Barcelona F1 test two day two
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Hartley gets it wrong in the Toro Rosso earlier, at what looks like Turn 5.
We're still green at the moment.
Just as Hamilton sets the fastest first sector of anyone so far.
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Alonso's stopped on track.
Red Bull performing pitstop practice as Ricciardo brings his car into the pits.
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Lap count update:
Alonso 46
Sainz 46
Ricciardo 41
Hamilton 41
Hartley 36
Leclerc 35
Grosjean 31
Vettel 30
Ocon 26
Stroll 8
Alonso 46
Sainz 46
Ricciardo 41
Hamilton 41
Hartley 36
Leclerc 35
Grosjean 31
Vettel 30
Ocon 26
Stroll 8
Ricciardo's improved again. It's modest, but it's an improvement. A 1m19.741s.
Whither Williams? It's been a long time since we've seen Stroll out on track and the shutters are still in place outside the garage entrance.
Ricciardo doesn't improve. He's 0.08s slower than his previous best. Should have just abused track limits at Turn 14.
And a personal-best second sector from Ricciardo.
Grosjean pits in the Haas. Ricciardo, fresh from his improvement and a cool-down, sets a personal-best first sector.
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Ricciardo finishes his good lap – and it's pretty good. A 1m19.827s, so he improves by a tenth and it's enough to get him ahead of Alonso and into third.
That was a pretty teasing comment. But we're not sorry.
Ooh, Ricciardo on a good lap.
During his brief run, Hartley alternated 'push' laps with slower ones, following a 1m21s lap with a 1m27.2, then his personal best of 1m20.834s. And then back into the pits to digest.
Hartley pits. Leclerc's threatening another improvement.
Personal best final sector from Alonso, who is just a quarter of a second slower than his best on that last supersoft run.
Grosjean also fails to improve but Hartley gives us something to cheer by setting a personal best 1m20.834s. Gun.
Alonso starts his 40th lap, the same total Hamilton, in the pits, is on. Only Sainz has managed more (46).
Leclerc says no. He laps a tenth slower than his previous best.
Ricciardo flies to a personal best final sector but the lap time isn't any better overall. Grosjean and Leclerc might be about to pop in personal bests though.
Grosjean leaps from ninth to sixth on a 1m20.237s.
Ocon pits in the Force India and is heading for the garage. Sainz back into the pits after his rolling burnout and simulated start.
Leclerc into eighth now, sneaking ahead of Hartley but just 0.034s in the Sauber.
Alonso's back out there on supersofts. Everyone except Hamilton and Stroll are on track. It's getting busy at Barcelona.
No, Vettel can't. He's three tenths slower than his previous best.
Vettel's just set a personal best first sector. Can he get within half a second of Hamilton's best?
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Hartley's got a new personal best down in eighth, a 1m21.230s.
Vettel into second with a personal best 1m19.541s. He's on soft tyres.
The mercury continues to climb - thankfully! - here in Barcelona. Track temperature is now 25C and ambient is 10.2C. It's got a way to go before it reaches yesterday's peak of usefulness.
Ocon's improved in the Force India, he's seventh on a 1m20.805s.
Track limits ruin all the fun.
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There we go. Hamilton loses his lap record effort and now his benchmark is back to 1m18.945s.
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NEWS. Hamilton's lost his lap at 10:37 for track limits. The screen's not updated yet but the time stamp matches that lap-record lap.
What a tease. Hamilton's last lap is a 1m19.304s. A second slower.
Hamilton quickest in sector two...
Hamilton's going even quicker in the first sector after a cool-down lap or two...
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