Barcelona second 2015 test Test day one
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Nasr and Sauber continue their programme of running through the pitlane, as Raikkonen gets his best down to 1m32.063s now, just 0.079s slower than Button's effort.
Wehrlein emerges in the 2014-spec Force India.
In fact, Raikkonen improves his time to a 1m33.899s.
Raikkonen continues in the Ferrari and it's a swift run through the pitlane for Nasr, who despite clocking six laps still hasn't set a time.
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Image gallery: First Barcelona F1 test 2015
Image gallery: First Barcelona F1 test 2015
Nasr comes out in the Sauber as well.
Raikkonen doesn't leave it quiet too long. His Ferrari is fired up and the Finn's back on track.
Hamilton ends that period of on-track interest by bringing his Mercedes back into the pits.
A bit of lively sparring between the two British world champions just then. Very nice. But nothing to get too excited about just yet.
A bit of lively sparring between the two British world champions just then. Very nice. But nothing to get too excited about just yet.
Wolff pits in the Williams, and though Button presses on with a couple of green sectors, he does the same.
Just Hamilton on track.
Just Hamilton on track.
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@Lotus_F1Team: "Looking like it was a sensor issue that curtailed our run. Car's back, we're investigating and testing before sending out again"
Lotus Maldonado Barcelona
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Hamilton could well be on his way to eclipsing that time - he does, by 1.555s.
A 1m30.429s for Mercedes' world champion.
A 1m30.429s for Mercedes' world champion.
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Button goes quickest in the McLaren-Honda - a 1m31.984s.
Hamilton eclipses Button's final sector time en route to a 1m49.439s.
Wolff's just improved, jumping to third on a 1m40.064s.
Wolff's just improved, jumping to third on a 1m40.064s.
Button crosses the line this time in the McLaren-Honda, and for those wild fans out there - sets a purple final sector.
He's then purple in the speed trap for sector one. Positivity.
He's then purple in the speed trap for sector one. Positivity.
Hamilton is straight through and back out again.
Wolff crosses the line and goes slower than before, a 1m59.230s.
Wolff crosses the line and goes slower than before, a 1m59.230s.
Quick look at the livery detail differences on the slightly-new-look Sauber - massive numbers and more stripes on the front:
Button emerges yet again in the McLaren-Honda. His former team-mate Hamilton pits in the Mercedes.
Verstappen leaves the Toro Rosso garage.
Now Wolff gets a lap on the board, and the Williams driver is slowest of the four so far on 1m53.095s.
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Purples from Hamilton in sector one and sector two.
The world champion lowers the benchmark to 1m37.664s.
The world champion lowers the benchmark to 1m37.664s.
Hamilton and Wolff do not follow Ricciardo's lead this time, though, and instead continue round to start another lap apiece.
Our colleagues at XPB were on the spot as Maldonado came to a stop on track a few minutes ago.
Here's a picture of the Venezuelan tidying up as he gets out of the stranded car.
Here's a picture of the Venezuelan tidying up as he gets out of the stranded car.
Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, stops, Barcelona F1 testing, February 2015
Ricciardo's made his way back into the pits and the camouflage-liveried Red Bull is wheeled into the garage.
Hamilton and Wolff join Ricciardo on track.
Ah, and first back out after the stoppage - Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull.
Green flag
We're back under way at Barcelona. The circuit's green again.
A few hardy fans have made their way to the grandstand on the start-finish straight. We salute their enthusiasm - it's still only 5.2C outside.
The truck and accompanying support vehicles are now fleeing the circuit. They've quickly gone out of shot of the CCTV on the exit of Turn 5!
While the times are some way off where we'd expect them to be by the end of today, for what it's worth Maldonado had just gone quickest of all in the first sector before stopping.
Maldonado's Lotus is now safely on the back of the truck and the emergency vehicles are almost ready to depart the scene.
Hopefully running will resume shortly.
Hopefully running will resume shortly.
So, little over 30 minutes in, and our first stoppage.
A brief run through the early lap count:
Raikkonen 4
Maldonado 5
Hamilton 5
Nasr 5
Verstappen 2
Button 2
Wehrlein 1
Wolff 1
We've still not seen Ricciardo.
A brief run through the early lap count:
Raikkonen 4
Maldonado 5
Hamilton 5
Nasr 5
Verstappen 2
Button 2
Wehrlein 1
Wolff 1
We've still not seen Ricciardo.
The recovery of the Lotus is not a swift one, but the E23 is now slowly going to be moved onto the back of the flatbed truck.
It's being lifted up now.
It's being lifted up now.
With Raikkonen and Button back in the pits, that's Maldonado.
The Venezuelan has parked what looks to be a smoking Lotus before the Turn 6 kink.
The Venezuelan has parked what looks to be a smoking Lotus before the Turn 6 kink.
Red flag
Red flag. A car's stopped on track.
Now Nasr's back in the pit again, as Button leaves the McLaren-Honda garage.
Maldonado did at least improve his own time to 1m51.45s, but it's 12.114s off the not-hanging-about Raikkonen.
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Here's why Nasr just popped very briefly back through the Sauber pit on his last run:
"Short visit in the pitlane for a front wing adjustment"
"Short visit in the pitlane for a front wing adjustment"
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An old-school F1 overtake on the start-finish straight!
Raikkonen, sparks flying, blasts past Maldonado as the Finn goes top on 1m39.340s.
Raikkonen, sparks flying, blasts past Maldonado as the Finn goes top on 1m39.340s.
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Barcelona F1 test February 2015
Amusingly, as Raikkonen's continued for a second lap, he's popped up with a time of 19m53.977s.
It seems TSL has decided not to count his return to the pits from his install lap.
It seems TSL has decided not to count his return to the pits from his install lap.
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Maldonado puts Lotus on top of the very unrepresentative leaderboard with a 1m53.565s. That's 4.950s quicker than Hamilton.
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