Barcelona F1 test two day one
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While little is happening on track, here's a Force India to look at
Vettel's come back in the Ferrari. And Vettel's gone back out again. Hopefully he makes a bigger contribution to our commentary than this.
Vettel's gone back out in the Ferrari.
Hamilton's in the Mercedes garage now. Sainz just posted a personal best final sector but the lap was a few tenths down overall.
Hamilton into the pitlane, burnouts all the way through. He rejoins. Perez has hit the track as well.
Three personal bests from Stroll on hypersofts but he's 2.5s off and stays slowest.
A personal best for Stroll at the end of a slow lap. Building up for a big one?
Hamilton, Magnussen, Sainz and Stroll are the drivers on track.
Vettel back into the pits after that stint on mediums. Ericsson pits too.
No improvement in the final sector and a marginal gain overall. Hamilton stays fourth on a 1m20.808s.
And a personal best middle sector from Hamilton...
Now Hamilton's gone fastest of anyone in the first sector.
Hamilton improves! And he jumps Gasly. The Mercedes driver moves up to fourth on a 1m20.941s.
Ericsson showed flashes of pace on a flying lap, but remains ninth
After a slower second lap, Hamilton fires in a 1m21.636s. Vettel's a couple of seconds slower on his latest run through.
Ericsson sets the fastest first sector of anyone! Where's that come from? His middle sector isn't an improvement, and the lap ends up a fraction slower.
Soft tyres for Hamilton, who starts this run with a 1m23.193s. That's a second faster than Vettel on the medium tyres.
Perez brings his Force India into the pitlane. Ericsson, on supersofts, improves his time to a 1m21.706s.
Hamilton's back out again. The champion is still fifth in the times. Will he make a move to displace Vettel with little over an hour left?
This afternoon is a far cry from the snowy Barcelona that teams endured last week
And Perez does improve to a 1m21.643s using softs.
Perez improves in the second sector - will he improve his personal best?
Perez has a much slower lap next time round, dropping to a 1m37s.
Ericsson is back out in the Sauber and on super-softs.
Perez improves his best time to a 1m21.868s. He's on soft Pirellis.
Vettel is continuing a productive day for Ferrari
Vettel heads onto his 128th lap of the day in the Ferrari.
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I've got my shed wired and all working now, so if McLaren need an electrician to sort out their little problems let me know!
Vetel is currently the fastest driver on track, lapping in the high 1m23s bracket. He's using medium Pirellis.
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Sainz is circulating on mediums and lapping in the low 1m24s bracket.
Vettel, Perez, Sainz and Stroll are currently on track.
Green flag
The track is open again.
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The car is being craned into the embrace of the Red Bull Racing screens and will shortly be swallowed into the garage.
The Red Bull is now ready to be lifted off the truck as Vettel cruises past then does a little wheelspinning in the pitlane once he's cleared the truck.
Red Bull collects Verstappen's car
The flatbed truck will soon be catching up to the teams on mileage
The flatbed with the Red Bull on it is coming up the pitlane.
Well, that's nixed the attempts of some teams to run a race distance. Renault at least was trying to do that, possibly Williams too with Stroll.
By: Geoff Creighton
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