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Ricciardo smashes record as pace soars in Barcelona

Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton have both dropped well into the 1:18 bracket at the Circuit de Catalunya, while McLaren suffered yet another on-track stoppage on day two of the second test. Ricciardo and Hamilton have both surpassed the 2017 pole lap time set at the Spanish Grand Prix (1:19.149) and Kimi Raikkonen's best time of 1:18.634 seen at testing last year. Hamilton dictated the pace for much of the morning session, setting a 1:18.945 on mediums, a 1:18.752 on supersofts and then a 1:18.400 on the quickest hypersoft tyres. But, as the unofficial lunch break approached, Ricciardo also switched to the hypersofts and shaved 0.043 seconds off Hamilton's best. His 1:18.357 is just...
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