Summary
Lewis Hamilton fastest in the morning
Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes in the afternoon
Trouble for Haas as Gutierrez completes one lap
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Go! Go! Go!published at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016
The track is open, so away we go again!
Cloudy start to the daypublished at 07:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016
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Driver line-uppublished at 07:55 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg
Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel
Williams: Vallteri Bottas
Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo
Force India: Sergio Perez
Renault: Kevin Magnussen
Toro Rosso: Carlos Sainz
Sauber: Marcus Ericsson
McLaren: Jenson Button
Manor: Pascal Wehrlein
Haas: Esteban Gutierrez
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Howdy!
How are we all today? Ready for another nine hours of testing?
The drivers should be heading out onto the circuit once again in six minutes, so here is who we are expecting to see today...
Seb to step up to the plate?published at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer
Image source, EPAFor anyone hoping for signs that Mercedes could face some serious opposition this season, pre-season testing has been a slow drip of constant disappointments. On Tuesday there was another.
The world champions finally unleashed the pace of their car during what Nico Rosberg called a “qualifying practice” and he was 0.2secs faster than his closest challenger Valtteri Bottas, who was using a tyre Pirelli estimate to be 1.4secs quicker.
The Ferrari has looked at least half a second off the pace so far and its reliability appears a little suspect, too.
Can Sebastian Vettel leave a different impression by the end of his penultimate day in the car on Wednesday?
Making an impressionpublished at 07:45
Image source, Getty ImagesIf anyone can rock up to work on a one-wheeled scooter with dogs in tow, the Formula 1 world champion can.
And why not add a bit of excitement to his time in Barcelona? After five days of testing, Mercedes are ominously looking strong once again.
More of the same today?