Barcelona F1 test two day four

By: Geoff Creighton

Summary


	Vettel topped morning running, still fastest this afternoon but Hamilton just 0.003s adrift
	Vettel hit by electrical trouble in the afternoon. Ferrari's pre-season is over early as a result
	Hamilton, Magnussen, Hulkenberg make first appearances of the day
	Red Bull running hindered by a gearbox issue
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Status: Stopped

23:39 Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Bottas,Mercedes,1m16.561s,C5
Vettel,Ferrari,1m16.221s,C5
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m17.709s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m17.114s,C5
Grosjean,Haas,1m17.076s,C5
Sainz,McLaren,1m16.913s,C5
Perez,Racing Point,1m17.791s,C5
Raikkonen,Alfa Romeo,1m17.239s,C5
Kvyat,Toro Rosso,1m16.898s,C5
Kubica,Williams,1m18.993s,C5
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m16.224s,C5
Magnussen,Haas,1m17.565s,C5
Hulkenberg,Renault,1m16.843s,C5

20:23 It's been an intense eight days of testing this pre-season. Thank you for joining us for the ride over the past two weeks.

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20:16 Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel topped the final day of testing despite being forced to end his day early with an electrical issue.

Vettel resists late Hamilton surge to top 2019 F1 testing

Sebastian Vettel ended Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona with the fastest lap time, set before Ferrari and Red Bull lost out on valuable track time in the afternoon session

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20:04 The 2019 pre-season if officially over. Here is the final lap count for Friday's session.

Sainz - 134
Raikkonen - 132
Kvyat - 131
Vettel - 110
Perez - 104
Magnussen - 94
Kubica - 90
Grosjean - 73
Bottas - 71
Hamilton - 61
Ricciardo - 52
Hulkenberg - 51
Verstappen - 29

20:02 Hulkenberg has already made it back to the Renault garage, and now Kvyat and Hamilton complete the set.

20:01 Thankfully for those writing reports, neither Kvyat or Hamilton improve on their final laps. Job done.

20:00 Kvyat is first across the line on C4s, and Hulkenberg heads back in on C2s and out to the end of the pitlane just in time before the red lights come on! Hamilton also stays on for another lap.

19:59 Less than a minute left on the clock now, but all three should get an extra lap in (should they chose to).

19:58 Green flag! Hamilton, Hulkenberg and Kvyat all head out.

19:58 Hamilton is one of three cars to have headed to the end of the pitlane.

19:56 The truck is on the move with just over three minutes left on the clock.

19:55 There's only five minutes left on the clock, but we might get a coupe of minutes of final running in.

19:54 The Haas has now been picked up and is slowly being lifted towards the flatbed.

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Recovery vehicles are on the scene

19:47 It's Magnussen who's stopped coming out of Turn 4.

19:46 We've got a late red flag.

19:45 Hulkenberg has also joined the pitstop practice party (easy for you to say) in the past few minutes.

19:44 Let's give Magnussen a quick mention. He's still pounding around on the C2s and keeping a pretty reasonable pace in the high 1m21s.

19:42 It certainly was pitstop practice for Williams. Kubica comes in and goes back out again.

19:40 Hamilton flashes by on a fourth consecutive 1m21s lap as Sainz is called into the McLaren garage.

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19:39 Kubica is also out in the Williams. More pitstop practice on the cards?

19:38 Sainz is on the C2 compound.

19:37 Sainz joins in the fun as we approach the final 20 minutes of the session.

19:36 Hulkenberg is in the 1m19s on his first C2-shod lap.

19:35 It's a 1m22.327s for Hamilton on his first run, which indicates he might be attempting something a little longer.

19:34 Hulkenberg is also back out on the C2 compound.

19:34 Doesn't look like it will be. Hamilton's first sector time is a 23.148s.

19:32 Hamilton goes for another late run. Will it be a table-topper? He's out on the C4s.

19:31 For the penultimate time this pre-season, it's time for a lap count update.

Sainz - 132
Raikkonen - 131
Kvyat - 128
Vettel - 110
Perez - 104
Kubica - 86
Magnussen - 82
Grosjean - 73
Bottas 71
Ricciardo - 52
Hamilton - 48
Hulkenberg - 40
Verstappen - 29

19:28 Kubica visits the pits again. We've said that a lot this afternoon. Of course, he heads back out.

19:26 Another wave by for Kubica, who heads back out while Magnussen continues his 1m21s-based long run.

19:26 Everyone's favourite pitlane visitor Kubica is back in, followed by Sainz.

19:24 Sainz is back in now.

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