Barcelona F1 test two day one
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Norris did indeed visit the pits, but it appears he may have trundled straight on through as he's back out there now on what appears to be a set of C1s.
Ricciardo hasn't gone faster than his recent best, but is on a pretty consistent run in the 1m21s at the moment.
Albon heads back out on track now in the Toro Rosso.
Norris brings the McLaren back to the pits, so it's just Vettel and Ricciardo out there now.
Ricciardo improves again, but stays 11th. A 1m21.141s is his lap this time round.
Ricciardo also improves in the Renault, jumping ahead of Norris and sending the McLaren to the bottom of the pile for now.
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Good thing we spotted that in time - Vettel immediately goes fastest with a 1m18.206s lap!
Ricciardo has headed back out on track though, as has Vettel in the Ferrari.
Gasly brings the Red Bull back into the pits on a set of tyres that look pretty second-hand now. Plenty of noise from the Red Bull right under our noses in the media centre.
Stroll got very close to his personal best on his first lap of this run. His 1m19.162s was a mere 0.023s shy of his current fourth-fastest time.
We didn't need to wait long. A stripe of yellow as the Racing Point - not Force India - tells us Stroll's on the C3s. Russell, meanwhile, has brought the Williams back into the pits.
Stroll brings the Racing Point back onto the track. Let's see if he joins the Magnussen/Russell/Gasly C3 party, or whether he goes rogue like Norris (who's on C1s).
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Magnussen is the first driver to improve after the session resumed, shaving half a second off his time. He sets his 1m19.146s on the C3 tyre.
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Vettel is swiftly back on track too.
Giovinazzi, who still leads the way, comes into the pits as well. Russell, Albon, Norris - on C2 - and Ricciardo on track.
Vettel comes in after a seven-lap stint, he's still eighth with a 1m19.867s best.
Ricciardo has been steadily improving his times since coming out for his first laps, he's now down to a 1m22.410s.
That puts him 12th, but he's much closer to the cars ahead now, and he's on a harder tyre compound than those times ahead.
That puts him 12th, but he's much closer to the cars ahead now, and he's on a harder tyre compound than those times ahead.
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Oh and Russell's on the C3 too. Ricciardo appears to be on the C2, like Albon.
Some tyre spotting.
Giovinazzi looks to be on the C1.
Vettel's on the C3, as is Gasly.
Giovinazzi looks to be on the C1.
Vettel's on the C3, as is Gasly.
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Our video guru Luke Hinsull snaps the Mercedes being returned to the team, and this concludes out flatbed truck updates for now
Norris is back out too, as McLaren expected.
Russell, Albon, Norris and Ricciardo hit the track.
Green flag
And we're green.
Before it all went awry for Bottas
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But the truck has now returned to the pitlane with the Mercedes, so we should be getting underway again soon.
The truck has not set any purple sectors on its return to the pits, and we're fairly sure our Technical Editor Jake Boxall-Legge will not be a fan of its aerodynamic design.
Don't you just love flatbed truck updates? Well here's another. It's now taking the Mercedes to pitlane.
The Mercedes is now on the flatbed truck, so hopefully we're not far away from the session starting again.
A closer look at the Bottas recovery
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While we await the green flag to be shown to get the session back underway, let's take a look at the slightly updated lap chart this side of the lunch break.
Giovinazzi - 60
Gasly - 61
Leclerc - 29
Stroll - 46
Magnussen - 84
Russell - 55
Albon - 43
Vettel - 3
Hamilton - 83
Hulkenberg - 80
Norris - 38
Bottas - 1
Giovinazzi - 60
Gasly - 61
Leclerc - 29
Stroll - 46
Magnussen - 84
Russell - 55
Albon - 43
Vettel - 3
Hamilton - 83
Hulkenberg - 80
Norris - 38
Bottas - 1
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While the recovery of Bottas's Mercedes gets underway, we have an update from McLaren.
The reason for Norris stopping this morning was due to a loss of hydraulic pressure. The team says it should be back out soon.
The reason for Norris stopping this morning was due to a loss of hydraulic pressure. The team says it should be back out soon.
Not that you can see easily, as the CCTV is a fair distance away, but here's where Bottas came to a halt.
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Bottas is the cause, pulling off on the inside of Turn 3.
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