Vettel goes quickestpublished at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Image source, Getty ImagesNico Hulkenberg's time at the top doesn't last long.
Sebastian Vettel sneaks ahead of the Renault with a 1:18.666 on supersofts.
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Vettel goes quickestpublished at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Image source, Getty ImagesLatest timespublished at 10:31 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Nico Hulkenberg goes a touch quicker with 1:18.675 and with that he heads back in.
Here's the latest times:
Image source, F1.comHulkenberg, Vandoorne - hypersoft
Vettel, Ericsson Bottas, Gasly - supersoft
The rest - soft
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Dale Foster: Is my computer broke seem to be missing a red flag and stricken Mclaren photo!!
Alex Withington: The McLaren haters seem quiet this morning.
Postpublished at 10:28 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Something tells me Fernando Alonso is happy with how things are going today.
He posted this GIF in response to the McLaren tweet you can see on this page at 10:17 GMT.
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Plugging in a pit stop practicepublished at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
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Image source, .Red Bull did a series of pit stops as testing wound down yesterday with Daniel Ricciardo doing a lap between each one.
Other teams plug in a single pit stop practice whenever they can. Today, for example, when Stoffel Vandoorne had completed a run of laps, he pitted and the McLaren crew changed the tyres. Then they pushed the car into the garage to work on it.
Image source, .The Hulk goes quickestpublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd as I post that, we have a new leader!
Nico Hulkenberg goes quickest of all with 1:18.684, two tenths quicker than Stoffel Vandoorne.
Like Vandoorne, that time has come on the hypersofts.
Postpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Two cars on the track at the moment - the Renault and the Mercedes.
Nico Hulkenberg is currently second quickest with Valtteri Bottas all the way down in P8. Low key day so far for Mercedes, but it's not like they have to do anything to catch the eye in testing. It's been trouble-free for them so far.
A very good morning for McLarenpublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
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End of twitter post'Technical reason for hypersofts'published at 10:13 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Image source, Getty ImagesMcLaren have largely limited their testing programme so far to using the two softest tyres - hypersoft and ultrasoft.
A few people are asking what their reason for this is and Eric Boullier had this to say yesterday: “On the tyres, if you look at the lap time, Red Bull did a test this morning, [they] put on new mediums [and then] new softs.
"They are half a second faster only, so there is not much difference because of the tarmac specification and the temperature as well.
"We have a technical reason why we want to work on the car with these [hypersoft] tyres."
Get involved - best of the restpublished at 10:09 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
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Jago Bridgland has gone one further than predicting the best of the rest and has posted what he believes will be the final standings...
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Stoffel Vandoorne has a different tyre compound on now, moving on from the hypersofts to the supersofts.
Nine laps away from 50 laps for the day. Fernando Alonso managed 57 on day two.
Postpublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
A personal best for Robert Kubica with 1:20.674 but he stays ninth.
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This will be several drivers' final stint in the cars before the real stuff begins in Australia at the end of this month.
Kimi Raikkonen, unwell yesterday morning, will be in the Ferrari all day on Friday.
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End of twitter postGet involved - best of the rest?published at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
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Jon Cross: I’m hoping @McLarenF1, external will be the best of the rest, a second quicker than the Toro Rosso on the same tyres shows progress in pace, top speeds slightly worrying though, would love a 1:19 on softs firsts too.
Postpublished at 09:47 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Like buses, you wait for one driver to head out and they all appear at once.
Nico Hulkenberg, Sebastian Vettel, Kevin Magnussen, Pierre Gasly, Sergio Perez and Marcus Ericsson are all on track right now.
Postpublished at 09:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
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Get involved #bbcf1published at 09:42 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
Best of the rest?
Dan Wilcox: I really think @ForceIndiaF1, external will be fourth if not even third and competing with @redbullracing, external, been impressed by their milage and reliability so far, @RenaultSportF1, external won't be far off either! Whilst @SauberF1Team, external have smashed the mileage this week.
Postpublished at 09:40 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
It's just gone all quiet on the track as Sebastian Vettel heads in so here's the latest times.
Image source, F1.comVandoorne - hypersoft
Bottas, Gasly - supersoft
The rest - soft
Get involvedpublished at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
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We're into the penultimate day of testing and while we don't have an exact picture, we're starting to get a bit of an idea of how the season is shaping up.
Assuming Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull will once again be the dominant three, who are you predicting to be the best of the rest and why? And what has testing taught you so far?
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Postpublished at 09:34 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2018
In goes Stoffel Vandoorne as Sebastian Vettel returns to the track.
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