Barcelona second F1 test day two
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Grosjean posts his best middle and final sectors so far but his first sector wasn't up to snuff and it's only a 1m24.210s.
His best time was a 1m24.201s. The digits are the same! Plus, if you rearrange Grosjean, you get Nsjroeag. Illuminati confirmed.
His best time was a 1m24.201s. The digits are the same! Plus, if you rearrange Grosjean, you get Nsjroeag. Illuminati confirmed.
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Soft tyres do the trick for Verstappen, who goes quickest of all on a 1m20.516.
Verstappen's also on the circuit, and just posted his best time in the first sector so far.
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Hulkenberg and Alonso are out on track as they look to crack on for Renault and McLaren respectively.
Sainz has improved to a 1m23.569s. Not bad considering this is a multi-lap run on super-softs.
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"Eat your greens," we were always told as a young Autosport Live. Well, the only greens Pascal Wehrlein knows right now are on the timing screen. Three personal best sectors and a 1m24.951s for the Sauber-driving Mercedes junior.
Sainz still doing decent work in the high-1m23s on super-softs. His last lap included a personal best in the middle sector.
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Another personal best for Wehrlein, a 1m25.260s. Remember, he has made a belated start to testing at his new team: 
Wehrlein improves again to a 1m25.406s.
Sainz's good work in the 1m23s is taking place on super-soft tyres. Meanwhile, the medium-shod Sauber of Wehrlein has just completed a personal best lap time of 1m25.937s.
Just Sainz and Wehrlein circulating after Bottas and Perez return to their respective garages.
Verstappen back in the pits in the Red Bull. Sainz improves to a 1m23.683s, putting a bit more daylight to between himself and Perez, who had just put in a personal-best 1m24.059s.
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Ben Anderson took a deeper look at McLaren-Honda's issues last night, if you missed it: 
Sainz immediately gets down to business, setting a 1m23.933s to go fifth quickest so far. Just behind him on track is Bottas, who is now onto 30 laps in the Mercedes.
A lock-up from Verstappen into Turn 1 – just caught it on the circuit's CCTV system. Looked like he ran a little deep.
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Fake news alert! That's McLaren's verdict on trackside observers (including our very own Gary Anderson last week) claiming its car doesn't handle well on track. It says Honda's engine characteristics are responsible: 
Alonso's back in the garage. A very short spell on track for McLaren. Sainz is back out in the Toro Rosso, and is also yet to complete any meaningful running this morning.
Perez has improved, some 10 seconds quicker than Alonso. The Force India man's trimmed a few hundredths off his best and his now on a 1m24.108s.
Alonso has improved his lap time, but it's still only a 1m34.732s.
Massa has been quick again today, after topping the times yesterday for Williams. Pic: LAT
Verstappen, on medium tyres, has taken second place back from Massa on a 1m21.849s.
Alonso is, however, back on track after a 30-minute spell in the garage.
A lot of backing off from Bottas over the rest of that lap, which ends in 1m34.179s. Still, it's quicker than Alonso's only timed lap so far. Speaking of McLaren, it has managed just six laps in the first 90 minutes...
No improvement from Bottas, who is limited to a 1m21.453s. But he's cracking on and goes fastest of all in the first sector.
Bottas's first flying lap on mediums is a 1m21.441s. That's a decent time, and he's set the fastest middle sector of anyone so far on his second lap...
There is – it's Verstappen in the Red Bull.
Perez's Force India makes it three cars on track. A bit of rumbling below suggests there'll soon be a fourth.
Medium tyres for Bottas. After a cool-down lap Massa has posted two times in the low-1m22s on his soft tyres.
Grosjean's returned to the pits, but Massa's not alone on track for very long – his old team-mate Bottas has come out to play. The Mercedes driver has been the busiest of the morning so far, and heads out for his 23rd lap.
Massa improves immediately, jumping to second on a 1m21.860s.
Day-one pacesetter Massa is on track in the Williams. So Grosjean has some company.
Even better next time through from Grosjean – a 1m24.201s moves him ahead of Hulkenberg.
Grosjean's having fun out there (we assume). He's improved to a 1m24.794s. The Haas is running on medium tyres so if you compare him to Hulkenberg earlier, those two are pretty neck-and-neck on pace.
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And Grosjean squeezes into the 1m24s on a 1m24.908s. Just the Haas and the Sauber on circuit at the moment.
And there's Bottas, back in the pits after a couple of dips into the 1m21s on these unmarked Pirellis.
Speaking of Grosjean (that's an over-exaggeration, we literally just included him in a round-up of the laps completed so far) – he's improved to a 1m25.067s.
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We've missed the 'one-hour update' mark, but here's a look at the lap count:
1 Bottas (20)
2 Verstappen (19)
3 Massa (16)
4 Raikkonen (15)
5 Hulkenberg (13)
6 Perez (9)
7 Grosjean (12)
8 Wehrlein (17)
9 Alonso (6)
10 Sainz (1)
1 Bottas (20)
2 Verstappen (19)
3 Massa (16)
4 Raikkonen (15)
5 Hulkenberg (13)
6 Perez (9)
7 Grosjean (12)
8 Wehrlein (17)
9 Alonso (6)
10 Sainz (1)
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