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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day three

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Summary

  • Bottas, Mercedes end testing fastest of all
  • Five driver changes for afternoon running
  • Ricciardo heads morning session ahead of Leclerc

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Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Sainz,McLaren,1m16.820s,C4
Kvyat,AlphaTauri,1m16.914s,C3
Grosjean,Haas,1m17.037s, C4
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m16.410s,C5
Perez,Racing Point,1m16.634s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m16.276s,C5
Leclerc,Ferrari,1m16.360s,C5
Albon,Red Bull,1m17.803s,C2
Raikkonen,Alfa Romeo,1m17.415s,C3
Russell,Williams,1m16.871s,C5
Ocon,Renault,1m16.433s,C4
Magnussen,Haas,1m17.495s,C4
Bottas,Mercedes,1m16.196s,C5
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m16.269s,C4
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Barcelona F1 testing: Bottas tops final day, Verstappen teases Red Bull

Barcelona F1 testing: Bottas tops final day, Verstappen teases pace

Valtteri Bottas completed the final session of Formula 1 pre-season testing at the top of the timesheets, ending the day with a 1m16.196s to beat Daniel Ricciardo's morning benchmark

Barcelona F1 testing: Bottas tops final day, Verstappen teases pace
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And here is the final lapcount of the 2020 pre-season:

Leclerc - 181
Sainz - 163
Kvyat - 160
Perez - 154
Russell - 146
Raikkonen - 115
Hamilton - 90
Grosjean - 86
Bottas - 79
Ocon - 75
Ricciardo - 65
Albon - 59
Verstappen - 45
Magnussen - 29
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The final standings on the last day in Barcelona look like this:

Bottas - 1m16.196s
Verstappen - 1m16.269s
Ricciardo - 1m16.276s
Leclerc - 1m16.360s
Hamilton - 1m16.410s
Ocon - 1m16.433s
Perez - 1m16.634s
Sainz - 1m16.820s
Russell - 1m16.871s
Kvyat - 1m16.914s
Grosjean - 1m17.037s
Raikkonen - 1m17.415s
Magnussen - 1m17.495
Albon - 1m17.803s
Valtteri Bottas ends test two fastest of all, and concludes the pre-season fastest after topping the opening test as well.
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Pre-season testing for 2020 is over!
Verstappen's lap came to nothing in the end, unfortunately.
There's less than 10 minutes left, folks - get your times in!
Verstappen might be going for one final assault on the top of the timesheets. HIs Red Bull is armed with a brand new set of C4s.
There's some flow-vis paint on the rear of the Mercedes. Bit of last-minute aero testing going on with Bottas' car.
Bottas heads out again on a fresh set of C1s with just over 15 minutes left.
Leclerc has been hammering out the miles today. He's currently on his 174th tour of the circuit.
Verstappen was on another good lap there, but made an error into Turn 13 and ran on. He's had a couple of moments there this test.
Magnussen's back on track having been stuck in the Haas garage with a clutch problem.
That's a 1m16.269s by Verstappen, taking him to P2 and within 0.073s of Bottas.
Verstappen's set a personal best first sector, so he might be on for something quick here...
There appears to be some UV paint on the rear of the Mercedes, which will be for the engineers to get a little more of an understanding of how the air flows at the back.
Session leader Valtteri Bottas heads out with 35 minutes left on the clock. He's on C3s, so our dreams of some final hot laps might not come true...
George Russell's circulating on C1s - and Williams seems to have spent a fair chunk of the day doing aero testing. He's run with a new rear wing and engine cover, and running them in a mix with the launch-spec components, seemingly to determine which parts work together best.
Just Leclerc, Russell and Kvyat on track right now. Long runs still the order of business.
Looks like Alfa Romeo has finished for this pre-season. Just 51 minutes of the session remain.
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Six drivers have breached the 100-lap barrier today. Here's a rundown of the lapcount as the final hour nears:

Leclerc - 155
Kvyat - 142
Sainz - 141
Perez - 133
Raikkonen - 115
Russell - 101
Hamilton - 90
Grosjean - 86
Ricciardo - 65
Albon - 59
Ocon - 51
Bottas - 51
Verstappen - 31
Magnussen - 16
It's just Perez on-track at the moment, he's doing a run on C1s.
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Verstappen, on the C3s, does a 1m16.384s - that's just 0.188s off of Bottas's best today.
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And Bottas does a 1m16.196s to wind the times down even further!
After that slight frisson of excitement following Bottas's lap, there's not a lot going on now. We've got our fingers crossed for some more C5 laps...
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Bottas isn't hanging around, setting a 1m16.226s on a set of C5 - all that despite going three-tenths down on Ricciardo in sector one.
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Let's take a look at today's lap totals with less than 90 minutes of testing remaining:

Leclerc 149
Sainz 141
Kvyat 137
Perez 122
Raikkonen 115
Russell 92
Hamilton 90
Grosjean 86
Ricciardo 65
Albon 59
Ocon 44
Bottas 44
Verstappen 25
Magnussen 16
Verstappen's posted a 1m16.444s on C3s, so that's a smidgen quicker than his previous best.
Leclerc has the most laps of anyone today so far with 147. If this was snooker, he'd have played a perfect frame.

By: Geoff Creighton

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