Barcelona F1 test two day one
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Stroll's now out on track and running the C2s.
Giovinazzi's a big fan of practice starts. So much so, we've lost count as he prepares for his latest one.
After that flurry of timing screen excitement, we're not seeing any improvements. It's a fairly busy track, but no-one is pushing too hard.
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That Leclerc time is just 0.023's off Gasly's long-held benchmark too.
Giovinazzi and Leclec have been battling in the sectors and Leclerc goes second with a 1m18.651s. The former uses C4s to improve his time to 1m18.721s, but not enough to take back second.
And he's beaten that time again the next time round, lapping in 1m18.868s and a whisker away from Giovinazzi in second.
And Leclerc's lap as he passed Cozens's camera puts him third with a time of 1m19.071s.
Here is Cozens's Leclerc picture. Can you spot the Ferrari?
And from our quick glance out the window - and a very blurry, almost missed picture from the intrepid Jack Cozens - that looks like the C3 compound for Leclerc.
Leclerc's in luck, the track's practically empty. Just Magnussen and Hulkenberg to share the Tarmac with.
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Leclerc is back out in the Ferrari.
We're about to head into the final hour and unsurprisingly we've yet to see Norris and McLaren return to the track after the earlier red flag.
Albon ends that run and more than doubles the total laps Toro Rosso had completed prior to the red flag, bringing it up to 22.
Gasly's out on the C3s.
Our pacesetter Gasly heads out on track now to join Albon, Hamilton and Hulkenberg.
Hamilton's continuing his longer run on the C2s, with Magnussen, Albon and Hulkenberg sharing the track with the Mercedes.
Giovinazzi and Russell end their stints, both looked to be on more of a performance run than we'd seen earlier this morning.
Russell's also managed to pick up the pace after the red flag and is now firmly in the 1m20s range with his time of 1m20.724s.
He's eighth and completed 30 laps as Williams makes up for lost time.
He's eighth and completed 30 laps as Williams makes up for lost time.
Hulkenberg's on the C3s now and found marginal lap gain. He's currently seventh-fastest.
Giovinazzi does make a run of purple sectors stick this time and improves to 0.122s off Gasly's benchmark.
The Alfa man used the C3s to make that time.
The Alfa man used the C3s to make that time.
Renault's nearest competitor in the lap count is Haas and Mercedes, with all three teams using this morning to complete long runs on the C2s.
Hulkenberg's heading out again and will almost certainly make Renault the first team to clear 50 laps today.
But it falls apart in the third sector, so no improvement for Giovinazzi there. He was around two tenths slower than his best in the end.
Giovinazzi's properly quick, he sets the fastest first sector of anyone and then carries it into the second sector.
Yes there is, it's a 1m19.967s lap for Albon this time around. Around half a second quicker too.
Albon's setting personal best sectors again. Another improvement in sight?
Russell narrowly misses out an improved time, falling 0.075s short of his own benchmark 1m22.306s lap.
Our vantage point of Hamilton's latest exit from the Mercedes garage
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So after that brief red flag related pause, here's a look at the current lap count:
Hulkenberg - 48
Hamilton - 44
Norris - 38
Gasly - 34
Magnussen - 34
Giovinazzi - 32
Stroll - 28
Russell - 24
Albon - 10
Leclerc - 6
Hulkenberg - 48
Hamilton - 44
Norris - 38
Gasly - 34
Magnussen - 34
Giovinazzi - 32
Stroll - 28
Russell - 24
Albon - 10
Leclerc - 6
That's only Toro Rosso's 10th lap of the day, which is the lowest total of anyone bar Ferrari so far.
Albon's improved on his first flyer, and leaps from ninth to fifth thanks to a 1m20.359s lap.
Magnussen is also on the C2s.
Hamilton is out on the C2s and Russell is also heading onto the track.
Looks like Magnussen won the very important race off pitlane though, so bonus points to Haas.
Albon is out for the first time since the first half hour and is on the C3s.
Green flag
And we're back underway.
And the truck has now gone past our media centre window and is at the McLaren garage. Shouldn't be long before we return to green.
Fans of our flatbed truck recovery updates will be thrilled by the news it is now returning to the pitlane with a McLaren on the back of it.
By: Geoff Creighton
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