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Mercedes reigned supreme at the top of the timesheets on the third day of the Barcelona shakedown test.

Kimi Antonelli, who took over driving duties from team-mate George Russell in the afternoon, set the fastest time of the day, clocking a 1:17.362.

Russell was only two-tenths behind, however, with Mercedes the only drivers to dip into the 1:17s.

Reigning champion Lando Norris made his first appearance of the week behind the wheel of his new McLaren, the MCL40, tallying 76 laps during the day.

Nico Hulkenberg set the slowest lap time, however after running into some early gremlins, Audi walked away with 68 laps on the board.

See the full results from Day 3 below!

2026 F1 Barcelona Pre-Season Test - Day 3 results
Pos.	Driver	Team	Lap time	Laps
1.	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1.17.362	91
2.	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.218	92
3.	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.945	76
4.	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.788	58
5.	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.935	67
6.	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+1.952	42
7.	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+2.058	120
8.	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+3.648	68

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