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Formula 1

Barcelona F1 test two day two

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Red Bull is currently running some pitstop practice, filming the runs on an iPhone for future analysis. You didn't see that in 1990s F1.
Raikkonen has conducted the least amount of laps today

Raikkonen has conducted the least amount of laps today

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Lap count:

Ricciardo 155
Leclerc 153
Ocon 126
Hartley 110
Hulkenberg 92
Hamilton 90
Sainz 88
Bottas 73
Sirotkin 68
Vettel 66
Grosjean 64
Stroll 63
Alonso 47
Raikkonen 38
Ricciardo regains top spot in the mileage stakes from Leclerc, meanwhile. It's 155 laps now for the Aussie.
Sirotkin knocks a whole second off his personal best, but he's still marooned in 14th and last.
Stuart Codling
I can’t see anybody else who isn’t currently running going out again - Ferrari now joining, with the customary smokescreen billowing out of the garage as the car leaves.
Leclerc pits having done 153 laps. Ricciardo is out on track having just done 150, so could well overhaul the F2 champion before the day is out.
STUART CODLING: The scene at McLaren. Sounds busy inside but I doubt we’ll be seeing them out again today.

STUART CODLING: The scene at McLaren. Sounds busy inside but I doubt we’ll be seeing them out again today.

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Renault appears to be done for the day, STUART CODLING has spotted Alain Prost having a wander up the pitlane to watch the Mercedes go up the pitlane.
Hartley becomes the fourth driver of the day to clock 100 laps, following in the footsteps of Ricciardo, Leclerc and Ocon.
Track temperature has dipped a little bit lately as we approach the final half hour of today's running, it's down to 20C. Ambient however is still a jolly pleasant 16.2C.
Leclerc hits 150 laps. Very decent haul for the Sauber man.
Stuart Codling
Having previously expected Bottas to pit, STUART CODLING reports: "On closer inspection, the mechanics are just kitted up and hanging around, some checking messages on their phones."
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Mercedes is ready to call Bottas into the pits.
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Small bit of housekeeping: Leclerc has surpassed Ricciardo to become the day's most productive driver. He's on 146 laps now.
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The Haas engine can be heard in the pitlane, but the screens are still covering the garage, says STUART CODLING.
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Renault tells us that it has completed its race distance run, and reports: "Lots of strong gusty winds that made it hard to feel the balance but a good pace."

"Time for some car checks before going out again."
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STUART CODLING reports that Toro Rosso is about to return to the track.
Sirotkin finds another tenth, but if he wants to move up a place he'll need to gain 2.6s.
And there we have it. A 1m23.653s for Sirotkin, but he remains 14th and last.
Sirotkin is not only out of the pits - as OLEG KARPOV correctly predicted - but two personal bests suggests he could be about to improve.
Hulkenberg meanwhile has just surpassed team-mate Sainz's tally of 88 laps, putting the French squad up to 177.
Bottas meanwhile is now out again the Mercedes. He's about to hit 50 laps, which would bring Mercedes' total to 140 for the day.
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OLEG KARPOV reports that Sirotkin is in the Williams ready to go again.
Still no sign of McLaren as we approach the final hour of the day's running. Almost six hours since the MCL33 ground to a halt...
Stuart Codling
Looks like Hulkenberg did 12 or so laps on those softs before pitting for another set of mediums. Just to set that in context, in last year's Spanish GP he did the first 15 laps on new softs, 18 on used softs, then ran to the end on mediums.
Raikkonen heading back out in the Ferrari now to add to his tally of 23 laps.
We're getting close to the final hour of today's running

We're getting close to the final hour of today's running

Stuart Codling
Hulkenberg has been super-consistent around the 1m22s mark on soft tyres during this most recent segment of his long run. Will be interesting to hear if he's experienced anything like the levels of graining others were complaining about yesterday - particularly now the track temperature is heading south.
Ricciardo and Bottas are both back in the pits now, leaving us with Hulkenberg, Hartley and Leclerc on track. Ocon joins the aforementioned trio as we write that.
Bottas improves now with a new best of 1m18.560s. He stays third, 0.160s behind team-mate Hamilton.
Bottas is back on ultrasofts for this run, but yet to improve, while the rest are on softs or mediums.
In the final laps of their last long stints Ocon was running in the 1m22s and Hulkenberg was in the 1m24s, both running on mediums. Hulkenberg has pitted for softs and is now doing 1m22s and 1m23s.

By: Geoff Creighton

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