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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day two

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Pitlane action! Raikkonen and Hulkenberg trundle towards the exit to join Hamilton and Perez out on track.
And Sainz is back into the pits now after a single flying lap.
Nothing spectacular from Sainz or Perez on those first runs back out there. Both are in the 1m23s.
Hulkenberg brings the Renault in now and is up to 31 laps for the afternoon.
Hulkenberg and Hamilton are both lapping in the 1m22s on their C2 tyres, as Sainz winds himself up for a run on the softer C4s.
Kubica has racked up 107 laps for Williams so far today, which is a far cry from this time last Wednesday

Kubica has racked up 107 laps for Williams so far today, which is a far cry from this time last Wednesday

Perez has a set of C2s bolted on for this run. Leader Sainz has also joined the fray.
Grosjean brings his run to an end, but is quickly replaced on track by Perez's Racing Point.
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Hamilton brings the Mercedes in for a quick stop before heading back out to resume his long run. Looks like he swapped his old C2s for some, er, new C2s.
Kvyat heads to the pits in the Toro Rosso, so it's just Hamilton - on this longer C3/C2 run - and the more performance-chasing Grosjean and Hulkenberg on track now.
In the end though the Renault driver ends up a tenth and a half shy of his best.
Hulkenberg goes for a slow lap the next time round, but then pumps in a personal best in the first sector on this lap.
Like red buses... Hulkenberg also pops in a personal best time of 1m19.175s on C2s to move up to eighth.
Grosjean was on the softer C4s for that lap.
God bless you Romain Grosjean. The Haas puts in a new personal best of 1m18.781s, which doesn't move him up a position but does give us something to talk about.
Grosjean has just headed out in the Haas, mind, and Hulkenberg also decides to get back in on the action.
Hamilton and Kvyat are running roughly five seconds a part and on very similar lap times, so there's quite a long spell of silence pretty frequently right now.
Kubica is next to dive for the pits.
That leaves Hamilton, Kvyat and Kubica out on track.
Sainz heads back to McLaren after that C2 run, and now has 115 laps to his name.
Raikkonen comes in for a second lap in a row, and this time is wheeled back into the Alfa garage.
We keep missing Sainz every time he comes round, but it feels as though the McLaren has been out for hours. He moves onto lap 114 - which draws him level with Verstappen for the most laps completed today.
Kubica has passed 100 laps for the day in the Williams. He's currently circulating on the C2s.
Hamilton's last lap on the C3s was a 1m26.223s, but he's bailed into the pits and picked up a set of C2s now.
Hulkenberg brings the Renault back into the garage. Only 20 laps on the board so far this afternoon after Ricciardo completed 72 in the morning.
We're still yet to see Leclerc in the Ferrari after Vettel's morning crash.
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Time for a lap count update!

Verstappen - 114
Sainz - 105
Kubica - 98
Grosjean - 90
Raikkonen - 86
Kvyat - 76
Bottas - 74
Ricciardo - 72
Perez - 66
Hamilton - 42
Vettel - 40
Hulkenberg - 18
Make that five on track, as Grosjean heads in after a short C4 run that did not yield a lap time improvement.
Right, where are we at on times? No change, it's as you were. Laps ranging between 1m21s and 1m25s at the moment from the six cars out on track.
A marshal has hopped out to collect the debris on the main straight and is back behind the pitwall now, so allay any fears of a stoppage.
Jake Boxall-Legge
Renault's running with an interesting-looking aero device attached to the front wing. It seems as though the diagonal mountings are measuring wing flex, ensuring that it has the requisite amount of rigidity to work as required. I'm not sure about the significance of the white wrap on each side, although it potentially ties up with a camera to further indicate the amount of flex on each wing flap.

Renault's running with an interesting-looking aero device attached to the front wing. It seems as though the diagonal mountings are measuring wing flex, ensuring that it has the requisite amount of rigidity to work as required. I'm not sure about the significance of the white wrap on each side, although it potentially ties up with a camera to further indicate the amount of flex on each wing flap.

Perez and Kubica pit, as the CCTV camera on the main straight picks out a loose bit of unidentifiable debris. Fortunately it's on the inside of the track near the pitwall, so shouldn't interfere.
Grosjean and Kvyat are both in the 1m19s at the moment, but the majority of others are running in the 1m22s and 1m23s.
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Hulkenberg does improve, this time to a 1m20.075s. He's still 11th though.
After a cool-down lap, Hulkenberg looks as though he's going for another flying lap here. Kvyat also sets a personal best in the first sector.
More tyre info: Grosjean's out on the softer C4s - we haven't seen those for a while - while Kvyat has opted for a more conventional C2 choice.

By: Geoff Creighton

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