Barcelona February Test Test day two
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Hamilton has also set his best time yet, a 1m22.152
Schumacher has just improved his best time by some three seconds, moving into sixth
Ferrari is done for the morning. The team will work on set-up changes and be back on track after the lunch break
Glock pits after 11 laps
1m26.6 for Glock, who is now ahead of Trulli in the timesheet
Schumacher joins the action in the Mercedes
Glock makes another improvement, now to 1m27.067
That didn't last long: Trulli is back in the garage
Trulli is back out, as the three drivers at the bottom of the times share the track
Eight laps for Glock, who is sharing the circuit with Hulkenberg
Alonso completed a 20-lap run, with an average time of 1m25.112
1m27.421 for Glock, who has gained a second per lap over the last three
Glock now appears on the timesheet after completing his first timed lap
Mercedes safety car
This is the new Mercedes safety car for the 2010 season, by the way
The Virgin car finally emerges from the pits again. Will Glock complete his first run now?
Vettel has improved his time and moved into fourth
Alonso is 16 laps into the current run and still going. The Ferrari driver is running like clockwork in the high 1:24s and low 1:25s
Trulli is finally back on track again after some tweaks to his Lotus
Hulkenberg improves too, to a 1m25.017
De la Rosa is still doing qualifying simulations and moves up to second spot with a 1m20.973
The Williams racer has completed the most laps so far this morning
Hulkenberg has set his best time of the day on his 53rd lap
Lotus has been working on Trulli's seat and the Italian is ready to hit the track again
@MikeGascoyne Seat fixed and ready to go again. Jarno not happy with the balance so will do some tests to investigate
@MikeGascoyne Seat fixed and ready to go again. Jarno not happy with the balance so will do some tests to investigate
Fernando Alonso
The Spanish driver is on a longer run now, having completed nine laps in a row
Ferrari says Alonso's morning has been productive. Forty six laps for the Italian team so far
@InsideFerrari: Back on standard for Alonso. So far it was an interesting and productive day.
@InsideFerrari: Back on standard for Alonso. So far it was an interesting and productive day.
De la Rosa was quick to return to action and improve his best to a 1m21.234
Alonso appears to be carrying a lot of fuel onboard now. Four consecutive laps in the high 1:24s and 25s for the Ferrari driver
The Sauber driver set a best time of 1m21.463, just three hundreds off his best, before returning to the pits
De la Rosa stays on and seems to be carrying out qualifying simulation
Alguersuari completes just an installation lap to check the changes made to his car
Alonso heads out of the pits, joined by the other two Spaniards: de la Rosa and Alguersuari
A small improvement for Hamilton, who is now less than two seconds off Alonso's pace
A good morning's work for Force India:
@clubforce: Morning programme has been completed and we're moving on to longer runs this afternoon after the lunch time break.
@clubforce: Morning programme has been completed and we're moving on to longer runs this afternoon after the lunch time break.
Hamilton posts his quickest time yet - 1m22.696 - on his first flying lap
An update from Mercedes on Schumacher's work:
@OfficialMGP: Some more changes to the car and Michael is now out doing a sequence of runs with some practice pit stop activity.
@OfficialMGP: Some more changes to the car and Michael is now out doing a sequence of runs with some practice pit stop activity.
Hamilton, Schumacher and Hulkenberg are out on track at the moment
The Red Bull drivers dives back into the pits after three laps. He hasn't improved his best time
Sebastian Vettel
Vettel is back on track and sets a 1m22.272 on his first full lap
A further improvement sees de la Rosa move into third. The Spaniard is now in the 1:21s
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