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Barcelona F1 test two day two

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Some news from F1, which has announced Ben Pincus will become its new director of commercial partnerships at the start of next week. Pincus, who joins from Heineken, replaces previous incumbent Murray Barnett, who has decided to step down from the position.
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Although we're here to talk 2020 testing, one of last year's pre-season storylines will feature in the upcoming Netflix Drive to Survive docu-series that is being released tomorrow. Williams hopes the episode featuring its 2019 struggles will "shows the truth behind the scenes and how painful it was for all of us".

Williams: Netflix series will show truth about 2019 F1 pre-season

Claire Williams believes the upcoming second series of Netflix's Drive to Survive documentary-series will "show the truth" about Williams's Formula 1 pre-season struggles in 2019

Williams: Netflix series will show truth about 2019 F1 pre-season
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Barcelona F1 testing: Sebastian Vettel puts Ferrari on top for the first time this pre-season:

Barcelona F1 testing: Vettel puts Ferrari on top for first time

Sebastian Vettel headed a disrupted second morning of the second Formula 1 2020 pre-season test, setting a 1m16.841s benchmark following a Turn 5 excursion which prompted a red flag

Barcelona F1 testing: Vettel puts Ferrari on top for first time
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As for the laps completed, the tally is this:
Vettel - 49
Bottas - 47
Latifi - 43
Norris - 43
Ocon - 37
Gasly - 35
Verstappen - 31
Magnussen - 31
Stroll - 30
Giovinazzi - 16
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The timesheets look 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
Giovinazzi - 1m19.670s
Gasly - 1m22.566s
Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari set the pace with a 1m16.841s and completed 49 laps in an eventful morning, in which he also brought out a red flag after a late spin.
Checkered flag
Session one is over.
Vettel got a bit of a wobble on coming into the last corner as he winds up for a lap on C3s.
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Vettel finds a little more time on the C5s and extends his advantage at the top of the timesheets to 0.277s with a 1m16.841s.
Stroll had a snap mid-corner at Turn 12, which is what sent him into the kitty litter. Good morning for the Canadian, who will stay in the Racing Point all day.
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Stroll was on a really good lap on C3s, but pushed too hard through Turn 12 and dipped a wheel into the gravel. He makes no improvement as a result.
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Just half an hour to go in this session. Here's the lap count for each driver thus far:

Bottas - 47
Vettel - 37
Latifi - 37
Norris - 34
Ocon - 27
Gasly - 27
Stroll - 24
Magnussen - 23
Giovinazzi - 23
Verstappen - 17
Verstappen guides the Red Bull to a 1m17.750s to move into fourth behind Norris, Stroll and Vettel.
After his earlier spin, Verstappen is back out on C2 tyres.
Green flag
Session is back underway.
The marshals seem to be nearing the end of their clean-up obligations, and we should be back underway soon.
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Here are the current lap counts while we're under the red flag:

Bottas 41
Vettel 34
Latifi 32
Norris 30
Ocon 24
Gasly 22
Stroll 21
Magnussen 17
Giovinazzi 16
Verstappen 10
Red flag
Red flag for gravel on track at Turn 5.
The Ferrari driver just lost the rear as he started to pick up the throttle on the exit and was pitched into a spin. He's gotten going again and is back in pitlane, but he has left a lot of gravel on circuit.
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Vettel has spun at Turn 5.
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But that gap extends as first Stroll on C3s, then Vettel on C4s went fastest. The Ferrari's time was a 1m17.093s.
Improvement for Norris in the McLaren, now 0.336s off the pace in second.
Ocon went for a bit of a push on C4s in the Renault and has gone third fastest with a 1m18.013s.
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Vettel returns to second spot with a 1m17.651s on C3s.
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With just an hour to go of the opening session, the order looks like this:
Stroll - 1m17.249s
Verstappen - 1m18.016s
Norris - 1m18.141s
Ocon - 1m18.346s
Bottas - 1m18.379s
Magnussen - 1m18.737s
Latifi - 1m18.902s
Vettel - 1m19.373s
Giovinazzi - 1m19.670s
Gasly - 1m22.566s
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Stroll, on C3s, has upped the pace to a 1m17.249s.
Latifi was on a fast lap, but thought he was a MotoGP rider and took to the alternate Turn 13 layout.
Norris, followed by Latifi, are first out.
Green flag
The green flag has been waved and we are back underway.
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Before that restart, here's an excellent read (if we do say so ourselves) from GARY WATKINS on the rise - and dramatic fall - of one of F1's most remarkable underdogs, Onyx.

The F1 underdog thwarted by its bazooka-seeking owner - F1 - Autosport Plus

Some 30 years on, the story of how an F3000 outfit stepped up to the big leagues and took an F1 podium in its first season is no less dramatic than it was in 1989. But Onyx's initial demise was just as swift - and even more dramatic - as its rise

The F1 underdog thwarted by its bazooka-seeking owner - F1 - Autosport Plus
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Session will restart at 11:53am local time.

By: Geoff Creighton

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