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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day one

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Vettel comes back in after that run for a small adjustment to the front wing, before being sent on his way again.
Stopwatch
Hamilton goes top on C2s with a 1m17.753s, beating Stroll's time by 0.034s, and doing so despite making a slight error exiting Turn 12.
Hamilton, Ricciardo and Grosjean have now joined Vettel on track.
Green flag
And we are back underway. Vettel is first out, no doubt still a little red-faced after his spin.
He may only be fifth on the timesheets, but we're convinced that our photographer caught Sainz hitting warp speed earlier on

He may only be fifth on the timesheets, but we're convinced that our photographer caught Sainz hitting warp speed earlier on

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While we await the return of track action, here's an update on the laps completed. It's a familiar name on top...

1 Hamilton 44
2 Vettel 42
3 Latifi 36
4 Ricciardo 31
5 Stroll 28
6 Sainz 22
7 Kubica 26
8 Grosjean 17
9 Gasly 2
10 Albon 1
The marshals have sprung into action to clear up the gravel. Hopefully this stoppage shouldn't go on for long.
Vettel deposited a lot of gravel on the racing line through Turn 8, which needs to be cleaned up - hence the stoppage.
Red flag
Red flag. Session stopped.
Replay shows he lost the rear on the way into Turn 7, which spat him into the gravel and sent the car into a spin. Good effort to keep it out of the barrier.
Crash
Vettel has spun coming out of Turn 8 having just put in a personal best first sector.
Two hours down, two hours to go and no laptimes for Red Bull or AlphaTauri. Stroll still fastest with a 1m17.787s.
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Amid the rising number of cases of coronavirus in Italy, Ferrari has announced that it has restricted all non-critical business travel and is limiting access to its factory.

Ferrari restricts factory access/travel in response to coronavirus

Ferrari has restricted all non-critical business travel and is limiting access to its factory in response to the developing coronavirus situation in Italy

Ferrari restricts factory access/travel in response to coronavirus
The super-anoraks among you will recognise the long-haired chap with the headset as Nigel Stroud, who would go on to design the rotary-engined Mazda 787B Group C screamer that won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991, and later went on to run the Cadillac NorthStar American Le Mans Series team.
Today is Rupert Keegan's 65th birthday. Bearing a striking visual resemblance to James Hunt, the 1976 BP British F3 champion failed to live up to his early promise in F1 - not helped by driving uncompetitive Hesketh, Surtees and RAM machinery - but did secure the 1979 Aurora British F1 title from David Kennedy. And who can forget the remarkable livery his car sported in 1977? Certainly unlike anything else we've seen on a racing car before or since...

Today is Rupert Keegan's 65th birthday. Bearing a striking visual resemblance to James Hunt, the 1976 BP British F3 champion failed to live up to his early promise in F1 - not helped by driving uncompetitive Hesketh, Surtees and RAM machinery - but did secure the 1979 Aurora British F1 title from David Kennedy. And who can forget the remarkable livery his car sported in 1977? Certainly unlike anything else we've seen on a racing car before or since...

Ricciardo concludes this run and is back in pitlane. Kubica and Stroll the only ones circulating at present.
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Let's take a look at the lap counts from this morning so far:
Hamilton - 44
Vettel - 40
Latifi - 30
Ricciardo - 29
Sainz - 22
Stroll - 19
Kubica - 18
Grosjean - 17
Gasly - 2
Albon - 1
Here's the man who has just vaulted himself to the top of the leaderboard. It's a big year ahead for Stroll - already in his fourth year of F1 at the age of just 21. When I was 21, I still hadn't worked out how to crack an egg without spilling most of it on the work surface.

Here's the man who has just vaulted himself to the top of the leaderboard. It's a big year ahead for Stroll - already in his fourth year of F1 at the age of just 21. When I was 21, I still hadn't worked out how to crack an egg without spilling most of it on the work surface.

As I say that, Sainz and Kubica pit.
Vettel returns to his garage now, leaving Sainz, Kubica, Stroll and Ricciardo on track.
Stopwatch
Stroll goes top with a 1m17.787s lap on C3s.
Hamilton has come back into pitlane, while Vettel has carried on. Meanwhile, Stroll's on a quick one.
Hamilton and Vettel have both just gone straight through the pits for a practice start at the end of pitlane.
Hamilton is on a bit of a long run, and a consistent one at that. He's done eight laps in succession of mostly low-mid 1m19s laps. He's currently on the C2 tyre.
Grosjean locked his left front into the chicane at the end of the lap, but got away without flatspotting the tyre terribly.
Still no more laps for Red Bull yet. Not sure if there's a problem or not, but the team has erected the screens in front of the garage, which means the floor of the car is off at the moment.
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Only seven times on the board with just over two and a half hours to go in the morning session. The order is:
Hamilton - 1m18.044s
Vettel - 1m18.175s
Latifi - 1m18.682s
Stroll - 1m18.942s
Ricciardo - 1m19.354s
Kubica - 1m21.118s
Grosjean - 1m27.002s
Stopwatch
Hamilton finds a touch of time on that lap to improve to a 1m18.044s.
Stopwatch
Hamilton goes fastest on the normal C2 tyres with a 1m18.064s.
Vettel getting a good look at the Mercedes - will that become a theme of this year we wonder?

Vettel getting a good look at the Mercedes - will that become a theme of this year we wonder?

Sainz is doing a bit of aero testing this morning. He's making regular trips to the pitlane with the aero rake fitted to his McLaren.
Stroll up to third in the the Racing Point with a 1m18.942s. Was purple in first sector, but lost a considerable chunk of time - three tenths - in sector two, and couldn't recover.
Here's another new detail - Alfa has sprouted horns on the chassis bulkhead. There's two on each side, which divert airflow outwards

Here's another new detail - Alfa has sprouted horns on the chassis bulkhead. There's two on each side, which divert airflow outwards

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Here’s a first lap count of week two:

Hamilton 27
Vettel 26
Latifi 17
Ricciardo 11
Grosjean 10
Kubica 9
Sainz 8
Stroll 5
Gasly 2
Albon 1

By: Geoff Creighton

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