Barcelona February Test Test day two
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Alonso leaves the pits, joining Hamilton, de la Rosa, Hulkenberg and Kubica
Hamilton goes quicker on his second flying lap and moves up fourth
Hamilton and Kubica complete their first timed laps, the Briton up to fifth
Schumacher goes out too
But he heads into the pits, as Hamilton joins the track
Pedro de la Rosa
De la Rosa is left with the track to himself
Only Hamilton, Kubica and Glock are yet to set a time
De la Rosa shaves three tenths off his best time, but stays in third
Twenty one laps for the Ferrari driver in the first 75 minutes of the session. He managed 11 in the first four hours yesterday
Alonso pits after a five-lap stint. Average time: 1:21.122
He is back up to speed now, setting a 1:20.801. Alonso is on track with de la Rosa, Alguersuari and Hulkenberg
The Spaniard eases off and sets a 1:22.150 on his third lap of the run
1:20.792 for Alonso now. Not his best, but still very fast
Alonso goes faster on his first run and becomes the first man to lap in the 1:20s
Sebastian Vettel gets his name on the timesheet with his first timed lap - 1:23.746
Hulkenberg sets his first proper time of the day - 1:26.702 - and moves into sixth
Fernando Alonso
Alonso heads back out for another run. He's sharing the track with Hulkenberg and Trulli
Alguersuari completes a three-lap run and returns to his garage. His average time over the three laps was 1:22.117
Trulli is also on track and improving his times, but the Italian is still some seven seconds off the pace
The Toro Rosso driver joins Alonso in the 1:21s and is just eight tenths behind
Alguersuari improves even more - 1:22.139
It's a Spanish 1-2-3 at the top of the times now, as Alguersuari moves into second
Alonso has not only gone quicker than Webber - fastest yesterday - but the Spaniard has also done it while on a longer run.
Renault is still working on Kubica's car:
@rf1paddockpass: Alonso’s setting the pace in the first hour. Robert’s still waiting to go back out. Those adjustments are taking a bit longer than expected.
@rf1paddockpass: Alonso’s setting the pace in the first hour. Robert’s still waiting to go back out. Those adjustments are taking a bit longer than expected.
The Spaniard returns to the pits after his five timed laps. His average was a 1:21.336, which looks pretty strong
1:21.183 now for Alonso, who is on the fifth lap of the current stint
The Ferrari driver goes quicker once again and is now 1.3 seconds ahead of de la Rosa
Yet another improvement for Alonso, who goes a tenth faster
Best time for Alonso - 1m21.418 - and the Ferrari driver is not over a second ahead of his rivals
Alonso is back on track, joined by Alguersuari
Forix reveals that Alonso and Massa have been the two busiest men so far in testing. Massa has done the most laps so far with 622. Alonso follows with 613, not including today
Trulli heads out again with the Lotus
Liuzzi reports that the track conditions have improved since yesterday:
@clubforce: Tonio: 'Track is much better today, balance is quite good with a bit of understeer...but it feels OK.'
@clubforce: Tonio: 'Track is much better today, balance is quite good with a bit of understeer...but it feels OK.'
Lotus boss says Fauzy needs to work on his pace:
@tonyfernandes Yesterday was a good experience day for Fairuz. He got experience on a Formula One car. Now knows what he needs is to do to improve pace.
@tonyfernandes Yesterday was a good experience day for Fairuz. He got experience on a Formula One car. Now knows what he needs is to do to improve pace.
1m23.857 for Liuzzi, his best so far
The Spaniard is back into the pits after a four-lap run. Liuzzi is the only man on track at the moment
It appears Alonso has gone off track briefly
Another slight improvement for Alonso on his fourth lap of the run: 1:22.163
1:22.200 for Alonso
Hulkenberg is also on track with the Williams. The German has set his first time
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