Jerez first 2015 test Test day two
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Bottas sets his first time of the day - it puts him fourth with a 1m26.068s.
Hamilton pits, bringing that consistent run to an end.
Hamilton's pace on the unmarked Pirellis has dropped by one second over 10 laps. He's still going, and Nasr has headed out to join him.
No surprise that Maldonado is back in the pits at the end of the first lap - time for routine new-car checks.
Lotus cautiously predicted that it hoped to get most of its build work complete today so it could do some serious running on day three. So to be on track before 10.30 on day two is a fine effort.
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We have a Lotus on track - Pastor Maldonado leaves the pits in the E23.
This Hamilton run has settled into the low 1m23s now, with six flying laps on the board so far.
Hamilton is lapping comfortably in the mid to high 1m22s on this run, which appears to be taking place on a set of unmarked Pirellis.
Lewis Hamilton
Hamilton's lap falls away in the final two sectors, so he crosses the line nearly a full second away from Vettel's best after being up in the short first sector.
Vettel has come in, bringing that eye-catching medium-tyre run to a close after seven flying laps.
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Hamilton joins Vettel in going quicker than anything we saw yesterday. The world champion is up to second with a 1m22.490s, and he's on course to go even quicker on his next lap.
It's taken six flying laps, but Vettel finally posts a time slightly slower than his best from day one. It's still a 1m22.6s though, so quicker than anyone else has managed this week.
Vettel's latest lap is a 1m22.4s - again quicker than his timesheet-topping effort from day one.
While Vettel is setting quick lap after quick lap, Bottas is doing regular passes through the pits on a set of unmarked Pirelli tyres.
Gentle drop off for Vettel as he logs a fourth consecutive lap that is quicker than anyone managed yesterday. This one is a 1m22.338s.
The third lap of this run for Vettel is still a quick one. It's not quite the high 1m21s pace he set on those first two laps, but it's still a 1m22.1s.
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Sebastian Vettel
Vettel goes even quicker on his next lap of this run - shaving a bit more time off with a 1m21.884s.
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Vettel sets the fastest time of this test so far - and by some margin too. He's just banged in a 1m21.926s on medium tyres, which is seven tenths quicker than he went yesterday.
As Nasr coasts down the back straight on his latest lap, Vettel and Verstappen head out to join him at a cloudy Jerez.
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Two personal best sectors for Nasr, with an overall best in the middle of the lap, moves him up to second on the unmarked Pirelli tyres.
That cloud cover we mentioned earlier has stopped the track temperature from increasing any further for the moment. It was on the rise before that, but now it's stabilised at 7.8C. Air temperature is still gently going up, but it's only 5.9C at the moment.
It's a slow build for Verstappen, who over the course of the next two laps has found another four seconds.
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Verstappen is alone on track at the moment, and his first time of the day is a 1m32.332s.
We had beautiful clear skies when testing kicked off this morning, but some pretty thick cloud has rolled in quickly.
Already today we've seen seven of the eight cars that are in Spain for this test. Lotus, which only brought its E23 to Jerez yesterday afternoon, is working hard to build the car up to start running either today or tomorrow.
In a classic example of new car (and new engine) precaution, a mechanic stands ready with a fire extinguisher as Button returns to the pits. After a close look under the rear wing as the car is wheeled back into the garage, it's decided that there's no need for the extinguisher just yet.
Button heads back out in the McLaren. If we're being generous we'd say it sounds 'throaty', but some might say it's not running quite right just yet.
That's a new fastest time in the final sector for Vettel, but the lap is one tenth of a second slower than his current benchmark.
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Vettel finds another few tenths to get down to a 1m23.0s, while Bottas heads back out in the Williams.
Vettel's time is already quicker than everyone bar the German and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson (on soft tyres) managed yesterday.
Vettel's time is already quicker than everyone bar the German and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson (on soft tyres) managed yesterday.
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Another improvement for yesterday's pacesetter Vettel, and he moves into the 1m23s on this medium-tyre run.
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Vettel's first timed lap - a 1m26.0s - puts him 1.2s behind Hamilton in second.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes and Sauber call those runs to and end at the same time. Meanwhile, white-helmeted Vettel takes the Ferrari back out.
Hamilton and Nasr are the only two cars on track, and they're running round together at the moment in close proximity. The Mercedes has lowered today's benchmark time to a 1m24.803s so far.
Verstappen's team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr endured a frustrating debut with the car yesterday. The team's plan for this test is to focus on getting its two rookies up to speed, and the priority yesterday with Sainz was to complete some longer runs to get him used to how the tyres drop off.
However, car problems struck every time Sainz attempted a stint of any decent length, and his day was brought to an early end with an engine problem that forced him to stop on track.
Verstappen, who at least got some GP weekend Friday running with Toro Rosso towards the end of last year, will be hoping for better luck than his team-mate had yesterday.
However, car problems struck every time Sainz attempted a stint of any decent length, and his day was brought to an early end with an engine problem that forced him to stop on track.
Verstappen, who at least got some GP weekend Friday running with Toro Rosso towards the end of last year, will be hoping for better luck than his team-mate had yesterday.
Max Verstappen heads out for his first run of this test in the Toro Rosso STR10.
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More early-morning improvements for both - Hamilton still leads the way and he's down to a 1m26.566s now.
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Nasr improves to a 1m32.1s on his second lap, but Hamilton is just behind him on track going nearly four seconds quicker with a 1m28.4s.
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Nasr posts the first time of the day in the Sauber - a 1m41.577s.
Yesterday it was a novelty to have three cars on track - 19 minutes into today we have Nasr, Hamilton and Kvyat out there together.
One of them is touring through the first sector, although it's hard to work out which one in the low Jerez sunshine at this time of day!
One of them is touring through the first sector, although it's hard to work out which one in the low Jerez sunshine at this time of day!
Felipe Nasr
Former Williams test driver Nasr heads back out in the Sauber for a second lap.
Bottas coasts through the first sector, possibly on a constant-speed run, before opening things up a bit in the second half of the lap.
By: Glenn Freeman, Ben Anderson, Edd Straw, AUTOSPORT staff
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