Spanish Grand Prix practice - Barcelona

Summary

Hamilton fastest in second practice
Grosjean's engine cover disintegrates on track
Fourth engine change of the season for Daniel Ricciardo
New livery for McLaren
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Live Reporting

Gary Rose

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Teams are embarking on their long runs for this final part of practice with just over 20 minutes remaining. Nico Rosberg, on the medium tyre, is lapping in the low 1:31s, while Sebastian Vettel, on the hard compound, is lapping in the low 1:32s.
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Manor:, external Will Stevens prepares to head out of the garage on the Option tyre.
Name that livery!published at 14:01 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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One last push for this little quiz we've put together - can you name the car and year the four livery snippets above are from?
Tweet the four to #bbcf1, external and I'll reveal the answers after second practice.
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This might catch the eye of the stewards. Replays show Sebastian Vettel overtaking Felipe Massa in the pit lane.
Vote - F1's greatest colour schemepublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
There are plenty of stunners you reckon we've missed, including...
David: Not the must successful, but a beautiful car. Moneytron Onyx 1989.
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Newton Barbosa: Ferrari F60 1989.
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Meanwhile, a cracking lap from Fernando Alonso's team-mate Jenson Button as he puts an encouraging 1:28.494 on the board to go sixth fastest. Is that the step up McLaren were hoping to see?
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Turn it off and back on again Fernando. Usually does the job.
McLaren team radiopublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Fernando Alonso: "I think you have a virus on your computer [if you think the ERS system is working], because it is not charging anything."
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There's no trademark smile on show at the moment as the wait goes on.
As you'd expect, there's plenty of support for Fernando Alonso in the stands today. He's just strapped medium tyres on his McLaren and is out on his qualifying run, clocking a 1:29.803 to slot in P9.
Weird stat of the day (year, decade...)published at 13:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Speaking of Daniel Ricciardo, here's the fact you've been waiting most of your life to know. It would take 3.4 quadrillion (yep, quadrillion) Daniel Ricciardo smiles to cover Australia.
Fact-tastic courtesy of Red Bull., external
Dan? Dan? DAN!published at 13:45 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
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Still no sign of Daniel Ricciardo. This was the scene in the Red Bull garage 15 or so minutes ago. Will he get out in this session? His team-mate Daniil Kvyat, meanwhile, has the ninth fastest time in this session.
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Lotus on Twitter: Still working on Romain's car, we'll give an update on his next run shortly.
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Relaxing one minute, smashing it on the circuit the next.
Lewis Hamilton has failed to top FP2 in just five of the last 23 rounds and he is purple through sectors one and two in his first run on the medium rubber. A bit of overseer on his way out of the final chicane but that isn't stopping him from going fastest of all with 1:26.852, almost half a second quicker than Sebastian Vettel.
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Nico Rosberg is fastest of all in the first sector before producing personal bests in sectors two and three. Only good enough for second fastest, though, as he posts 1:27.616, three tenths of a second slower than Sebastian Vettel.
Lewis Hamilton is out now, with the medium tyres bolted on, and begins his qualifying sim.
Vote - F1's greatest colour schemepublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 8 May 2015
Some that didn't quite make the shortlist...
Mike: Erm... hand painted 2006 Toro Rosso with drivers helmets incorporated into car design. Easy.
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CTR_Paul: How you've missed off the iconic Leyton House livery I do not know.
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Lewis Hamilton was not happy with the balance of his car in FP1 and he is currently chilling out in the garage as tweaks are made to his Mercedes. Meanwhile, his team-mate Nico Rosberg emerges on the medium compound as the drivers begin their qualifying runs. with just under one hour left of the session.
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Ferrari duo Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, along with Marcus Ericsson, are the first to switch to the faster medium tyre this afternoon and Vettel's first run on the new rubber sees him leap into P1 with a 1:27.260.
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Just before that red flag, Lewis Hamilton had jumped ahead of Nico Rosberg and is the current pacesetter with 1:27.825.
Mercedes report that the two drivers say the circuit feels different to FP1, with temperatures the likely reason. "Track/air currently at 45/31 vs. a max. of 30/23 this morning," tweets Mercedes., external