F1 testing LIVE: Latest updates and lap times as Max Verstappen leads Mercedes’ George Russell on day 3

LIVE – Updated at 10:24

Follow all the action from the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona as Formula 1 continues to build towards the start of the 2022 season.

It was Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who led on day two with a time of 1:19:689 in the post-lunch session, bettering his teammate Carlos Sainz who had set pace in the morning. There were encouraging signs again for McLaren too, with Daniel Ricciardo finishing in third after Lando Norris led the standings on Wednesday. There were few positives to reap for Lewis Hamilton, who finished bottom, although George Russell fared better in the Mercedes and ended the day in fourth. Meanwhile, Red Bull’s preparations were hampered by a gearbox issue, causing the morning session to be red-flagged.

Meanwhile, away from the track, F1 said it was “closely watching” the crisis in Ukraine, with widespread calls for the Russian GP to be axed from the schedule. Sebastian Vettel was clear that he would boycott the race if it does go ahead, with Ferrari chief Mattia Binotto revealing that teams met last night “to try to understand what the situation is and how to cope and how to manage it.”

Follow all the latest news, lap times and results from Barcelona below.

It’s been quite the day already on the third day of testing with Fernando Alonso’s car smoking, Verstappen and Alonso switching hands in the lead and a potential oil leak from Haas.

There is supposed to be a press conference at 11am GMT so I will bring you all the quotes from that one.

But for now here is a list of the updated results with Red Bull’s Verstappen still in the lead:

Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m19.765s, C3, 41 laps, Russell (Mercedes) 1m20.556s, C3, 47 laps, Latifi (Williams) 1m20.699s, C4, 5 laps, Norris (McLa