F1 Barcelona pre-season testing live commentary and updates - day 2

"Are Ferrari and Red Bull stealing a march on the other teams in terms of preparation for wet races this year?" jeffianohara asks.

Every little helps, but today's running is unlikely to make a significant difference compared to the other nine teams. It's still very early days – especially for Ferrari, who didn't test yesterday.

Corneliufm asks: "Random websites mention a red flag caused by Max going off track. Is it true?"

There indeed was a red flag this morning, and we're aware of speculation that Max Verstappen caused it by running wide into the gravel, but we have not been able to verify this information yet.

This doesn't mean it's untrue, simply we can't confirm it is true.

Guitarlukeomg is wondering about the pecking order so far.

Unfortunately, it's way, way too early for any sort of performance analysis. McLaren, Aston Martin and Williams are yet to run. And the other eight cars have mostly been checking if everything works as intended.

According to unofficial timing, Isack Hadjar set the fastest lap of the week so far on Monday in Red Bull's RB22, but you really shouldn't draw any conclusions from this.

Corneliufm is asking whether the track is dry, based on Ferrari's tweet below.

Those pictures were taken when it indeed was dry early this morning, but it started raining around 10:40am local time.

Both Leclerc and Verstappen have been in action since then.

Bar-Tech has inquired: "I noticed some blinking lights on mirrors of Caddie, will this be standard of all F1 cars or is it only this Team using those?"

As our colleague Jake Boxall-Legge confirms, these are standard safety lights according to the new regulations.

"Has there been any evidence of cars de-rating halfway down the straights or drivers having to downshift as feared?" iain.coulson asks.

That's an excellent question. But we weren't allowed to send any reporters to the test, so we can't really say.

Some quotes did emerge after the first day of testing, but they were the product of press releases and/or basic video interviews, so no chance to ask more detailed questions yet.

ApexAttack#2047757c is wondering: "Is there a limit to how many laps a driver can run? Also, is it only full time drivers or are reserve drivers allowed to run laps as well?"

Teams can run as many laps as they want between 9am and 6pm local time, but they can only run one car.

They're allowed to run reserve drivers, but it obviously is crucial for full-season racers to gather as much experience as possible in the context of new technical regulations, so we're unlikely to see anyone else in action.

mark.turner1000 is inquiring about McLaren's plan for today. Shortly after today's session got under way, the team was still evaluating whether to run, given the inclement weather forecast.

Each passing minute makes it more unlikely that we see the MCL40 on track today.

Another question from Bandini Fan regarding active aerodynamics. "Can the flaps be activated at any time around the track or only in designated (straights) parts like the old DRS?"

The flaps can be activated only in designated parts of the track, but there will be more than the couple of DRS zones each circuit had.

mandar2311 is asking: "Are they not supposed to run 3 consecutive days? So if any of the teams skip today's running which started test yesterday, will they be allowed 2 more days still?"

Teams are allowed to run on any three days they like, regardless of being consecutive – hence why the teams that ran yesterday can afford to skip today, and that's what all but Red Bull are doing.