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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day two

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In case you missed it, the Dutch Grand Prix has its own anthem - and we're wondering which songs you think would be perfect anthems for the other races on the calendar! Suggest your ideas on Twitter using #autosportanthems and we'll pick our favourites.
Hamilton's car just gave up exiting Turn 5, and he's managed to coast to a complete stop at Turn 6. Car appears to be stuck in third gear too.
Hamilton had just done a 12-lap stint on C3 tyres in what appeared to be the start of a race simulation.
Red flag
The Mercedes is parked up on the run to Turn 7 and has brought the session to a halt.
Crash
Hamilton has stopped on track.
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As the long runs continue, here is the lap count for the day so far with just under two and a half hours to go:

Gasly - 100
Vettel - 90
Latifi - 79
Stroll - 71
Norris - 57
Bottas - 47
Magnussen - 44
Ocon - 37
Verstappen - 31
Giovinazzi - 20
Ricciardo - 16
Hamilton - 14
Albon 14
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Hamilton's second of 1m22.931s confirms his Mercedes is fairly fat with fuel and he is on a race run.
First lap for Hamilton is a 1m22.425s, which puts him 12th.
Hamilton has emerged from his garage on C3s.
Ricciardo's 1m19.363s is a PB for the Renault driver. Puts him ninth.
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So, the timesheet at the end of hour one of session two looks like this:
Vettel - 1m16.841s
Stroll - 1m17.118s
Latifi - 1m17.313s
Norris - 1m17.573s
Verstappen - 1m17.738s
Bottas - 1m17.985s
Ocon - 1m18.013s
Magnussen - 1m18.225s
Ricciardo - 1m19.441s
Giovinazzi - 1m19.670s
Gasly - 1m22.566s
Albon - 1m24.429s
We're coming to the end of the first hour of the afternoon session and the world champions Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are yet to grace the circuit with their appearance.
Stroll had a bit of a moment into the final complex of corners but managed to keep his car Racing Point(ed) in the right direction.
Both Alex Kalinauckas and Jake Boxall-Legge are hard at work logging the long runs taking place this afternoon, so expect some interesting analyses on those on Autosport.com and Motorsport.com this evening.
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Vettel's recent lap is a 1m23.755s on the C2s, so he's definitely putting in a long run.
Vettel made a small mistake on his out-lap at Turn 10. He's gone onto a flying lap, though isn't using the DRS down the main straight, which suggests he's going to log a series of high-fuel laps.
Albon had just started what looked to be a long run, but backed out of this lap after coming across Vettel on an out-lap.
Ricciardo improves to a 1m19.499s. Albon, Gasly, Latifi and Magnussen are all on track right now.
Ricciardo's first flying lap is a 1m19.520s on C3s.
Ricciardo has gone onto a lap in the Renault, and looks to be pushing on. Just over three tenths down on the best pace in sector 1.
Norris bailing to pitlane leaves just Gasly on track right now.
Stroll also appears to be on a long run on his C3s. That will be the order of the afternoon for most, we imagine, with conditions ideal for such a programme.
That'll be a 'not yet', as he's come back into pitlane for a practice start.
Vettel has come out on circuit for the first time in this session and is sporting the C3 tyres. Wonder if he's going for a bit of a long run?
Latifi looks to be carrying a bit of fuel on board as well, judging by his latest lap times.
Meanwhile, Latifi has taken the Williams out on the development Zandvoort tyres.
Two laps in the high 1m24s bracket for Gasly, which suggests he is on a race simulation on the C3s.
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The line-up for this afternoon's four hours of running looks like this:
Alfa Romeo - Giovinazzi
Williams - Latifi
Red Bull - Albon
Renault - Ricciardo
Racing Point - Stroll
AlphaTauri - Gasly
Haas - Magnussen
Ferrari - Vettel
Mercedes - Hamilton
McLaren - Norris
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Pierre Gasly is first on the circuit this afternoon, looking to add to his 36 laps from this morning.
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The session for this afternoon has now begun.
That’s all for now, but keep firing your #autosportanthems suggestions at us and we’ll try to get through as many as we can this afternoon.
@Mathias21 has gone for prelude/The Sound of Music for the Austrian GP. It’s a bit cliche, but we’ll allow it

@Mathias21 has gone for prelude/The Sound of Music for the Austrian GP. It’s a bit cliche, but we’ll allow it

@PStaffan reckons Bend Me, Shape Me, made famous by The American Breed, suits the Monaco Grand Prix #autosportanthems

@PStaffan reckons Bend Me, Shape Me, made famous by The American Breed, suits the Monaco Grand Prix #autosportanthems

@_King_Lous suggests Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf for the Canadian GP. Hard to argue against that one!

@_King_Lous suggests Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf for the Canadian GP. Hard to argue against that one!

By: Geoff Creighton

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