Barcelona F1 test two day one
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Now seems as good a time as any to show you our spy shot of Stroll's morning warm-up routine in the media car park.
The covers are over the McLaren to confound any pitlane spies and it's being lifted onto the back of the truck now.
The flatbed truck is on the scene now
Marshals are surrounding the McLaren, so hopefully this is a fairly swift recovery.
We appreciate this photo isn't a work of art, but here's the stricken McLaren.
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And it's the McLaren of Norris that's pulled off the track.
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And we have a red flag, our first this morning.
Hulkenberg's times are continuing to drop steadily, so we may see this C2 tyre run come to an end soon.
Hamilton's returned to the track on what looks like C2s as well.
Hamilton's returned to the track on what looks like C2s as well.
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On Leclerc's lack of running so far this morning - he's only completed six laps, which came in the first half-hour of the session - Ferrari says: “We need some time to check a few things. We’ll keep you posted.”
No green or purple numbers on the timing screens, but it is getting warmer and sunnier. It's the small victories that count.
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Norris is back out for McLaren and is running on the C3 tyre which, along with the C2, has been the favoured compound for the teams this morning.
And here's the nose. This image shows the two indents added to the nosecone, which seems to be aimed at feeding air better towards the cape under the nose. (Motorsport Images)
More on that Mercedes front wing: This shows the outwash angle, which was inwash last week, and the cutout in the top corner that wasn't there last week. (Motorsport Images)
Hulkenberg's lapping around a second off his best time of 1m20.781s, running deep into this latest C2 tyre run.
Stroll's on the C2 tyres again, so should be set for a decent length run here.
And Stroll's out again now for Racing Point.
Giovinazzi at least responds to our request for cars on track, completing another practice start before joining the fray again.
Very quiet now with just Hulkenberg on track as Giovinazzi pits from his latest stint. We're hoping pointing this out leads to a much busier track.
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It's what you've been waiting for - a look at the current times at the end of hour two:
1 Gasly, 1m18.647s
2 Giovinazzi, 1m18.929s
3 Stroll, 1m19.139s
4 Magnussen, 1m19.644s
5 Hamilton, 1m20.764s
6 Hulkenberg, 1m20.781s
7 Leclerc, 1m20.830s
8 Russell, 1m21.102s
9 Albon, 1m22.001s
10 Norris, 1m22.306s
1 Gasly, 1m18.647s
2 Giovinazzi, 1m18.929s
3 Stroll, 1m19.139s
4 Magnussen, 1m19.644s
5 Hamilton, 1m20.764s
6 Hulkenberg, 1m20.781s
7 Leclerc, 1m20.830s
8 Russell, 1m21.102s
9 Albon, 1m22.001s
10 Norris, 1m22.306s
Hulkenberg looks to be on C2's now we've seen him on track and he's improved to a 1m20.781s lap.
Russell ends his stint and comes into the pitlane in what should be a nice morale booster for Williams, with competitive times (in a testing sense) and completing 20 laps.
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Hulkenberg is back out in the Renault. He's frustratingly out of eyesight from our media centre vantage point as he leaves the garage to spot what compound he's on.
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Mercedes has tweaked its front wing for the second week of pre-season testing, as well as adding a few other new aerodynamic components as it pursues extra performance: 
Russell inches closer to his best time from the first week of testing with his next hot lap, which is a 1m21.102s. That keeps him eighth for now.
All the times coming in now. Giovinazzi goes second with a 1m18.929s, while Magnussen stays fourth but sets a new personal best of 1m19.644s.
The F2 champion's 1m20.997s set on the final day of the first test currently stands as Williams's best time so far.
Russell goes one better on his next lap and hauls himself off the bottom of the pile with a 1m21.636s on the C3 tyre.
Russell slashes 15s off his best, setting a new best of 1m29.105s. Every little helps...
Russell is back out there for Williams, and sets a new personal best time in the final sector on his outlap. His first sector indicates he's going to get closer to setting a representative time on this run.
Hamilton is back in the pits proper this time by. A strong morning so far for the world champion, whose lap count is up to 40.
No question of C3 or not C3 for Red Bull - the middle compound is certainly the order of the day for Gasly. He's back out on what looks like a used set of the yellow-banded tyre.
Magnussen takes the Haas to the end of the pitlane for a practice start, and is followed by Hamilton - who does a quick in-out before continuing this run on C2s.
Stroll brings the Racing Point - not the Force India, as we've successfully avoided calling it so far this morning - back to the garage, so it's just lap-count leader Hamilton and Norris on-track right now.
No improvement over the line from Norris, though, who goes half a second slower than his current best.
We have our first spot of green on the timing screens for a little while, as Norris sets a personal best first sector in the McLaren.
Just the Racing Point driver, Hamilton, Hulkenberg and Norris on track at the moment.
His second and third sectors let him down, though, and Stroll can't improve this time. Disappointing.
By: Geoff Creighton
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