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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day one

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Hamilton doesn't improve on that tour, but is the only one circulating at present. Clearly, he's had his morning coffee already.
Giorgio Piola is out in the pitlane for us this morning and already snapping away

Giorgio Piola is out in the pitlane for us this morning and already snapping away

Stopwatch
Hamilton is cracking on with his C4 tyres and finds a few more tenths, setting the pace with a 1m20.572s.
Stopwatch
Hamilton, on C4 tyres, lowers the pace to a 1m20.920s.
Stopwatch
Hamilton sets the early pace with a 1m22.794s. For reference, the fastest time from the first test - set by Mercedes team-mate Bottas - 1m15.7s.
Gasly and Hamilton follow Sainz out on circuit, with Vettel and Latifi in tow.
Green flag
Session one of the first day of the final pre-season test of 2020 is underway. Sainz is first out on track.
While we wait for the pitlane to go green, Autosport's very own technical editor Jake Boxall-Legge wishes me to remind you that the collective scrabble score total of Alfa Romeo's two drivers - Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi - is the highest of the grid.

To break that down, Giovinazzi is worth 32 and Raikkonen 17.

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While you've got a few minutes, why not refresh yourself with the goings on of last week's first test - which was topped by Mercedes, who set tongues wagging with the introduction of its DAS system:

What we've learned from the first F1 test - F1 - Autosport Plus

Mercedes proved F1 innovation is alive and well, Williams banished the demons of 2019, while Racing Point's gamble appears to be paying off. Our experts on the ground weigh up all the major talking points from the first week of F1 testing

What we've learned from the first F1 test - F1 - Autosport Plus
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Alfa Romeo - Robert Kubica
Williams - Nicholas Latifi
Red Bull - Alex Albon
Renault - Daniel Ricciardo
Racing Point - Lance Stroll
AlphaTauri - Pierre Gasly
Haas - Romain Grosjean
Ferrari - Sebastian Vettel
Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton
McLaren - Carlos Sainz
We're just under 15 minutes away from the track going green, so here is a rundown of who is driving what in the today's first four-hour session...
Good morning and welcome to the beginning of the end... of pre-season testing. The sun is shining over the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and Autosport is primed to bring you live coverage of all three days of running.

By: Geoff Creighton

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