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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day one

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What a tease. Hamilton cruises out of the final corner and across the line without improving. He's got the track to himself at the moment.
Hamilton can't make it a hat-trick of fastest laps - his third effort is about six tenths slower than his best. New fastest first and second sectors for the Mercedes man this time, though...
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Hamilton gets down to a 1m23.502s on his next lap. We're a bit bleary eyed so it's even trickier than usual to tell, but it looks as though he's on the C4 tyre for the time being.
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As hinted at just now, we’ll see something a little unusual from Ferrari this week. Not on the car, but in the car. Leclerc and Vettel are sharing driving duties every day.

“So what?” That’d be a fair question. It’s not unusual in a broader sense, as several teams do it. But traditionally Ferrari gives its driver full days in the car during pre-season testing. One day last year stands as the only exception since the V6 turbo-hybrid era began in 2014.

However, the team has opted to split the running of Vettel and Leclerc for the second four-day test in Spain this week. Leclerc has kicked off today’s running, and will hand over to Vettel for the afternoon. They will alternate who starts each day for the rest of the test. Click the story a couple of posts below to see the line-up in full.
Leclerc has also taken the Ferrari out onto the circuit. Our video guru Luke Hinsull suggests he could be on the development tyre.
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Instead, it's Hamilton who puts the first timed lap on the board. It's a 1m26.795s for the Mercedes driver.
Stroll, unsurprisingly, strings together two fastest sector times before diving into the pitlane. Boo...
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So, who's driving and when in Barcelona this week? Here's a rundown of the full line-up - including a change of policy at Ferrari:

Who's driving when in Formula 1 pre-season testing week two

Ferrari will split the driving duties of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc for the final Formula 1 pre-season test, with both drivers appearing on each day at Barcelona this week

Who's driving when in Formula 1 pre-season testing week two
Stroll breaks the mould by avoiding a return to the pits and heading straight onto a second lap.
Hamilton and Magnussen head out now for Mercedes and Haas respectively, so it's just the Ferrari of Leclerc we're yet to see on-track.
Albon has headed straight back out though, and is followed by Racing Point driver Stroll.
That's six cars we've had out on track, and six who have made it safely back to the pits. Good start.
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Albon heads out too for Toro Rosso - looks like he's gone out initially on the softest C5 tyres. Gasly takes to the track on C3s for the senior Red Bull team.
Hulkenberg and Norris head straight down to the end of the pitlane and are swiftly followed by Giovinazzi and Russell.
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Green light at the end of the pitlane - test two is underway.
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It's a brisk but sunny morning here at Barcelona - coats were definitely the best set-up option on the way into the circuit. Current air temperature is 6 degrees C.
The much-feared media centre queue for internet access threatened to delay our start, but we've beaten the rush and are counting down the minutes until the second week kicks off at 9am local time.
Testing, testing. Good morning, and welcome to live coverage of the second F1 test at Barcelona.

By: Geoff Creighton

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