Barcelona F1 test day two
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Norris starts to move up the order with a 1m22.708s to put him sixth.
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The RS19's also turned up with a brand new set of rear wing endplates, with three differently-shaped teeth to clean up the airflow from the rotating wheel to improve rear-end stability. There's also a charming little T-wing, generating tip vortices to boost the suction side of the rear wing, and a tiny little fin on the halo mountings just to manage a little bit of airflow around the centre portion of the car.
Ricciardo joins Leclerc in the sub-1m20s club with a 1m19.886s.
Ricciardo's first flying lap of this run moves him up to second with a 1m20.253s on the yellow C3 tyres that Renault is obliged to run at all times for livery purposes. Norris improves to a 1m27.458s.
Norris posts his first time of the day - 1m28.857s on C3 tyres.
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Talking of lap counts, let's have an update:
Giovinazzi 26
Gasly 24
Leclerc 15
Hamilton 13
Stroll 10
Ricciardo 10
Albon 8
Norris 7
Magnussen 1
Giovinazzi 26
Gasly 24
Leclerc 15
Hamilton 13
Stroll 10
Ricciardo 10
Albon 8
Norris 7
Magnussen 1
Ricciardo joins the track too, starting his 10th lap of the day.
Giovinazzi and Norris are the only drivers on track at the moment.
Here's the Renault in question, complete with its new bargeboard arrangement
Albon continues to improve his times, now getting down to a 1m22.883s.
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After showing off a slightly muted launch spec car, Renault turned up yesterday with plenty of new bits to shout about - namely the new bargeboards. The 'aerocats' are gone, and replaced with a four-piece turning vane assembly next to the sidepods to drive airflow around the undercut. The bargeboards are also a lot jazzier, featuring a squarer top edge to pick flow off of the front end and send it around the edge of the floor.
Giovinazzi improves again to a 1m20.512s. Second for the time being, behind Leclerc. Albon improves to a 1m26.119s.
Albon is out there again, and this time he's stayed out for more than one lap, back on the C4 tyres as presumably Toro Rosso hopes to find him some grip and confidence after that early spin. He gets on the board with a 1m28.267s.
Giovinazzi is back on track, on C3 tyres, and he moves up to second with a 1m21.178s.
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Leclerc pits as well, having taken his lap tally up to 15 for the morning so far. Gasly leads the way on 18.
Stroll improves to a 1m21.524s, while Magnussen returns to the pits after an installation lap on intermediates.
Gasly moves up to second with a 1m21.295s.
Magnussen appears in the Haas for the first time today. Slow start for the US-owned team, but plenty of time to catch up and all they've really missed is an hour of the track being too cold to get much meaningful work done.
Gasly moves up to third with a 1m21.800s on C3s.
Another slight improvement for Hamilton with a 1m24.193s.
Albon has returned to the track just over an hour after his red flag-causing spin. Toro Rosso sends him out for an installation lap on the red C4 tyres.
Stroll goes second with a 1m21.675s, while Hamilton also improves to a 1m24.655s.
Stroll's next lap moves him ahead of Hamilton into fifth - 1m23.126s.
Stroll's first timed lap of the week is a 1m29.063s on C3 tyres.
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Leclerc finds nearly a full second on his next lap - 1m19.427s.
Stroll and Hamilton head out to give us three cars on track.
Here's Leclerc on his earlier run. No, we don't know what he's doing with the steering either
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And he's straight into the 1m20s with a 1m20.346s as we complete the first hour of day two.
Leclerc is going faster again...
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Leclerc goes straight to the top of the times with a 1m21.871s on C2 tyres.
Ferrari outfoxes everyone with its tyre choice, putting Leclerc onto the more sensible C2s for this run. He has the track to himself.
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Noticed a nice sheen on Pirelli's tyres? The manufacturer has adopted a new production method that is being used to help get rid of imperfections, which means its tyres will have a shiny appearance this year. 
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Based on Leclerc's current trend of tyre choice, we assume he'll progress from the hardest slick, to the intermediate, to run the full wets on this run.
The circuit is silent for a matter of seconds between Ricciardo coming back in and Leclerc heading out.
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Lap count so far today:
Giovinazzi 14
Gasly 13
Hamilton 8
Ricciardo 7
Leclerc 5
Norris 4
Stroll 2
Albon four corners
Magnussen 0
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Giovinazzi 14
Gasly 13
Hamilton 8
Ricciardo 7
Leclerc 5
Norris 4
Stroll 2
Albon four corners
Magnussen 0
Williams (Grove)
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Ricciardo now goes fastest with a 1m21.877s on the C3 tyres.
We've just seen another installation lap from Stroll in the Racing Point. He's straight back into the pits, bringing his tally for the morning so far to two.
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