Max Verstappen began the final week of pre-season testing ahead of 2018 by powering through 130 laps of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Dutchman's total included the third fastest time, 0.253 of a second behind day one pacesetter Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. A trouble-free morning saw Max get through 85 laps and he took up residency in third place on the timesheet with a lap run on Pirelli's medium tyres that left him just five-hundredths of a second behind early leader Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes who set his quickest lap on soft tyres. Bottas was shunted to P2 just before lunchtime by Vettel, who like Max, used the medium tyre for his run. The productive work of the morning...
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