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2013 Pre-season testing - Barcelona

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2nd Barcelona Pre-season Test - 3rd Test Day

(02/03/2013)

09:49

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to the third day of testing from the final pre-season test in Barcelona

09:49

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The good news is that it is dry

09:53

NewsOnF1:

The drivers on duty today are:
Webber - Red Bull
Massa - Ferrari
Perez - McLaren
Raikkonen - Lotus (pulled out not feeling well)
Valsecchi - Lotus (replacing Raikkonen in the morning)
Grosjean - Lotus (should take over in the afternoon)
Hamilton - Mercedes
Gutierrez - Sauber
Sutil - Force India
Maldonado - Williams (am)
Bottas - Williams (pm)
Vergne - Toro Rosso
van der Garde - Caterham
Bianchi - Marussia

09:54

NewsOnF1:

After testing for Force India in the hope of securing their second seat, Bianchi finds himself in the Marussia after Razia's contract was terminated due to his sponsors not paying

09:55

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9 drivers have so far gone out onto the track

09:56

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton is so far fastest and covered the most laps

10:09

NewsOnF1:

Valsecchi who replaces the unwell Raikkonen goes out for the first time in the Lotus

10:10

NewsOnF1:

Only Maldonado has yet to go out. Williams were expecting some parts from the factory and they have arrived a bit late

10:14

NewsOnF1:

Fastest laptimes at 10:10 am local time
Hamilton / Mercedes 1:23.326
Vergne / Toro Rosso1:24,036
Massa / Ferrari 1:25.238
Perez / McLaren 1:25.338
van der Garde / Caterham 1:25.471
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:27.025
Webber / Red Bull 1:47.501
Sutil / Force India No time
Bianchi / MarussiaNo time
Valsecchi / LotusNo time

10:30

NewsOnF1:

A 1:21.534 for Hamilton

11:10

NewsOnF1:

van der Garde stops on the track

11:15

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton has completed the most laps so far with 31 then Massa with 29
Least laps with Valsecchi with just 2 laps

11:16

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes out

11:18

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton sets a 1:20.817! That is the fastest so far this year!

11:24

NewsOnF1:

Gutierrez improves with a 1:22.739

11:25

NewsOnF1:

And Vergne improves with a 1:23.614

11:27

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton pits. he did 5 timed laps making his fastest time even more impressive

12:23

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton's time still holds, in fact, no other driver has even set a time in the 1:21s!

12:24

NewsOnF1:

Gutierrez improves slightly with a 1:22.553. That is almost a full 2 seconds off Hamilton's quickest time

12:25

NewsOnF1:

Gutierrez is second quickest!

12:27

NewsOnF1:

Massa improves with a 1:22.100. still over a second and a half slower than Hamilton

13:59

NewsOnF1:

Fastest laptimes at lunchtime
Hamilton / Mercedes 1:20.558
Sutil / Force India 1:21.627
Massa / Ferrari 1:21.673
Maldonado / Wiliams1:22.305
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:22.553
Perez / McLaren 1:22.694
Webber / Red Bull 1:23.116
Vergne / Toro Rosso 1:23.223
Valsecchi / Lotus1:23.448
Bianchi / Marussia1:24.307
Best time on day 3 in 2012: 1:22.094

15:19

NewsOnF1:

Not much improvement after lunch

15:19

NewsOnF1:

Sutil and Vergne are conducting race simulations

15:21

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean has taken over from Valsecchi and Bottas has taken over from Maldonado

15:26

NewsOnF1:

Massa improves with a 1:21.505

15:41

NewsOnF1:

Most laps so far by van der Garde with 91 then Hamilton with 85

15:47

NewsOnF1:

Sutil is on a race simulation, he has completed 48 laps so far of that race simulation. He has made 4 stops so far

15:48

NewsOnF1:

His quickest time so far is a 1:27.554 during this stint

15:50

NewsOnF1:

Vergne is on his 40th lap of his race simulation. He has made 3 stops so far and his best time is a 1:28.159

15:50

NewsOnF1:

Meanwhile Massa improves slightly again with a 1:21.457

15:56

NewsOnF1:

Massa's quick times have been made during 3 or 4 timed lap runs

16:06

NewsOnF1:

Sutil completes 67 laps on his race simulation and pits. It was a 4 stop race simulation

16:07

NewsOnF1:

Gutierrez is also on a race simulation, currently on his 29th lap having made 1 stop so far

16:32

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean completes a 13 timed lap run, quickest time of 1:27.192 (1st), slowest time of 1:32.039 (13th)

16:35

NewsOnF1:

Vernge on his 60 laps of his race simulation

16:36

NewsOnF1:

Best time so far from Vergne on this simulation is a 1:28.159

16:37

NewsOnF1:

Bianchi improves his best time, a 1:24.028

16:44

NewsOnF1:

Red flag, Massa stops on the track

16:45

NewsOnF1:

A wheel flew off Massa's car!

16:46

NewsOnF1:

Massa has just improved his time with a 1:21.266

16:52

NewsOnF1:

Session remains red flagged as they clear Massa's car. 10 minutes remain in the session

16:58

NewsOnF1:

Session resumes

16:59

NewsOnF1:

Webber improves with a 1:22.658

17:01

NewsOnF1:

Bottas sets a 1:22.468 as the session ends

17:07

NewsOnF1:

Fastest laptimes
Hamilton / Mercedes1:20.558
Massa / Ferrari 1:21.266
Sutil / Force India 1:21.627
Maldonado / Wiliams 1:22.305 (am)
Bottas / Williams 1:22.468 (pm)
Gutierrez / Sauber 1:22.553
Webber / Red Bull 1:22.658
Perez / McLaren 1:22.694
Vergne / Toro Rosso1:23.223
Grosjean / Lotus1:23.380 (pm)
Valsecchi / Lotus1:23.448 (am)
Bianchi / Marussia1:23.380
van der Garde / Caterham1:24.235
Best time on day 3 in 2012: 1:22.094

17:20

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