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Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton split by just 0.003s as F1 testing ends

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Formula 1 title rivals Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton finished 2019 pre-season testing split by just three-thousandths of a second, as Ferrari and Mercedes both laid down a marker.

Charles Leclerc provided a glimpse of Ferrari’s potential on Thursday by setting a time of 1:16.231 as the squad undertook a series of quick times on the C5 tyres.

Vettel carried out a similar approach on Friday morning at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, working his way down to a 1:16.221, edging 0.010s clear of Leclerc’s previous benchmark.

That time left him 0.340s clear of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas during the morning session, but through the afternoon reigning World Champion Hamilton flexed his muscles in the W10.

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Having posted a time of 1:16.628s on the C4 tyres, Hamilton clocked a 1:16.224 on the C5s, putting him just 0.003s behind Vettel, before failing to improve on a further run.

It came after Vettel had already brought Ferrari’s test to a premature conclusion, with his SF90 coming to a halt on track at Turn 2 midway through the afternoon session.

Ferrari deemed an electrical issue was to blame and it did not have sufficient time in which to undertake the necessary repairs.

It marked the third reliability issue for Ferrari in as many days during the second test, following on from Vettel’s wheel rim failure on Wednesday and Leclerc’s exhaust issue on Thursday.

Bottas’ time from the morning session was sufficient for the Finn to wind up third, while Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg finished fourth.
Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) and Carlos Sainz Jr. (McLaren) also edged into the 1:16s for their respective teams.

Romain Grosjean placed seventh overall, splitting track time with Haas team-mate Kevin Magnussen, who ran in the afternoon and rounded out the top 10, causing a red flag when he stopped exiting Turn 4 with 15 minutes left.

They were split by Renault’s morning runner Daniel Ricciardo and Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, the Finn causing the only non-Vettel red flag period when he halted at Turn 3.

Red Bull suffered another compromised day to bring its testing campaign to a disappointing conclusion.

After Pierre Gasly’s high-speed off on Thursday, Max Verstappen’s running was scuppered by a gearbox issue that kept his RB15 in the garage for much of the day.

Verstappen completed just 29 laps, all during the early hours, as Red Bull had comfortably the least on-track running of any team on Friday.

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez was 12th while Robert Kubica brought Williams’ difficult pre-season campaign to a close at the rear of the pack.

Kubica’s best time was 1.2s adrift of nearest opponent Perez.

The opening practice session for the Australian Grand Prix begins at 12:00 local time on March 14.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Flag   Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:16.221   110
2 Flag   Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:16.224 0.003 61
3 Flag   Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:16.561 0.340 71
4 Flag   Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:16.843 0.622 51
5 Flag   Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:16.898 0.677 131
6 Flag   Carlos Sainz McLaren 1:16.913 0.692 134
7 Flag   Romain Grosjean Haas 1:17.076 0.855 73
8 Flag   Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:17.114 0.893 52
9 Flag   Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1:17.239 1.018 132
10 Flag   Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:17.565 1.344 94
11 Flag   Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.709 1.488 29
12 Flag   Sergio Perez Racing Point 1:17.791 1.570 104
13 Flag   Robert Kubica Williams 1:18.993 2.772 90
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