hulkenberg, Renault,
Palmer, Renault, 1m22.418s, S
Ericsson, Sauber, 1m23.330s, S
Wehrlein, Sauber, 1m22.347s, US
Massa, Williams, 1m24.443s, M

20:17 Here's today's report, and that's us done here on Autosport Live for day three of the final test. Join us tomorrow for the final day of running because the Australian Grand Prix – we'll kick things off just before 8am GMT:

F1 testing: Ferrari's Vettel finishes penultimate day on top

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari ended the penultimate day of 2017 Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona on top of the timesheets

20:11 Here's a final lap count for the day for you:

1 Vettel (156)
2 Hamilton (52)
3 Ocon (137)
4 Kvyat (94)
5 Magnussen (119)
6 Ricciardo (128)
7 Vandoorne (48)
8 Bottas (95)
9 Wehrlein (44)
10 Palmer (53)
11 Ericsson (88)
12 Massa (80)
13 Stroll (85)

20:11

20:02 We're just waiting for Massa's Williams and then we'll have a full set of cars back in their garages.

20:00 We'll just check there are no late dramas, but that should be it. Just one day of testing left before the F1 circus heads to Australia.

20:00 Chequered flag. Sebastian Vettel's time while sandbagging this morning remains good enough to top the penultimate day of testing at Barcelona.

19:59 Straight back to the pits from Ricciardo as well. And we reckon that is going to be that.

19:58 Vettel's back in so there's no last-gasp flier from Ferrari today.

19:57

19:55 Out goes the Ferrari in red. We've never seen it looking so lovely as it did on track today. Here's hoping there's one last mega run in reserve. Spice up this rather anticlimactic afternoon session.

19:53 No real takers to be honest. Everybody is just reaching the end of their designated programmes. Maybe we got greedy after this morning's entertainment from Ferrari.

19:49 Ricciardo and Wehrlein enter the arena with 10 minutes on the clock. Now's your time for improvements, everybody.

19:47 Ocon is back on track, so whatever the problem was earlier it wasn't very big.

19:42 Vandoorne pit with 48 laps to his name and he has not emerged since. McLaren-Honda running out of time to hit 50 laps. Even Renault managed that before Palmer stopped.

19:41 Vettel's back in the pits. Consistent pace in the 1m24s/1m25s on super-softs. So either a fuel-laden Ferrari or the team is trying something else.

19:36

Photographers love it when the sun sets each day at Barcelona. Pic: LAT

19:35 Kvyat pits in the Toro Rosso, while Magnussen has ticked past 100 laps for the day (he did a few laps ago to be fair to him).

19:35 Ricciardo back out, and seems Wehrlein fancies another go at it. He's only managed 33 laps this afternoon. His Sauber team-mate Ericsson logged 88 this morning.

19:31 Ocon now pits. It didn't sound right but we could be hearing things having seen something odd – we're into the final half an hour and it's a long day.

19:30 Ocon's made it to the final sector, so maybe that was just an oddity for this lap? Or is he going to pit?

19:29 The Force India sounded a bit odd past us, and then the CCTV showed it running rather slowly off-line into Turn 1.

19:29 Think there could be a problem for Ocon.

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19:26

19:25 Bottas is back out in the Mercedes after a very short spell in the garage. Of those that have been running on track there's not much to tell you – Vettel, Magnussen and Massa have just been racking up laps. Massa's come into the pits now though.

19:20 Mercedes just whacked out some screens for when Bottas returned. Had an umbrella, too. Looked like a steering-wheel change might have been imminent, before wheeling him into the garage.

19:19

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19:19 Vettel was lapping in the 1m24s at the start of this super-soft tyre run but he's just fallen into the 1m25s.

19:14 Ocon and Ricciardo, two other very busy boys today, have returned for some more circular fun.

19:13 Super-soft tyres on the Ferrari for Vettel.

19:13 Big contrast between the Merc and the Williams at the chicane. Bottas works hard to open up the right hander and get back on the power as early as possible. Massa is lazy, letting the car drift to the right too early, which makes the second turn too tight and means he's late on the throttle. The Mercedes driveability is excellent out of here. The Haas is not bad. The McLaren Honda looks awful - Vandoorne really struggling to get back on the power at the right moment.

19:11 Vettel's hit the track again with 50 minutes remaining.

19:09 Massa overhauls team-mate Stroll at the bottom of the times with a 1m24.443s, but with Williams firmly in 'own programme' mode there's nothing to read into in terms of its one-lap pace today.

19:07 We've also got Kvyat back out there again so Toro Rosso has managed to solve whatever the issue was that forced him to stop about an hour and a half ago.

19:06

Step 3: Hang out with your new friends. (Pic: XPB)

19:05 Vandoorne is out on track again in the McLaren and onto lap 47, so it should clear a half-century. But it's not enough at this stage.

19:05

Step 2: Stop F1 car. (Pic: XPB)

19:05 To put that lap info another way...Spot who is in trouble:

Williams (136)
Ferrari (128)
Force India (121)
Sauber (121)
Mercedes (116)
Red Bull (106)
Haas (80)
Toro Rosso (77)
Renault (53)
McLaren (44)

19:04