F1 Testing: Bottas puts Mercedes on top in final test

Valterri Bottas, runner-up to teammate Lewis Hamilton in the world championship in 2019, clocked a best run of 1min 16.196sec off a total of 79 laps.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Renault's Daniel Ricciardo filled out the top three as Valtteri Bottas (in frame) finished on top.

Valterri Bottas took his Mercedes to the top of the time charts once again on Friday on the final day of pre-season Formula One testing in Barcelona.

The Finn, runner-up to teammate Lewis Hamilton in the world championship in 2019, clocked a best run of 1min 16.196sec off a total of 79 laps.

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Renault's Daniel Ricciardo filled out the top three with Hamilton, who will be chasing a record-equalling seventh world title this season, in fifth.

The new season gets underway in Melbourne on March 15.

Test times: Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 1:16.196 (79 laps) Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) 1:16.269 (45) Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Renault) 1:16.276 (65) Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 1:16.360 (181)  Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1:16.410 (90) Esteban Ocon (FRA/Renault) 1:16.433 (75) Sergio Perez (MEX/Racing Point) 1:16.634 (154) Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/McLaren) 1:16.820 (163) George Russell (GBR/Williams) 1:16.871 (146) Daniil Kvyat (RUS/AlphaTauri) 1:16.914 (160) Romain Grosjean (FRA/Haas) 1:17.037 (86) Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Alfa Romeo) 1:17.415 (115) Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas) 1:17.495 (29) Alexander Albon (THA/Red Bull) 1:17.803 (59)