Barcelona second F1 test day two
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Raikkonen's off in the Ferrari.
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RED FLAG.
Raikkonen's out there on medium tyres. He didn't do the sort of long-run work on those this morning that we saw from Vettel. Could have been waiting for the track to improve.
Alonso pits in the McLaren.
Hamilton's on ultra-softs and there's no pitboard. Proper flying lap imminent?
Hamilton's run on soft tyres trailed into the 1m25s but otherwise it seemed a solid stint. Wonder how long this one will be.
So we have Raikkonen and Alonso on flying laps and Hamilton just joining them on the circuit.
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Grosjean wasn't out for very long – he's back in the pits.
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The Red Bull is wheeled into the garage after that installation lap. Hopefully no further issues and we'll see Verstappen again this afternoon.
Verstappen back in.
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Media centre cam does the trick of catching the Red Bull's reappearance
Maybe @McLarenF1 is an Autosport Live reader. Hello! What tyres please? Also, tell Fernando to keep that helmet design. It's mega.
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Raikkonen's back out in the Ferrari after more than half an hour tucked away.
The Red Bull was in the garage for over four hours (including the hour for lunch). Verstappen's got some time to make up.
Still yet to see the MCL32 this side of lunch.
Afternoon runners Hamilton and Stroll have already cruised past Alonso's day total in the McLaren...
The Red Bull lives! Verstappen emerges from the garage and takes to the track.
Stroll improves again, moving within three seconds of Bottas's benchmark on a 1m22.217s.
Stroll's backed off, and he's started his next lap with a personal best first sector.
Stroll pumps in a personal best 1m22.357s. That moves him into ninth.
Stroll kicks off his latest run with two personal best sectors.
"Ericsson's on fire. The timing screens are terrified, Ericsson's on fire." A personal best 1m23.042s for the Sauber man, though he's still 13th.
Hamilton's just fallen into the 1m23s after three consecutive 1m22s. Excluding two laps with errors, he averaged a 1m22.3s over 12 laps yesterday.
Stroll and Perez are also back out there. Hamilton's up to 28 laps for the afternoon.
Inspired by Sauber facts, Ericsson has returned to the track.
The drivers who have led a grand prix for Sauber: Perez (3); Frentzen (1); Massa (1); Hulkenberg (1); Gutierrez (1).
The winner of our 'Sauber GP leaders' question is @f1grip, who has banked five Autosport Live points. "Oooooooh!" goes the Barcelona crowd.
This is a longer run – Hamilton's pitboard reads "L13" as he flashes past next time around, and it's counting down.
Hamilton getting down to work in the Mercedes. Pic: LAT
A 1m21.416s from Hamilton after backing off. Not sure if this is the precursor to a longer stint to be honest – it's following the pattern of a number of four- or five-lap runs we've seen at other times in testing.
Nearly, Lewis. Hamilton pumps in a 1m20.796s as his first flying lap – less than a tenth off his best.
Hamilton, on soft tyres, winds up for a flying lap. Performance run or long run, please. None of that on-off stuff with no real improvement.
This afternoon has basically been a case of us rambling on and occasionally a spot of testing breaks out.
Hamilton's back out in the Mercedes. Back to your stations.
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