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Magnussen goes straight in at sixth place after a 1m25.225s on his first flying lap in the Haas.
Palmer posts a personal best middle sector but the lap's not an improvement and he's in the high-1m23s.
Medium-shod Magnussen finds more time on his second lap and posts a 1m24.401s. Palmer improves again, to a 1m23.497s.
Ericsson splits the former Renault team-mates with a 1m24.085s to go sixth in the Sauber.
Palmer posts a personal best middle sector but the lap's not an improvement and he's in the high-1m23s.
Medium-shod Magnussen finds more time on his second lap and posts a 1m24.401s. Palmer improves again, to a 1m23.497s.
Ericsson splits the former Renault team-mates with a 1m24.085s to go sixth in the Sauber.
Palmer pits. Things look a bit better for Renault this morning – that's 14 laps in the book already. He only just about doubled that tally over the entire afternoon yesterday.
Ocon, Ericsson and Magnussen are your on-track heroes for the time being.
Just as we were about to write Ricciardo's the only driver without a time to his name, so the Red Bull emerges from the garage.
Ocon, Ericsson and Magnussen are your on-track heroes for the time being.
Just as we were about to write Ricciardo's the only driver without a time to his name, so the Red Bull emerges from the garage.
Fractional gains in the first and second sectors of Magnussen's latest lap but a slower final sector leaves him half a tenth away from improving. Still, it's another personal-best in the first sector on his latest lap.
Ricciardo jumps to third with his first flying lap, which is a 1m22.294s.
And Kvyat makes a big leap as well, going fourth on a 1m22.529s. Magnussen pits in the Haas after that run on medium tyres.
Here's a quick lap count now we've got times from every driver:
1 Hamilton (24)
2 Vettel (16)
3 Ricciardo (4)
4 Kvyat (9)
5 Ocon (15)
6 Vandoorne (9)
7 Palmer (14)
8 Ericsson (16)
9 Magnussen (9)
10 Stroll (20)
And Kvyat makes a big leap as well, going fourth on a 1m22.529s. Magnussen pits in the Haas after that run on medium tyres.
Here's a quick lap count now we've got times from every driver:
1 Hamilton (24)
2 Vettel (16)
3 Ricciardo (4)
4 Kvyat (9)
5 Ocon (15)
6 Vandoorne (9)
7 Palmer (14)
8 Ericsson (16)
9 Magnussen (9)
10 Stroll (20)
Ricciardo takes a tenth off his best after a lap to cool down his soft tyres. He's now on a 1m21.550s.
1 Hamilton Mercedes 1m20.686s
2 Ricciardo Red Bull 1m21.550s
3 Vettel Ferrari 1m21.846s
4 Ocon Force India 1m22.967s
5 Vandoorne McLaren 1m23.298s
6 Palmer Renault 1m23.497s
7 Ericsson Sauber 1m24.085s
8 Magnussen Haas 1m24.205s
9 Stroll Williams 1m25.887s
10 Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m26.546s
1 Hamilton Mercedes 1m20.686s
2 Ricciardo Red Bull 1m21.550s
3 Vettel Ferrari 1m21.846s
4 Ocon Force India 1m22.967s
5 Vandoorne McLaren 1m23.298s
6 Palmer Renault 1m23.497s
7 Ericsson Sauber 1m24.085s
8 Magnussen Haas 1m24.205s
9 Stroll Williams 1m25.887s
10 Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m26.546s
Vettel's back out in the Ferrari. He's been in the pits since the top of the hour.
Vettel sparks his way down the main straight and crosses the line in 1m22.031s. A personal best middle sector on the medium tyres, but slightly slower overall.
Palmer and Stroll head back out. They have had quiet but solid starts to the morning.
Vettel sparks his way down the main straight and crosses the line in 1m22.031s. A personal best middle sector on the medium tyres, but slightly slower overall.
Palmer and Stroll head back out. They have had quiet but solid starts to the morning.
Hamilton's back out. The Mercedes driver is today's busiest, with 24 laps to his name thus far.
Magnussen's back out in the Haas and moves onto 10 laps, which means Vandoorne is the only driver still in single figures for laps completing completed this morning.
Who remembers the helpful paperclip from the old Microsoft Word days? McLaren Honda could do with a bit of assistance from him/her when it comes to sort out their issues.
All McLaren and Honda need to do is load Microsoft Word 2003 and start writing "how to make McLaren-Honda win in F1 again". and wait for the paperclip to pop up. "It looks like you're trying to revive a once-successful Formula 1 partnership. Would you like some help with that?"
We've been waiting literally minutes for the internet in the media centre to stop messing us around so we could finish that terrible joke. You are welcome.
Magnussen's back out in the Haas and moves onto 10 laps, which means Vandoorne is the only driver still in single figures for laps completing completed this morning.
Who remembers the helpful paperclip from the old Microsoft Word days? McLaren Honda could do with a bit of assistance from him/her when it comes to sort out their issues.
All McLaren and Honda need to do is load Microsoft Word 2003 and start writing "how to make McLaren-Honda win in F1 again". and wait for the paperclip to pop up. "It looks like you're trying to revive a once-successful Formula 1 partnership. Would you like some help with that?"
We've been waiting literally minutes for the internet in the media centre to stop messing us around so we could finish that terrible joke. You are welcome.
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Lance Stroll must have made a mistake in the final sector as he was on course, with two personal bests in the first two sectors, for his best lap of the day. Instead he stays tenth our of ten.
But he has keeped it on the track and put in some good times this past two days.
He is doing well for a rookie in these new cars, especially as Hamilton was quoted as saying they are the fastest he has ever driven.
But he has keeped it on the track and put in some good times this past two days.
He is doing well for a rookie in these new cars, especially as Hamilton was quoted as saying they are the fastest he has ever driven.
Vettel's run on the medium tyre has come to an end, he's back in the Ferrari garage.
Vandoorne pits having brought McLaren's tally to 14 laps. He's still seventh at the moment, 2.6s off Hamilton's pace.
Vandoorne pits having brought McLaren's tally to 14 laps. He's still seventh at the moment, 2.6s off Hamilton's pace.
Hamilton, Ricciardo, Ocon and Stroll are on track at the moment. Hamilton's on his 33rd lap of the morning, so Mercedes really hasn't hung around. Mind you, Stroll's on 32 – so Williams is cracking on too.
It does bode very well for Mercedes that both the works team and its customers are racking up plenty of laps. Perez hit a ton in the Force India yesterday as well.
Ricciardo's just put in his best first sector so far.
Ricciardo ends the lap with the quickest final sector so far and improves to a 1m20.824s, just under two tenths behind Hamilton. That's on the soft tyre.
Ricciardo back into the pits after that hot lap, but he's back out now along with Vettel, Kvyat, Ericsson and Stroll.
Make that just Vettel, Kvyat and Stroll out on track now. Kvyat looks like he's on a quick one...
..or not, as the Russian pits the STR12. Seems we're in mid-morning lull territory now.
It does bode very well for Mercedes that both the works team and its customers are racking up plenty of laps. Perez hit a ton in the Force India yesterday as well.
Ricciardo's just put in his best first sector so far.
Ricciardo ends the lap with the quickest final sector so far and improves to a 1m20.824s, just under two tenths behind Hamilton. That's on the soft tyre.
Ricciardo back into the pits after that hot lap, but he's back out now along with Vettel, Kvyat, Ericsson and Stroll.
Make that just Vettel, Kvyat and Stroll out on track now. Kvyat looks like he's on a quick one...
..or not, as the Russian pits the STR12. Seems we're in mid-morning lull territory now.
Daniel Ricciardo continues his promising stint on the softs and moves to within two tenths of Lewis Hamilton's benchmark - a 1:20.824 in the RB13.
To put that Ricciardo flier in context, it's still four tenths down on the time set by team-mate Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on the same compound yesterday. Perhaps more significantly, it's also a second shy of the best time - Sebastian Vettel's 1:19.906 on Day Five - we've seen this winter on the softs.
Spot any trends on the as-it-stands lap count for 2017 Winter Testing?
The three Renault-powered squads, plus the one beleaguered Honda-engined one, all find themselves at the foot of the charts:
1. Mercedes – 877
2. Ferrari – 718
3. Sauber – 575
4. Force India – 548
5. Williams - 543
6. Haas – 536
7. Red Bull – 501
8. Renault – 481
9. Toro Rosso – 379
10. McLaren - 348
To put that Ricciardo flier in context, it's still four tenths down on the time set by team-mate Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on the same compound yesterday. Perhaps more significantly, it's also a second shy of the best time - Sebastian Vettel's 1:19.906 on Day Five - we've seen this winter on the softs.
Spot any trends on the as-it-stands lap count for 2017 Winter Testing?
The three Renault-powered squads, plus the one beleaguered Honda-engined one, all find themselves at the foot of the charts:
1. Mercedes – 877
2. Ferrari – 718
3. Sauber – 575
4. Force India – 548
5. Williams - 543
6. Haas – 536
7. Red Bull – 501
8. Renault – 481
9. Toro Rosso – 379
10. McLaren - 348
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Following in Ricciardo's footsteps, Vettel has also improved his best time - but only by a few tenths. That 1:21.615 keeps him in third.
Kevin Magnussen is making more significant movement, jumping to fourth for Haas with an impressive 1:22.427.
Kevin Magnussen is making more significant movement, jumping to fourth for Haas with an impressive 1:22.427.
A modest move forward from Stoffel Vandoorne as a lap of 1:22.055 takes the McLaren up to fourth.
We say modest but according to our count that's actually the Belgian best time in winter testing 2017 by all-but half a second, Stoffel Vandoorne is on the super soft tyre
We say modest but according to our count that's actually the Belgian best time in winter testing 2017 by all-but half a second, Stoffel Vandoorne is on the super soft tyre
Jolyon Palmer is also making his way up the timesheets, posting his best time of the day to slot in behind Vandoorne in fifth.
A 1:22.418 in the RS17 for Palmer.
McLaren still can't quite break out of the 1:22s, remaining the only team not to do so.
But a 1:22.055 is at least progress of some sort, even if the lap is over two seconds slower than the best we've seen on supersofts this week.
A 1:22.418 in the RS17 for Palmer.
McLaren still can't quite break out of the 1:22s, remaining the only team not to do so.
But a 1:22.055 is at least progress of some sort, even if the lap is over two seconds slower than the best we've seen on supersofts this week.
Good laps being recorded by Lance Stroll in the Williams, albeit just not quick ones. The youngster is already past the 50-lap mark for the morning and is making good progress in righting the wrongs of his accident-strewn debut last week.
For a while, he had the track to himself but Hamilton, Ricciardo, and Ocon have all just popped out into the daylight...
Ocon records a new personal best of 1m21.194s in the Force India, moving him from eighth to third.
Good effort for the Frenchman, who is on softs - that puts him just 0.568s behind the fastest man of the morning, Hamilton.
For a while, he had the track to himself but Hamilton, Ricciardo, and Ocon have all just popped out into the daylight...
Ocon records a new personal best of 1m21.194s in the Force India, moving him from eighth to third.
Good effort for the Frenchman, who is on softs - that puts him just 0.568s behind the fastest man of the morning, Hamilton.
