Let's hope Kimi can get his race sim done today.
2 hours & 30 min left....

Green flag now and jus a little under two hours left.

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12:12 AUTOSPORT technical writer CRAIG SCARBOROUGH has spotted a few intriguing new bits on the Ferrari this week so far.

"Ferrari has been introducing more parts of its update package. On Thursday, we saw the new front wing and yesterday came the revised engine cover.

"This creates a larger outlet around the exhaust. There is also a variation in the size of Coke bottle outlets and the inlet duct on the spine of the cover feeding cool air into the turbo.

"One feature not seen on an F1 car perhaps since 2009 is a wing profile on the rollhoop."

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Raikkonen's race run could be underway now - he's kicked off with a 1m41.9s. We'll keep an eye on it - providing he stays out this time - and let you know how he's getting on.

Raikkonen makes the first stop of this race simulation.

13:03 That first stint from Raikkonen was three laps longer than Alonso's opener yesterday afternoon, and on average it was around 0.3s per lap slower than the Spaniard managed.

Don't read too much into that, as several teams have told us that track evolution has been hard to judge during this test, due to changes in temperature, wind, and dust.

Raikkonen is a little more consistent so far in this stint, lapping in the mid-1m43s.

I think here shows Kimi doesnt really have experince of longer stints and fuel consumption. He probably took it carefully at the first stint to see how the fuel consumption develops and is now stepping on it..he may have different tyres also. It will be interesting to see at the races will Kimi have better tyre and fuel consumption than Alonso.

13:40 Kvyat's time at the top is short-lived as Massa's Williams smashes his time.

That's a 1m34.4s for the Williams, the fastest time we have seen so far in this final test.

Only Mercedes has gone faster than than in Baharein.

Times from Kimi

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Soft - Outlap - 1:41.9 - 1:42.0 - 1:42.9 - 1:43.4 - 1:43.6 - 1:44.8 - 1:44.3 - 1:43.6 - 1:44.5 - 1:43.9 - 1:44.4 - 1:44.5 - Inlap - Medium - Outlap - 1:42.7 - 1:43.7 - 1:43.0 - 1:43.6 - 1:42.8 - 1:43.2 - 1:43.5 - 1:43.1 - 1:44.0 - 1:43.5 - 1:43.9 - 1:44.2 - 1:43.9 - 1:43.6 - 1:43.9 - 1:43.6 - 1:43.6 - 1:44.6 - Inlap - Medium

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Wind blows occasionally at 15m/s in Bahrain. Conditions are so very difficult to compare to other days. Kimis fast lap was done by softs as the others laps were done with supersofts.

Some cheeky tweets

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Lotus F1 Team ‏@Lotus_F1Team We've stopped running. We're investigating. Looks like an early bath for @RGrosjean today. Maybe to join Seb #Vettel in the pool...

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@MercedesAMGF1: "Radio to @nico_rosberg reminding him to "drink" or "blink" He's either rather thirsty or looking very intense, we're not sure which..."

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Quote: Jalumi wrote in post #508

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Some cheeky tweets

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Lotus F1 Team ‏@Lotus_F1Team We've stopped running. We're investigating. Looks like an early bath for @RGrosjean today. Maybe to join Seb #Vettel in the pool...

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@MercedesAMGF1: "Radio to @nico_rosberg reminding him to "drink" or "blink" He's either rather thirsty or looking very intense, we're not sure which..."

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Maybe Kimi got enough information about fuel consumption and wants to try different set ups or quali sim, who knows. According to TS he didnt know exactly how the fuel consumption develops .