Summary

  • Final day of pre-season testing

  • Raikkonen clocks fastest time in testing so far

  • McLaren breaks down twice in the morning

  • Hamilton thinks Ferrari 'bluffing' about pace

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Live Reporting

Gary Rose

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    Just in time for lunch! Double boost. Enjoy the afternoon!

  2. Go! Go! Go!

    Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz are in no mood for a butty just yet. 

    They head out as soon as the green flag waves after the Haas is shifted.

  3. McLaren confirm electrical problem

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    McLaren-Honda say Alonso has stopped with the same problem as Vandoorne yesterday - intermittent electrical shutdown.

  4. Five minutes until lunch. Will anyone sneak a tiny bit more running in before the break or is it all hands to the buffet?

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    Alonso Karaoke

    Bibek Sapkota: High hopes - Pink Floyd.  

    Clive Newitt: how about: Oops, I did it again - Britney Help! - The Beatles Under Pressure - Queen/Bowie.

  6. The Haas has pulled up on the side of the track between Turns 9 and 10.

    Recovery truck driver - do your thing.

  7. red flag

    Red flag

    Someone had to do some vigorous red flagging waving this morning.

    The session is stopped for the fourth time this morning, and it's deja vu.

    Romain Grosjean has stopped in the Haas for the second time this morning.

  8. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    A 1:18.634 for Raikkonen on super-softs. Could Mercedes do that? Possibly. Possibly not.

  9. Kimi Raikkonen teased us earlier with a 1:19.019 and now he's gone even quicker!

    The flying Finn becomes the first driver in testing to dip below 1:19 as he slams in a mighty 1:18.634 on the super-softs.

    Will that be enough to coax Mercedes into a response before lunch?

  10. SOUND THE SUB-1:19 KLAXON 

    (Yes, I have one of those.)

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    Alonso Karaoke

    Fernando Alonso is going to struggle with all your song requests! 

    Here's one from F1 journalist Adam Cooper: "Little Honda by the Beachboys. 'More fun than a barrel of monkeys'."

  12. Kimi Raikkonen pits as Max Verstappen heads out for some lappage with half an hour to go until lunch.

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    Alonso Karaoke

    .EPA

    JKWilkinson: Alonso karaoke - I want to break free by Queen  

    Tanj: Alonso is singing "Fix You" by Coldplay  

    Artisans Golf: Surely song choice is Push the Button  

  14. Not quite.

    It's a  1:19.019 for the Finn. Close but no cigar.  

    Still the fastest time we've seen in testing so far.

  15. Sergio Perez moves up to fifth with a 1:20.270 on supersofts.

    Kimi Raikkonen is also on the track now with the red-walled compound on, can he dip into the 1:18s...?

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    Alonso Karaoke

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  18. 'Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz'

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    Some absolutely belting Alonso Karaoke suggestions coming including this one from our very own Andrew Benson, who's gone for Mercedes-Benz by Janis Joplin.

    Keep them coming!

  19. I hope Fernando Alonso doesn't have a glance at the timing screen when he wanders back to the paddock. Ferrari have just just gone top of the timesheet as Kimi Raikkonen does 1:19.267 on softs. 

    Ferrari-Red Bull-Mercedes at the top of the pile.

  20. F1 journalist Dan Knutson in Barcelona: Valtteri Bottas did his 1:19 845 on the super softs, followed by a slow lap in 1:42.212. It was supposed to be a three-lap run but then the red flags came out.