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Max quickest before the rain arrives

Max Verstappen put the super-soft Pirelli tyres to great use as he clocked a 1:24.739 to lead the way at lunch on Day Three at Barcelona. The Toro Rosso rookie, who is continuing his learning curve ahead of his debut season, worked his way up the timesheets throughout Saturday morning's running. Hitting the front on the soft tyres, Verstappen later swapped to the super-softs and posted his pace-setting 1:24.739. That put him comfortably ahead of the chasing pack, which was led by Lewis Hamilton. However, the reigning World Champion's 1:26.142 was set on medium tyres. Any chance of the drivers attacking Verstappen's time in the hour before lunch was scuppered as the rain began...
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