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Formula 1 Barcelona February Testing

F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2

Minute by minute updates on the second day of the 2022 Barcelona F1 pre-season test

Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL36

After a busy opening day of action which saw McLaren's Lando Norris top the times, all 10 teams are in action again for the start of the new era of F1, as the teams continue testing the new cars devised under the new technical regulations.

Track action gets underway at 8am GMT and finishes at 5pm GMT. The day will be split by a one-hour lunch break (12pm-1pm GMT) which can be reduced if requested due to lost track time from either red flags or poor weather conditions.

The second day will provide another good look at all of the 2022 F1 cars from every team, to see which teams have got it right and which have work to do. While never fully taken as the true pecking order, due to teams hiding outright performance levels by sandbagging their speeds, the tests still reveal an overview while giving teams which are struggling nowhere to hide.

The Barcelona shakedown test, conducted without live TV coverage or live timing, runs between 23-25 February. A second official test will follow in Bahrain on 10-12 March ahead of the 2022 F1 season opener at the same venue, the Bahrain Grand Prix, on 18-20 March.

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It's a 1m22.620s for Stroll, who was 0.166s faster in the first sector compared to his best - but was down in the other two sectors. Still, the Canadian remains fastest.
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Stroll now brings the times down to a 1m22.735s at the close of his 10th lap. I feel like we're going to continue to see a sea of purple as he chips more out of his time.
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That's a 1m22.916s for Stroll, as he embarks upon his 10th lap of the day. Ocon's circulating, as is Sainz - while Bottas leaves the pits for the first time today.
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On the C2 tyres, Stroll logs a 1m23.407s to now go top, deposing Ocon's short-lived reign. And with a purple pair of opening sectors, Stroll could extend his advantage...
Stroll's done his personal best so far for this morning, a 1m26.416s, but he's gone purple in the first two sectors this time around...
Ocon now matches Gasly on 10 laps so far this morning, as the two French drivers have hit the ground running this morning. Oh, make that 11, as Ocon's blue and pink machine flashes by.
Matt Kew
Matt Kew
"Porpoising - it’s the buzzword at the start of this new rules era. Effectively the cars rock or bounce up and down as the air attaches and reattached itself when they approach vmax. Like yesterday, it’s Hamilton who appears to be suffering most with it this morning. The Merc is wallowing even before the 400m board on the run to Turn 1. You can here the revs rise and fall in sync as the W13 is unsettled. Looks a touch violent. Anyone got a number for the osteopath?"
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Ocon brings us down to a 1m24.231s, continuing to stick to his run-plan. Meanwhile, Perez has emerged from the garage to hit the track for the first time today.
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And now, a 1m24.459s for Ocon, who's making the most of the free tracl. Albon's done another in-and-out lap, but hasn't set a representative time yet.
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That's now a 1m24.714s for Ocon, still down on Norris' 1m19.5s from yesterday. We can confirm that they were C2 tyres - if our MotoGP correspondent Lewis Duncan was here, he'd argue being able to C2 tyres was normal...
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Ocon posts a 1m26.255s to go quickest so far, on what we think was the C2 tyre. We'll have a proper look when he comes around again - and he's purple in both sectors so far.
Not fancying the prospect of sharing, Hamilton comes into the pits. From our top-down view of the Mercedes garage, the team has closed up the vents either side of the cockpit owing to the cooler climes - and still has the pitot tubes on the rear wing.
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That's a 1m28.799s for Hamilton, also conducting some aero work around the midriff of the Mercedes. He was on the C3 tyre for that run, but will now have to share the track with Gasly.
Of the morning runners, only Bottas and Perez are yet to leave the garage. Hamilton flashes by to begin his second lap of the day - still with the track to himself.
Lewis Hamilton begins his running for the day, leaving the Mercedes garage. He's the only car on track at the moment.
Here's Tsunoda behind the wheel of the AT03 yesterday: 

 

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While the F1 cars aero test, I aeropress. Coffee is made, and Gasly's making hay - logging a 1m31.790s as he gets his eye in with the new AlphaTauri. Which, it must be said, is quite a pretty car.
Stroll returns from his observatory runs, rendering the circuit empty. Seems like a good opportunity to get the Aeropress out and make a quick coffee...
Continued aero rake-age carries on - Albon's Williams carries a device around the midriff of the car ahead of the rear wheels. Ocon has aero rakes behind the front wheels as does Stroll's Aston Martin and Sainz's Ferrari.
Esteban Ocon has made his first proper appearance in this test, after yesterday's errant appearance on the timing board. "A full house of aero rakes", muses Mr. Kalinauckas - as Stroll and Albon also get some early installation laps in.
Our Grand Prix editor Alex Kalinauckas reports that the McLaren and AlphaTauri both have rather large aero rakes affixed to the cars. By reports, I mean 'dictated by him standing by the window'.
Sainz and Gasly follow Ricciardo out onto the circuit for some early morning running. Air temperature has just ticked over to 10 degrees C, with the track surprisingly lower - for the time being, at least.
Green flag
Day 2 of F1's Barcelona test is open for business - with Ricciardo the winner out of the pitlane.
That's the distinct sound of a car engine - we're almost ready to go...

F1 Barcelona testing day 2 line-up

Mercedes: Hamilton (AM)/Russell (PM)
Red Bull: Perez
Ferrari: Sainz (AM)/Leclerc (PM)
McLaren: Ricciardo
Alpine: Ocon
AlphaTauri: Gasly
Aston Martin: Stroll (AM)/Vettel (PM)
Williams: Albon (AM)/Latifi (PM)
Alfa Romeo: Bottas (AM)/Zhou (PM)
Haas: Schumacher (AM)/Mazepin (PM)

We've got four minutes until the pit exit light goes green - who'll be out first today?
Charles Leclerc ended yesterday's morning session on top of the timesheets, but his time was beaten by Lando Norris in the afternoon session.
While we faff about trying to work out who's in the cars today, let's have a recap of yesterday's running - and the opening day of the test.
Good morning everybody! Are you ready and raring for the second day of action at Barcelona? Yes? GOOD. We'll be with you right through the day to bring you everything that happens in F1's "official shakedown event".

By: Haydn Cobb

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