Barcelona F1 test two day three

By: Geoff Creighton

Summary


	Leclerc's Ferrari stops in the closing stages and brings out the red flag
	Grosjean has made it out for some running after Haas fixed an exhaust issue
	Stroll's Racing Point grinds to a halt at Turn 9 and brings out the red flag
	Gasly crashes Red Bull heavily at Turn 9 in the afternoon, driver unhurt
	Leclerc sets fastest time of testing so far to top the morning session
	Albon, Norris and Gasly also beat previous best time of 2019 testing
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Status: Stopped

00:16 Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m18.097s,C2
Leclerc,Ferrari,1m16.231s,C5
Gasly,Red Bull,1m17.091s,C5
Hulkenberg,Renault,1m17.496s,C5
Magnussen,Haas,1m18.199s,C3
Norris,McLaren,1m17.084s,C5
Stroll,Racing Point,1m17.556s,C5
Giovinazzi,Alfa Romeo,1m17.639s,C5
Albon,Toro Rosso,1m16.882s,C5
Russell,Williams,1m18.130s,C5
Bottas, Mercedes,1m18.862s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m17.204s,C5
Grosjean, Haas,1m17.854,C4

20:15 One more day to go. Here's our full report from the penultimate day of pre-season testing - join us again tomorrow for one lust hurrah.

F1 testing report: Leclerc keeps Ferrari on top, Gasly in big crash

Charles Leclerc's morning benchmark stood unbeaten on the penultimate day of Formula 1's second pre-season test at Barcelona, as a hefty Pierre Gasly crash halted Red Bull's running

20:14

20:07 The day is done. Time for your final lap count of Thursday.

Russell - 140
Leclerc - 138
Albon - 118
Stroll - 103
Bottas - 97
Hamilton - 85
Norris - 84
Hulkenberg - 73
Giovinazzi - 71
Gasly - 65
Ricciardo - 65
Magnussen - 53
Grosjean - 16

20:03 And Bottas trundles down the pitlane and completes the set. One day of testing left.

20:02 Grosjean enters the pits and ends his curtailed running of 16 laps total.

20:01 Bottas begins what should be his in lap.

20:00 Ricciardo pits and has another practice pitstop to end his day.

20:00 Ricciardo, Bottas and Grosjean will finish up their laps.

20:00 And the session ends.

19:59 Giovinazzi and Albon come in as more teams do practice pitstops.

19:59 Bottas comes into the pitlane to do a practice start.

19:58 Another practice pitstop for Hulkenberg.

19:58 Grosjean crosses the line on those C4s and jumps to ninth with a 1m17.854s lap.

19:58 Bottas laps three tenths off his best, using the C3.

19:57 Grosjean sets a personal best first sector.

19:57 Albon does his outlap on the C4s as does Grosjean.

19:56 Ricciardo comes in for a practice pitstop.

19:55 Grosjean also heads out.

19:55 They head out on track as the green flag is waved.

19:55 Giovinazzi joins the queue as does Albon.

19:54 We've got five minutes left and Leclerc's car has not been returned to Ferrari yet.

Renault also heads to the end of the pitlane with Ricciardo.

19:52 But now members of the Mercedes crew are running down the pitlane to the car at pit exit.

19:51 He's keen, but we're still under the red flag.

19:50 And it's Bottas on the C3 who heads down pitlane.

19:50 There's an engine humming, so one team at least is confident it can squeeze in a few laps.

19:46 Getting close to the final 10 minutes of the session now.

19:44 We've had a second angle and it's clear Leclerc has stopped in the same spot as Stroll did earlier.

19:42

And here's the stranded Ferrari

19:41 It's Leclerc who's caused it.

19:40 And we've got a late red flag.

19:39 But Grosjean backs off heavily in the second and third sector, meaning there's no improvement.

19:38 Grosjean does a rare thing in this last hour - sets a best sector. He does so in the first.

19:38

A better look at Stroll's stricken Racing Point that caused the earlier red flag.

19:37 Bit busy in the pits as Russell and Leclerc head out almost nose to tail.

19:36 Grosjean's back out and will take his afternoon total to 10 laps.

19:36

19:35

19:35 Albon, Ricciardo and Russell on track.

19:34 With just under 30 minutes of Thursday's running left, let's take a penultimate look at the lap count.

Russell - 136
Leclerc - 134
Albon - 110
Stroll - 103
Bottas - 91
Hamilton - 85
Norris - 84
Hulkenberg - 73
Giovinazzi - 68
Gasly - 65
Ricciardo - 58
Magnussen - 53
Grosjean - 9