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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test day one

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Sainz has immediately returned to the pits after an install following his earlier stoppage at the exit of the pits. Having more luck getting on track is Hamilton, who joins the circuit now.
Sainz has managed to get successfully back onto the track now, too.
Quietly plugging away, Vettel has put 120 laps on his Ferrari, which still sits atop the leader board. This is a brilliant opening day so far for the Scuderia.
Grosjean is getting a nice stint going in the Haas now, and has set a personal best with a 1m20.453s. He doesn't move from ninth in the order, though.
Grosjean improves again, this time it's a 1m20.094s which jumps him up to sixth, ahead of Bottas's morning best.

Hamilton has also gone quicker not long after returning to the track, with a 1m20.135s.
We've had some cars go in and out, so the only ones on track now are Raikkonen, Verstappen, Grosjean and Hamilton.
Raikkonen has pitted. Out on track, Verstappen has bolted on a set of C3 tyres and looks rapid, although his last lap was clearly a cool-down effort.

Sainz has joined the fun on track.
Looking at Grosjean's run, there's one time that's odd, but the rest are alarmingly consistent and close to his personal best. The afternoon is looking up for Haas after a tough morning.
And just as we talk about how good the afternoon has been for Grosjean and Haas, he rewards us by pitting. No more of this juice for you, Autosport.
On track now we have a trio, comprised of Verstappen, Hamilton and Sainz. Verstappen is on the C3 tyre while Hamilton and Sainz lap on the C2.
Hamilton isn't lapping quickly out there, but he is lapping. He's notched up 36 laps already, more than Perez and Grosjean managed this morning.
Ricciardo has returned to the track, clearly as he heard us talking about how many laps Hamilton has done. Both drivers took over their respective cars this afternoon, but Ricciardo has 15 laps to Hamilton's 36.
Ricciardo's 17th lap of the day is a new personal best - 1m21.253s on C2 tyres.
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Time for another lap count:

Vettel - 122
Verstappen - 88
Raikkonen - 75
Bottas - 69
Sainz - 66
Hulkenberg - 65
Kvyat - 50
Hamilton - 38
Perez - 30
Grosjean - 30
Ricciardo - 17
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And halfway through this afternoon session (or three quarters of the way through the day, if you prefer) here's how the competitive order stands:

1 Vettel (Ferrari) 1m18.161s
2 Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1m19.483s
3 Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m19.600s
4 Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1m19.901s
5 Perez (Force India) 1m19.944s
6 Grosjean (Haas) 1m20.094s
7 Bottas (Mercedes) 1m20.127s
8 Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m20.135s
9 Sainz (McLaren) 1m20.430s
10 Hulkenberg (Renault) 1m20.980s
11 Ricciardo (Renault) 1m21.253s
Ricciardo crosses the line to log his 20th lap of the afternoon. That's half the amount of fellow afternoon-only runner Hamilton.
Raikkonen puts in a new personal best to move up to second with a set of C3 tyres, three tenths down on Vettel at the top.
Vettel is also on C3s now, doing a pass-through the pits at the start of his latest run.
Ricciardo's pace is starting to fall away on this long run on C2 tyres now, he's gone from high 1m21s to high 1m22s over the last six laps.
Ricciardo's pace continues to fall away, with most of his time loss coming in the final sector. That suggests his rear tyres have had enough, as the tight final part of the lap is all about the traction from the rear tyres.
Hamilton heads back out of the garage on a set of C2 tyres.
Ricciardo pits, ending a long run on the C2 tyres and taking his total lap count for the day up to 31.
Grosjean has started a run on the C3 tyres, although he's kicked things off with a 1m24.499s which is hardly anything to get excited about.
Grosjean definitely heard how unimpressed we were with his first lap, so he tried on the next one and he's improved to a 1m19.940s.
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Verstappen has emerged on a set of C3 tyres, and he's set a time just two tenths shy of his best from earlier.
Grosjean improves again on this run on C3 tyres, moving up to fourth with a 1m19.802s.
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Here's another check-in on times, with 90 minutes of running remaining this afternoon. Vettel is still a long way out in front:


1 Vettel (Ferrari) 1m18.161s
2 Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1m19.483s
3 Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m19.600s
4 Grosjean (Haas) 1m19.802s
5 Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1m19.901s
6 Perez (Force India) 1m19.944s
7 Bottas (Mercedes) 1m20.127s
8 Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m20.135s
9 Sainz (McLaren) 1m20.430s
10 Hulkenberg (Renault) 1m20.980s
11 Ricciardo (Renault) 1m21.253s
After a cooldown lap, Verstappen's next effort is a 1m20.9s, more than a second adrift of his best.
Hamilton is approaching the 50-lap mark for the afternoon, and he's just lapped four tenths down on his best so far today.
Grosjean improves again in the Haas, staying fourth with a 1m19.651s.
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Time for another lap count:

Vettel - 137
Verstappen - 95
Sainz - 89
Raikkonen - 85
Bottas - 69
Hulkenberg - 65
Kvyat - 51
Hamilton - 49
Grosjean - 39
Perez - 30
Ricciardo - 31
Kvyat gives us a dash of red on the tyre front, setting a new personal best of 1m19.635s on a set of C4 tyres in the Toro Rosso. He's back up to fourth.
Kvyat had a lush cool-down lap and then put in his best sector, but he's just missed out on improving his current fourth-best time of the day. He's backed off in the first sector of the next lap, too.
Hamilton has just got very close to his personal best as well, less than a tenth actually, after a cool down lap.
Grosjean has pitted. Still out on track are Verstappen, Kvyat, Hamilton and Sainz.
Verstappen is the second driver to reach triple digits in terms of laps completed. That's an incredible turnaround from Red Bull Honda's late start this morning.
The second-placed driver in the order, Kimi Raikkonen, is back on track.

By: Geoff Creighton

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