Barcelona F1 test two day one

By: Geoff Creighton

Summary


	Norris on top, then causes a red flag
	Bottas rejoins late after an engine change earlier in the afternoon
	Williams, Renault clear100 laps, Haas leading mileage stakes
	Giovinazzi fastest in morning session for Alfa

Status: Stopped

18:20 Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Gasly,Red Bull,1m17.715s,C3
Giovinazzi,Alfa Romeo,1m18.589s,C4
Stroll,Racing Point,1m17.824s, C4
Magnussen,Haas,1m18.769s,C4
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m20.332s,C2
Leclerc,Ferrari,1m18.651s,C3
Hulkenberg,Renault,1m20.348s,C3
Russell,Williams,1m19.662s,C5
Albon,Toro Rosso,1m18.649s,C4
Norris,McLaren,1m17.709s,C4
Vettel,Ferrari,1m17.925s,C3
Ricciardo, Renault,1m20.107s,C2
Bottas, Mercedes, 1m20.167s,C2

20:14 And here's our report from today's testing with McLaren coming out on top of the times

F1 testing: McLaren top despite troubles; Mercedes loses running

McLaren driver Lando Norris headed the first day of Formula 1's second pre-season test despite stopping twice on track, beating long-time pacesetter Pierre Gasly to top spot by 0.006 seconds

20:13 We didn't see a lot of Bottas this afternoon, but we did get a good look at some interesting developments for Mercedes, as our video explains

Video: Mercedes' changes to its 2019 Formula 1 car explained

Mercedes unveiled a host of changes to its W10 2019 Formula 1 car as the second pre-season test began at Barcelona on Tuesday morning

20:09 We've got a better view, and it was definitely the Alfa that stopped.

20:07 Looking up and down from our media centre window, we believe it's Giovinazzi who's stopped at the exit of pitlane, on the approach to Turn 1.

20:04 As the cars all register as in the pitlane, it's proving tricky to identify the stopped machine.

20:04 Final lap count for Tuesday.

Gasly - 136
Magnussen - 130
Russell - 119
Albon - 103
Giovinazzi - 99
Hamilton - 83
Stroll - 82
Vettel - 81
Hulkenberg - 80
Norris - 80
Ricciardo - 77
Leclerc - 29
Bottas - 7

20:01 A car appears to have stopped at the point in which the pitlane exit joins the track, but we're unsure which it is.

20:00 And that's a wrap for today.

19:59 That was Bottas's fifth lap of the afternoon.

19:59 Bottas goes 11th with a time of 1m20.167s on those C2s.

19:58

19:57 Bottas is on another flyer.

19:57 Into the final two minutes. Any late improvements to make Jack Cozens furious as he writes the report?

19:56

Scott Mitchell notes that Alonso is a popular guy today.

19:55 And it's 13th with a lap time of 1m20.719s.

19:53 Bottas had not set a proper time prior to his problem, so this will get him on today's leaderboard. But where?

19:52 Albon's time was on the C5.

19:52 Bottas is heading out on the C2 tyre, the first time we've seen him since his stoppage earlier this afternoon.

19:51 And he sets a 1m18.649s, which moves him up to sixth.

19:51 Albon's on a flyer here, improving in the first two sectors.

19:49 Magnussen - now up to 123 laps and 10 behind Gasly's leading total - joins the other two on track.

19:48 Albon and Russell are the first to head out.

19:47 And we're green again.

19:46 We've got just under 15 minutes to go, so you'd say there's likely to be 10 mins of proper running for the teams.

19:45 The truck is now taking the unconventional line of driving Turns 2 and 1 in reverse to take Norris's McLaren back to the pitlane.

Bold move, let's see how it works out for him.

19:44 A quick move of the CCTV camera proves conclusively that Norris stopped just after Turn 2.

19:42 The McLaren is now on the back of the truck, so this session will almost certainly start again before the clock runs out of time.

19:40