Jerez first 2015 test Test day one
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Mercedes chief Paddy Lowe briefly headed over to the pitwall for a look at the F1 W06 flying past, but he's made his way back to the garage.
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Rosberg completes his first flying lap - he slots into second with a 1m30.841s. That's 1.7s slower than Ricciardo's first lap.
The Mercedes is 1.8s slower than the Red Bull's benchmark through the first sector, for those who are interested in the meaningless times of pre-season day one.
Screens
Red Bull wasted no time in getting the 'fan (un)friendly' screens up over its garage as Ricciardo came back in, though EDD STRAW did his best to sneak a phone camera through.
Rosberg stays out for a second lap.
You can have a browse through all the 2015 Formula 1 designs we've seen so far in our gallery from the launches and unveilings:
2015 Formula 1 car launches
And as the test develops, we'll be uploading hundreds more hgh-res action shots into our gallery section so you can have a thorough look at the field.
2015 Formula 1 car launches
And as the test develops, we'll be uploading hundreds more hgh-res action shots into our gallery section so you can have a thorough look at the field.
EDD STRAW: "At the start of Ricciardo's second lap, the rear end of the car was bottoming out and sparking on the run up the hill into Turn 1.
"When the car returned to the pits there was a clear smell of burning - although that's not unusual for a new car."
"When the car returned to the pits there was a clear smell of burning - although that's not unusual for a new car."
Rosberg heads back out in the Mercedes. The grinding of the W06 is over for now...
JONATHAN NOBLE: "As well as a fantastic livery, Red Bull can already breathe easy that 2015 testing is going better than last year.
"Twelve months ago on day one, Sebastian Vettel managed just three installation laps without setting a time on the first day of running.
"Daniel Ricciardo has a four lap tally already and has even completed a flying lap - the only man to do so so far."
"Twelve months ago on day one, Sebastian Vettel managed just three installation laps without setting a time on the first day of running.
"Daniel Ricciardo has a four lap tally already and has even completed a flying lap - the only man to do so so far."
Ricciardo pits, so that was a straightforward three-lap run for the Red Bull.
Pit
While down on Red Bull watch, EDD STRAW grabbed this shot of the team marking out its pit area.
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He is - a 1m29.141s for the Red Bull.
Ricciardo stays out - will he be the first driver to complete a flying lap in 2015?
More from our man on Red Bull watch - he reports "lots of popping and banging" from the Renault-powered RB11.
The Red Bull heads back out on track, defying EDD STRAW in the process.
JONATHAN NOBLE: "Good to see the Spanish crowd out in force at Jerez today. Earlier on Mercedes fired up its W06 in the garage - possibly to check on any bodywork heating - a few minutes after some grinding noises were heard from the garage. When it didn't go out, there was a lot of applause and cheering from the grandstand opposite the pits."
EDD STRAW: "All quiet at Red Bull - garage shutters down at the moment."
Fernando Alonso has just walked into the back of the McLaren garage. JONATHAN NOBLE spotted a notebook in his hand - it didn't exactly look like the Spaniard was about to suit up and hop in the MP4-30 just yet.
Sainz heads back to the pits having completed an installation lap in the new STR10. All quiet on-track once more.
EDD STRAW reports that the Sauber was stuttering coming out of the final corner last time around - and that Sainz's departure from the garage was met with applause from the Spanish crowd.
No laptime from Ericsson - he returns to the pits.
No laptime from Ericsson - he returns to the pits.
Sainz heads out for his first lap as a Toro Rosso race driver.
Ericsson is the first driver to stay out for a second lap - will he stay out to be the first to set a time as well? If he does, it won't be anything special, as he's just backed off heading into Turn 4.
Twitter
McLaren
McLaren tweets pictures of some rather special preparations taking place on its new car, as Fernando Alonso's #14 is added to the livery:
"Applying the finishing touches"
A correction from EDD STRAW regarding his earlier Williams fire-up comment - that was in fact the Sauber garage that was making all that noise a few minutes ago.
Sure enough - the Sauber heads back out as promised.
Sauber tweets that Ericsson will be back out for a second lap soon.
EDD STRAW: "I could hear the Williams engine turning over in their garage at the pit entry-end of the pits, but it's been turned off now."
Toro Rosso is putting the wheels on the car, and Jos Verstappen has joined son Max in the garage to watch the car head out shortly.
Esteban Gutierrez
EDD STRAW spots new Ferrari tester Esteban Gutierrez getting used to his new surroundings (and jacket) in the pitlane.
Just to confirm - that's not water from a leaking car that's being dried in the Red Bull pit. Just damp patches that haven't dried from overnight as the pits are still in shade.
EDD STRAW: "There's some blow-drying work going on outside Red Bull's garage to clear up patches of water in the pit box area."
BEN ANDERSON: "Nearly all teams have talked about 'tighter packaging' when revealing their new cars.
"Better aerodynamics is always the name of the game in F1, but given how critical cooling was with the new V6 engines last year some caution is clearly required.
"Grinding noises coming from the Mercedes and Red Bull garages suggests maybe old habits die hard..."
"Better aerodynamics is always the name of the game in F1, but given how critical cooling was with the new V6 engines last year some caution is clearly required.
"Grinding noises coming from the Mercedes and Red Bull garages suggests maybe old habits die hard..."
Carlos Sainz Jr is putting his helmet on, so it looks like the Toro Rosso isn't far from being ready to take its first lap.
Twitter
@McLarenF1: "Fire-up successfully achieved. Systems checks now in progress."
Daniel Ricciardo
Here's a look at that camouflaged Red Bull design heading out of the pitlane.
EDD STRAW: "Doors are opening at Toro Rosso - with the inevitable screens being re-arranged to ensure nobody sees in"
Thank goodness teams are banned from using those screens on GP weekends these days.
Thank goodness teams are banned from using those screens on GP weekends these days.
And EDD STRAW adds that similar noises can be heard coming from the Red Bull garage as well.
JONATHAN NOBLE with more on the closed Mercedes garage:
"Grinding noises coming from Mercedes - they must be cutting some bodywork."
"Grinding noises coming from Mercedes - they must be cutting some bodywork."
For those of you just joining us (it's OK, we know it's a Sunday), we've had installation laps from Rosberg (Mercedes), Vettel (Ferrari), Ricciardo (Red Bull), and Ericsson (Sauber).
EDD STRAW: "The Merc is back in the garage and the doors have come down. It was smoking a little when it left the pits, and Rosberg seemed to struggle to get away."
By: AUTOSPORT staff, Edd Straw, Glenn Freeman, Ben Anderson, Andrew van Leeuwen, Jonathan Noble, Jamie Klein
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