Barcelona F1 test two day two
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Raikkonen heads back to the garage after a short run in the Alfa.
That stint length also means Verstappen has passed the 100-lap count for the day. He's up to 102 now.
Verstappen is still in the 1m22s on this run on the harder C2s. We make that 12 laps on the compound now.
Mercedes receives Hamilton, and takes the W10 back into the garage after that short run.
Raikkonen has returned to the track once again, as Grosjean ducks back in.
Mercedes is preparing down below us for a pitstop.
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Hamilton moves up to seventh with his first lap on this run. It's a 1m19.071s for the Mercedes man.
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Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris might be McLaren's F1 drivers for the 2019 season, but Fernando Alonso is still set to play an important role in the team this year, alongside his World Endurance Championship duties and second Indianapolis 500 attempt: 
So we've got Sainz (C2), Verstappen (C2), Grosjean (C3), Kvyat (C2), Perez (C2), Kubica (C3), and Hamilton (C3).
Hamilton has headed out again, as has Perez.
As he was on C3 tyres at the start of the hour, Verstappen is setting a very consistent pace on the C2s. A 1m22.445s is his latest effort.
Sainz trundles back into the pits, but not for long. It's only so he can perform a practice start at the exit.
Sure enough, out goes Sainz. The shine on his new C2s has largely come off by the time he reaches the pit exit.
Kubica heads back out now for Williams on C3s. Our spy LUKE HINSULL also tells us that McLaren is putting on tyres in preparation for a run.
Verstappen's first timed lap on those extravagant C2 tyres is a 1m22.435s.
Unmarked? C2. We definitely meant C2.
Verstappen is in, having added 20 laps already to his pre-lunch total of 69. He heads back out, but guess what? He's not on the C3s - Red Bull fits a set of unmarked tyres instead.
There we are - an improvement! Grosjean vaults up to fourth in the Haas on the C3 tyre with a 1m18.847s.
Of those who were out there this morning, Raikkonen is the one who looks closest to improving. His latest flying lap on the C2 tyre is less than half a second away from his previous best.
And Grosjean decides to get in on the action too.
We're still waiting to see Sainz and Hulkenberg head out. You can add Leclerc's name to that list as well, but expect to see the Ferrari driver a little later given the team is still repairing the car after Vettel's morning crash.
We're still waiting to see Sainz and Hulkenberg head out. You can add Leclerc's name to that list as well, but expect to see the Ferrari driver a little later given the team is still repairing the car after Vettel's morning crash.
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Kvyat becomes the sixth driver to head out this afternoon.
Raikkonen heads back out though to join Verstappen on track.
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Another lap, another practice stop for Hamilton. At the end of this one, though, the Mercedes goes back into the garage.
Another practice stop for Hamilton next time by. This time he heads onto the harder C2 tyre.
Kubica has pitted, after adding 15 laps to his morning tally in the first 25 minutes or so of this session.
Hamilton comes in for a pitstop and heads back on another set of C3s.
Verstappen isn't troubling his best time, but is on a remarkably consistent run on the C3s - lapping in the same three-tenth bracket in the 1m23s.
But he improves his time on the next run, setting a 1m20.531s.
Hamilton's on a run of slow laps at the moment. Two laps towards the 1m30s bracket are followed by a 1m34.659s.
Perez goes back out in the Force India, so we're back up to four cars on track now.
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Hamilton moves above Ricciardo on his next lap, which is a 1m21.154s.
Hamilton's first time on the board is a 1m23.142s. It's slowest of all so far, but less than six tenths off the best time Renault driver Ricciardo managed on his long runs this morning.
Our hunch is confirmed by our video editor LUKE HINSULL, who’s hopped down to the end of the pitlane. He notes a “very blue oily smoke” from the Mercedes.
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Hamilton is heading out for the first time in the Mercedes. It looked, from the brief glimpse we got from our seats, as though he's on a set of C3s.
A relatively nothing start to today's session. Three cars are on track now - Perez has pitted for good, but Raikkonen has just driven through too - and nobody's lapping below a 1m23s for now.
By: Geoff Creighton
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