Barcelona F1 test two day two
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And that's a significant improvement for the Renault on the end. Hulkenberg posts a new personal best time of 1m20.488s on the C2 tyres. That's still more than a second shy of Kubica, who's ahead of him on the leaderboard.
Hulkenberg sets a new personal best in the first and second sectors on this lap.
Grosjean and Kvyat are also going for further runs.
Hulkenberg heads back out for Renault, joining a queue behind Hamilton at the pit exit.
Raikkonen is on the same compound, but chooses to head straight round onto a flying lap.
Hamilton heads down the pitlane after his outlap, which allows us to identify he's on a set of C3 tyres.
Raikkonen joins in the fun and takes the Alfa back out for another spin.
Hamilton gets on track too.
For 2019, Renault has opted for a Mercedes-style horn on the upright to mount the top wishbone onto - as this diagram from our legendary technical illustrator GIORGIO PIOLA shows. There's also a small bracket on the pushrod, inclined slightly towards the upright in order to position the mounting point behind the brake duct. Although this will give the team's vehicle dynamicists something to get their teeth into as this will change how the car handles - particularly with regards to heave and ride - it also offers a small aerodynamic benefit by reducing the frontal area of the car.
Quick stop, Sainz is back out again.
Kubica's cleared 90 laps and is starting to tour in around 1m24s.
Sainz heads down the pitlane on the C2 compound, but is drawn back into the garage.
Kubica's early laps are firmly in the mid-1m23s range.
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Perez is on the C2s and Sainz heads out, the McLaren man edging closer to 100 laps.
Scratch that, Kvyat came into the pits and stopped. Party crasher.
Now it's a party, we have a third car on track.
It's Perez's Racing Point.
It's Perez's Racing Point.
And the Williams man is on the C3 and Kvyat helpfully goes quite slowly across the line to help us spot his C2s.
At least, that's what we think Toro Rosso told him to do.
At least, that's what we think Toro Rosso told him to do.
Kubica's out again via a practice start.
Phew, that was a short spell of nothingness. Kvyat's back out.
And Hulkenberg's into the pits so the track is now empty. Again.
1m22.303s is Hulkenberg's first effort on this stint, three tenths up on his best.
Hulkenberg's onto his ninth lap and is running with the C3 tyre.
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Grosjean's in, so it's a good thing Hulkenberg went out to give us at least one car on track.
1m20.888s for Grosjean on his latest lap in a stint that's around 10 laps old.
Hulkenberg's back out again to join Grosjean on track.
The solo Grosjean goes around in a 1m20.431s, so he's keeping a fairly consistent pace going on those C3s.
There's only Grosjean out on track and is the latest recipient of the 'give Autosport something to talk about' mantle.
Hulkenberg's back in after another short run.
Grosjean's another on reasonable pace, lapping in 1m20.750s on the C3s.
Hulkenberg's carrying the flag for lap time improvements and moves to a 1m22.032s best.
That keeps him 11th and some way off the 1m19.367s of Kubica ahead.
That keeps him 11th and some way off the 1m19.367s of Kubica ahead.
Kvyat then pits his Toro Rosso as Hulkenberg gets those C3 tyres going on his outlap.
Kvyat's largely matching Hamilton's times and is running on the same compound. His latest effort is a low 1m21s.
Raikkonen's in again, but not for a practice start this time.
The standing start aficionado has gone into the garage.
The standing start aficionado has gone into the garage.
Hulkenberg is back out for Renault, starting his fourth lap of the afternoon.
Hamilton's one of the quicker drivers on the circuit, lapping consistently in the low 1m21s on those C3 tyres.
Raikkonen's having a crack at a practice start.
A good turnout in the grandstands today, if banners are anything to go by. Hamilton, Kubica and Ferrari fan clubs have all brought their designs to the circuit.
Grosjean's also joined the popular C3 club.
By: Geoff Creighton
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