Barcelona second F1 test day two
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Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m20.702s, S
Bottas, Mercedes, 1m19.310s, SS
Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m20.432s, S
Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m20.406s, S
Perez, Force India, 1m21.297s, SS
Massa, Williams, 1m19.420s, US
Stroll, Williams, 1m20.579s, SS
Alonso, McLaren, 1m23.041s, S
Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1m21.872s, S
Grosjean, Haas, 1m21.887s, US
Hulkenberg, Renault, 1m21.213s, SS
Palmer, Renault, 1m26.462s, SS
Wehrlein, Sauber, 1m23.000s, S
Ericsson, Sauber, 1m23.384s, S
Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m20.702s, S
Bottas, Mercedes, 1m19.310s, SS
Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m20.432s, S
Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1m20.406s, S
Perez, Force India, 1m21.297s, SS
Massa, Williams, 1m19.420s, US
Stroll, Williams, 1m20.579s, SS
Alonso, McLaren, 1m23.041s, S
Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1m21.872s, S
Grosjean, Haas, 1m21.887s, US
Hulkenberg, Renault, 1m21.213s, SS
Palmer, Renault, 1m26.462s, SS
Wehrlein, Sauber, 1m23.000s, S
Ericsson, Sauber, 1m23.384s, S
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Still, that's another day of testing finished. Just two more days of running left...this critical week's reaching its climax. See you tomorrow just before 9am local time (8am GMT). We'll leave you with our report, and bid you adios: 
Odd day – rapid times in the morning, bizarre inactivity at the start of the afternoon (thanks for sticking with us through that), and a disrupted finish.
Where would we be without grainy CCTV footage during red flags (this time caused by Ericsson) in testing?
So in summary:
A good day for: Mercedes, Williams, Force India, Toro Rosso and Haas.
A bad day for: Ferrari and McLaren-Honda.
A mixed day for: Red Bull, Renault and Sauber.
A good day for: Mercedes, Williams, Force India, Toro Rosso and Haas.
A bad day for: Ferrari and McLaren-Honda.
A mixed day for: Red Bull, Renault and Sauber.
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Final lap count for the day:
1 Bottas (70)
2 Massa (63)
3 Raikkonen (53)
4 Verstappen (102)
5 Stroll (59)
6 Hamilton (79)
7 Hulkenberg (61)
8 Perez (100)
9 Sainz (92)
10 Grosjean (96)
11 Wehrlein (59)
12 Alonso (46)
13 Ericsson (46)
14 Palmer (29)
1 Bottas (70)
2 Massa (63)
3 Raikkonen (53)
4 Verstappen (102)
5 Stroll (59)
6 Hamilton (79)
7 Hulkenberg (61)
8 Perez (100)
9 Sainz (92)
10 Grosjean (96)
11 Wehrlein (59)
12 Alonso (46)
13 Ericsson (46)
14 Palmer (29)
Flickering CCTV reveals Ericsson has parked it on the exit of Turn 8.
Checkered flag
No restart. Day two of the second test, day six overall, is finished. Bottas is quickest for Mercedes.
We're rolling this description out quite a bit on Live over testing, but a fuel run is where teams deliberately run the cars out of fuel to help with calculations for when racing starts.
That is much more likely to be a fuel run than Verstappen's, but we can't rule out a technical issue.
Crash
And as Hamilton returns, it seems like Ericsson's Sauber is the cause.
Red flag
Looks like another red flag.
Alonso wasn't in the car as it got pushed down the pitlane so whatever happened there is a bit of a mystery. He's not going to hit 50 laps, it seems. And McLaren will have the lowest mileage count of the day.
We've also just seen Alonso's McLaren getting wheeled down the pitlane. Not sure what's happened there.
Red Bull's least favourite bit of F1 testing - the moment it has to be lifted off a truck in front of onlookers and prying cameras hoping to get a look at the team's floor
The Red Bull's been delivered back to the garage – under the watchful eyes and snapping cameras of the media positioned directly above the team's spot!
And we have Palmer, Ericsson, Grosjean, Hamilton, Sainz and Perez straight out onto the circuit.
Green flag
Green flag. Just over 10 minutes to go.
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Session extended by five minutes. It will end at 6.05pm local time.
Off goes the truck, and suddenly Turn 12 is very...empty.
Verstappen's Red Bull is now safely secured on the truck. We've got T-minus eight minutes of today's session to go. Not sure if they'll extend it at all.
You'd need to have had your Weetabix to lift a Formula 1 car onto a flatbed.
The Red Bull's being lifted onto the back of the truck as we type. By a crane, not by very strong marshals. Felt that was important to emphasise.
The recovery of Verstappen's Red Bull is swiftly underway
The number 13 is unlucky for some. Red Bull will hope this isn't serious. It can't build a world title bid on bad luck. Or dreams on suspicious minds.
Verstappen's made it to the run-off area on the outside of Turn 12, but no further. The recovery truck is already on the scene and a sheet's about to be placed over the RB13.
A bit of totting up suggests this has happened on the 58th lap of Verstappen's race run. So, another eight laps required to complete a Spanish GP distance – obviously we don't know, but it's unlikely Red Bull have misjudged the amount of fuel required by that much.
Red flag
RED FLAG.
Crash
We've just caught him crawling off-line through Turns 11/12. He's out of picture on the CCTV.
Crash
Verstappen's stopped.
After sunsets, this is a photographer's dream during F1 testing: two cars on track together. © LAT
Hamilton's back out on softs, and since posting a 1m20.907s he's backed off and then pumped in a 1m22.6s. Not much to write home about.
Verstappen. Hits. 100. And 56 for the race run. He is the day's busiest driver – but that doesn't really do justice to the afternoon effort. He managed just 34 laps this morning.
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That's it for Ferrari's running – limited to 53 laps after Raikkonen's off earlier on.
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We've got Hamilton back out on track now in the Mercedes.
Ericsson pits, but Palmer emerges. So the circuit is the domain of Renault-engined machines.
Perez pits, so now it's just Verstappen and Ericsson on the track. Half an hour remaining.
As Verstappen's burned off a lot of fuel, this stint on softs is considerably quicker than his first one – to the tune of at least 2s a lap.
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