Barcelona F1 test two day two
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By: Geoff Creighton
Summary
Status: Stopped
Driver, Team, Time, Tyre
Bottas,Mercedes,1m17.985s,C3
Vettel,Ferrari,1m16.841s,C5
Latifi,Williams,1m17.313s,C4
Giovinazzi,Alfa Romeo,1m19.670s,C3
Ocon,Renault,1m18.013s,C4
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m17.738s,C2
Norris,McLaren,1m17.573s,C2
Stroll,Racing Point,1m17.118s,C3
Gasly,AlphaTauri,1m17.066s,C5
Magnussen,Haas,1m18.225s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m18.395s,C3
Albon,Red Bull,1m18.393s,C2
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m22.425s,C3
Bottas,Mercedes,1m17.985s,C3
Vettel,Ferrari,1m16.841s,C5
Latifi,Williams,1m17.313s,C4
Giovinazzi,Alfa Romeo,1m19.670s,C3
Ocon,Renault,1m18.013s,C4
Verstappen,Red Bull,1m17.738s,C2
Norris,McLaren,1m17.573s,C2
Stroll,Racing Point,1m17.118s,C3
Gasly,AlphaTauri,1m17.066s,C5
Magnussen,Haas,1m18.225s,C3
Ricciardo,Renault,1m18.395s,C3
Albon,Red Bull,1m18.393s,C2
Hamilton,Mercedes,1m22.425s,C3
That's a wrap on Thursday's F1 action at Barcelona. Join us again tomorrow from 7.45am UK time for one final day of pre-season testing. 
There's just one more day of testing left - one more day for every team to finalise their run-plans before heading out to Melbourne.
And that's that for today! Vettel remains top of the pile, holding off AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly for the day's bragging rights.
Gasly has gone out for a bit of a glory run at the end of the day on fresh C5s and moves up second with a 1m17.066s.
Just Vettel, Gasly and Magnussen circulating with 25 minutes of the session remaining. Long run work still the priority.
Here's the full story on Hamilton's earlier on-track stoppage after Mercedes revealed it has ended its running early as a result 
Almost! Gasly takes it easy in sector three, but still does enough to leap up to fourth - sporting C4 tyres.
Gasly's now setting personal bests - and is just 0.06s down on the benchmark by the end of sector two...
Ricciardo's returned to the track after limited running this afternoon - the Australian has just 39 laps to his name, as his team-mate Esteban Ocon has 37. Not a brilliant haul for the team, it must be said.
Atoning for the earlier issues that plagued Williams yesterday, Nicholas Latifi is now up to lap #138, which is more than two race distances around here. He's still third on the timing boards.
Very little in the way of outright laptime improvements this afternoon. This is how the standings look into the last hour:
Vettel - 1m16.841s
Stroll - 1m17.118s
Latifi - 1m17.313s
Norris - 1m17.573s
Gasly - 1m17.588s
Verstappen - 1m17.738s
Bottas - 1m17.985s
Ocon - 1m18.013s
Magnussen - 1m18.225s
Ricciardo - 1m18.395s
Albon - 1m19.162s
Giovinazzi - 1m19.670s
Hamilton - 1m22.425s
Vettel - 1m16.841s
Stroll - 1m17.118s
Latifi - 1m17.313s
Norris - 1m17.573s
Gasly - 1m17.588s
Verstappen - 1m17.738s
Bottas - 1m17.985s
Ocon - 1m18.013s
Magnussen - 1m18.225s
Ricciardo - 1m18.395s
Albon - 1m19.162s
Giovinazzi - 1m19.670s
Hamilton - 1m22.425s
Ricciardo's now on track to log a few runs, he's out on C3 in an effort to colour-coordinate with his Renault. Probably.
A couple of long runs come to an end - Norris and Gasly withdraw to the pits to take stock and re-assess.
"There's a puff of smoke coming off the back of the Williams through the chicane. It's there every lap when the car decelerates."
Vettel's long run has come to an end. After a 27 laps on the C2 tyre, he averaged in the 1m22s bracket.
Latifi in the Williams and Racing Point's Stroll have now joined Vettel in the Ferrari and AlphaTauri's Gasly in breaking the 100-lap barrier.
On his previous two laps, Norris logged identical times - a 1m23.173s. Unfortunately, he's broken that streak and did a 1m23.302s the last time around.
On the subject of what song you would choose as the official anthem of a race on the calendar, our own Stuart Codling suggested "All My Ex's Live in Texas" by George Strait for the US Grand Prix.
I mean, at least this one is based in the right state I suppose.
I mean, at least this one is based in the right state I suppose.
Bit of on-track racing. Vettel cleanly up the inside of Giovinazzi at Turn 10. Otherwise, it's as you were with long runs.
Here's the lap count as we cross the halfway point in this afternoon session:
Gasly 101
Vettel 98
Latifi 87
Stroll 81
Norris 64
Magnussen 51
Bottas 47
Ocon 37
Verstappen 31
Giovinazzi 27
Ricciardo 24
Albon 16
Hamilton 14
Gasly 101
Vettel 98
Latifi 87
Stroll 81
Norris 64
Magnussen 51
Bottas 47
Ocon 37
Verstappen 31
Giovinazzi 27
Ricciardo 24
Albon 16
Hamilton 14
"Hamilton's car just seemed to shut off completely as he exited Turn 5 in front of me - complete loss of power. Some people in the crowd applauded as he walked away from the car - perhaps just grateful he gave them a cheerful wave."
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