Barcelona F1 test two day two
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The stricken McLaren, courtesy of grainy CCTV footage
Sainz has come to a stop exiting the pits.
Red flag
We have a red flag.
Pacesetter Sainz rejoins the track.
Grosjean heads out for his third stint of the day.
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Kvyat improves again to set a 1m19.351s, which keeps him fifth.
Vettel slots back into second after three personal best sectors to total a 0.123s gain.
His time is now a 1m18.311s.
His time is now a 1m18.311s.
Vettel completes his out lap, so we got a peek of his tyre choice. It's the C3.
Kvyat leaps to fifth with a time of 1m19.420s.
Vettel is back on track too as Kvyat sets a green first sector.
Kvyat's gone for C3s.
Bottas is on - no surprise here - the C2 tyres.
In other shocking news, Verstappen is on the C3 tyre.
In other shocking news, Verstappen is on the C3 tyre.
Kvyat also heads out again to add to his 10 lap total so far.
But a quick pitstop mean Bottas doesn't get to keep the track to himself.
Verstappen also pits, leaving Bottas solo on the track.
After some quick stat checking, Sainz has set the fastest time in pre-season testing to date.
As we say that, Sainz decides enough is enough and pits.
Bottas joins again as Sainz and Verstappen tour the track.
Grosjean completes a nine-lap stint in the end as he pulls into the pits.
Stopwatch
Sainz again moves that fastest time further clear with a 1m17.144s the latest effort.
Bottas does similar but finds a huge 1.474s for a 1m19.205s time.
Verstappen goes second on his first flyer of this stint.
He finds 0.111s to set a time of 1m18.395s.
He finds 0.111s to set a time of 1m18.395s.
Bottas's latest run is on the C2 again.
Verstappen is on the C3s again. Red Bull loves that tyre.
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Grosjean didn't improve that time around. Slacker.
Verstappen and Raikkonen decide to join Grosjean on track.
That man again, Grosjean. He improves to 1m19.786s in a good few minutes for the Haas driver.
Sainz ends this run after setting his best time.
Grosjean's improved for the third lap in a row to set 1m19.984s as his best.
Stopwatch
Sainz improves again to make the leading time 1m17.503s.
Vettel's cleared around 10 laps in the 1m20s range, the fuel load can't have been too high as that was quite a bit quicker than Ricciardo's 1m25s average.
Sainz has gone purple in the first sector again.
Ricciardo pits from this stint after nine laps.
The lap count with an hour of the day completed is as follows:
Verstappen, 23
Vettel, 22
Bottas, 16
Ricciardo, 15
Sainz, 14
Kubica, 12
Perez, 12
Raikkonen, 11
Kvyat, 9
Grosjean, 4
Verstappen, 23
Vettel, 22
Bottas, 16
Ricciardo, 15
Sainz, 14
Kubica, 12
Perez, 12
Raikkonen, 11
Kvyat, 9
Grosjean, 4
Grosjean's now improved to 1m20.120s, a good six tenths quicker than his last time.
Raikkonnen extends the gap to Grosjean in sixth by improving his time 1m18.788s, but the Haas man is setting green sectors again.
Grosjean uses the C2 tyre to hit fifth in the time sheets courtesy of his 1m21.395s lap.
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By: Geoff Creighton
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