Second day of final pre-season testing
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg sets fastest time of Barcelona tests
Problems for Daniil Kvyat and Jenson Button bring out red flags
Button nevertheless completes 100 laps for McLaren
Fernando Alonso says he's 'completely fine' in video message
Manor Marussia confirmed on 2015 entry list
"Yesterday's lunch break was a busy one for the media here in the paddock as McLaren CEO Ron Dennis held a press conference to talk about Fernando Alonso's accident. Things will be a lot calmer during today's lunch break."
Image source, KnutsonRight, this is a good one. In fact, I'm quite excited about this. I wish I was playing.
So, usual format. Who are these two drivers, what teams did they drive for, which race and in which year, and what in the name of Zeus has just happened.
#bbcf1 etc.
Go.
Image source, Getty ImagesSo, it seems I made that a little too easy.
Almost to a man and woman, you correctly told me it was Lewis Hamilton (with the wonky wheel) and Jenson Button, both of McLaren, moments after they collided on the pit straight at the quite wonderful Canadian Grand Prix in 2011.
Bear with. I'll drum up another one.
Image source, Getty Images1. Felipe Nasr (Sauber) 1:24.071 (59 laps)
2. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:25.216 (65)
3. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:25.339 (69)
4. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1:26.032 (59)
5. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) 1:26.766 (78)
6. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) 1:28.013 (50)
7. Jenson Button (McLaren) 1:28.052 (44)
8. Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) 1:29.294 (36)
9. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:31.165 (5)
An impressive effort from Felipe Nasr and Sauber there. Be interesting to see what they can do this afternoon.
Other points to note are a good showing from McLaren with 44 much-needed laps on the board, while Force India got in five laps before lunch, including a first lap in anger of the winter.
Ok, that's a wrap for the morning session in Barcelona. No red flags today but plenty of good mileage for just about all the teams. McLaren and Mercedes looks to have recovered from yesterday's setbacks and we even got to see the Force India in action.
In the words of Mary Poppins after downing her rum punch medicine, that was quite satisfactory.
Lee McKenzie
BBC F1 pit-lane reporter
"Out on track watching with Karun Chandhok. Here's Vettel doing his thing for Ferrari."
Image source, McKenzie
Image source, McKenzieWelcome to another in the soon-to-be-replaced-by-something-better quiz that asks you, esteemed reader, to guess the identity of a driver, car, race track and year.
Today we're looking for the identities and teams of the two drivers in the blurry photograph below, in which year and at which race this is, and what may just have happened.
I'll give the answer towards the end of the testing lunch hour, which incidentally begins in 12 minutes or so.
Answer using #bbcf1
Image source, Getty ImagesWith lunchtime approaching the teams are getting a few racier laps on the board.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel briefly goes top of the order with a 1:25.339 but Sauber's Felipe Nasr goes quicker, becoming the first driver today to venture under the 1:25 barrier. His time of 1:24.479 was done on the soft Pirelli, as was Vettel's. Nasr also set the day's best times in all three sectors. That Sauber is working well.
A few laps later the Brazilian does a 1:24.071 - just half a second off the best lap of the two Barcelona tests so far, set by Felipe Massa's Williams yesterday.
"Nico Hulkenberg brought the car into the pits with Nico Rosberg trailing close behind in his Mercedes. I wonder how often the Force India will be ahead of the Mercedes this season."
No sooner have Force India tweeted that than the car is out and off for an installation lap. No point hanging around I guess.
Nico Hulkenberg gives his new motor a one-lap blat and it's back to the garage.
Welcome to the party, guys.
Image source, Force IndiaForce India tweets: , external"A flurry of activity in the garage and a growing number of cameras outside it - it can only mean the moment the VJM08 heads out is close!"
"The teams have made huge strides with their cars since the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix last May. Lewis Hamilton won the pole for that race with a time of 1:25.232 in his Mercedes. Yesterday, Felipe Massa clocked a 1:23.500 in his Williams."
That's a bit more like it from Ferrari and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.
A plodding morning (the aero rake was being used on the Ferrari) is set to one side and the new SF15-T is allowed to show what it can do. On soft tyres, the German does a 1:25.901 and is up to P2.
If there was any doubting just how good these guys are, on his next lap Vettel did 1:25.902. Nice.
Image source, Getty ImagesSauber tweet:, external "Felipe is now testing different set-ups. Going out again after a short visit in the garage."
Image source, SauberJust to keep you across the McLaren situation, they're now up to 29 laps with a best time of 1:28.052.
Jenson Button will surely be feeling a little happier behind that visor today.
"McLaren's racing director Eric Boullier (left), director of engineering Matt Morris (centre) and chief engineer Phil Prew had a powwow in the paddock. They certainly have a lot to discuss after all the problems the team have had this winter."
Image source, Knutson
Image source, Getty ImagesThe morning is well under way now and there's nothing so far to suggest that anyone other than Williams are going to mount a challenge to Mercedes' perceived dominance anytime soon.
With the bulk of drivers now around the 30-40 lap mark, it's Nico Rosberg (1:25.365) top of the pile for Mercedes by six-tenths from Valtteri Bottas in the Williams.
Max Verstappen is almost a second further back third for Toro Rosso, ahead of Sauber's Felipe Nasr.
Elsewhere, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel is lapping consistently if sedately, his best time a 1:29.456 after 42 laps spent mostly around the 1:30-mark. Heavy-fuel runs likely to be behind that.
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We have yesterday's testing round-up, plus a clip of Christian Horner's recent appearance on A Question of Sport.
The guys down at Red Bull are among the best-drilled in the pit lane, and they've been doing a few practice pit stops this morning.
"Nothing like a 2.3 second burst of energy to get you going in the morning!" the team writes on Twitter., external
Image source, Red BullDean McNamara: "So good to finally see the McLaren do some meaningful laps."
Jaybo: "Just saw the shot from above the Red Bull car with the aero rakes fitted. Wow. How skinny is the body compared to the floor!"