With McLaren and Force India both running two cars - one on behalf of Pirelli as it continues its testing of its 2019 compounds - there were 13 drivers on duty again today. Between them they completed 1,350 laps, just 88 laps less than yesterday. At Mercedes, one of the main priorities in the morning session was completing a series of aerodynamic test items, before the focus switched to shorter runs. In the afternoon, Valtteri Bottas moved onto longer runs. His best time of 1:16.904 was set on the supersoft shortly before the lunch break. 'Today was really interesting,' said the Finn, 'and we got through our programme fairly smoothly. We had a good baseline from last weekend and used it to...
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