Despite the fact that we were half a man down - of which more later - today saw testing move up a gear as we reach the most critical stage before the circus heads down under for the season opener. Despite the stop-start nature of this afternoon's running, and the forty minutes lost this morning, more laps were completed today than on any of the previous five days of testing. In total the 13 drivers completed 1,157 laps, despite the fact that Max Verstappen was restricted to his garage for two hours, as was Nico Hulkenberg and Charles Leclerc only managed one late installation lap following his teammate's crash earlier. While this morning was dominated by Sebastian Vettel's crash at T2, the...
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